Definition of Storeship. Meaning of Storeship. Synonyms of Storeship

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Definition of Storeship

Storeship
Storeship Store"ship`, n. A vessel used to carry naval stores for a fleet, garrison, or the like.

Meaning of Storeship from wikipedia

- Combat stores ships, or storeships, are ships used to store naval supplies. They are used to deliver supplies such as provisions and fuel to combat ships...
- The Apollo is a historic storeship that is buried at a location in downtown San Francisco, California, at the site of the Old Federal Reserve Bank. It...
- during the California Gold Rush of 1849. Run aground and converted into a storeship and hotel, she was a prominent landmark in the booming city for several...
- class overview Built 6 General characteristics class and type Aid-class storeship Tons burthen 313 47⁄94 (bm) Length 105 ft 5 in (32.13 m) (overall) 87 ft...
- HMS Discovery was a wood-hulled **** expedition ship, and later storeship, formerly the sealing ship Bloodhound built in 1873 in Dundee. She was purchased...
- Auxiliary shipsammunition ships, replenishment oilers, repair ships, storeships, troopships, etc. Hospital ships Some of these are discussed in the following...
- field pieces, and a navy of 320 vessels, the bulk of them transports and storeships. The city was surrounded by sea and land; the fleet at the entrance of...
- HMS Supply (1781) was a 20-gun storeship purchased in 1781 and sold in 1784. HMS Supply (1793) was a 10-gun storeship, of 388 tons (bm), originally the...
- Some of these approximately 500 abandoned ships were used at times as storeships, saloons, and hotels; many were left to rot, and some were sunk to establish...
- was "paid off" – decommissioned – in 1883. She subsequently served as a storeship and depot ship, and in 1904 was ****igned to the Royal Navy's torpedo training...