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Definition of Aground

Aground
Aground A*ground", adv. & a. [Pref. a- + ground.] On the ground; stranded; -- a nautical term applied to a ship when its bottom lodges on the ground. --Totten.

Meaning of Aground from wikipedia

- accident. In accidental cases, it is commonly referred to as "running aground". When unintentional, grounding may result simply in stranding, with or...
- marinetraffic.com. Retrieved 5 July 2024. "Man dies after fishing boat runs aground in waters south of Tokyo". NHK World-****an. Retrieved 4 March 2024. "The...
- "Ohama Maru No 8". Shipwrecklog. Retrieved 14 January 2025. "Tanker runs aground off the coast of ****an". Safety4Sea. 8 January 2025. Retrieved 11 January...
- American five-masted commercial schooner launched in 1919 and found run aground without its crew off Cape Hatteras, North Carolina, in January 1921...
- with the Bulgarian Navy beginning in 2004. The fourth, Westhinder, ran aground in 1988, was decommissioned in 1993 and was s****ped. The Belgian government...
- Exxon Valdez was an oil tanker that gained notoriety after running aground in Prince William Sound, spilling her cargo of crude oil into the sea. On 24...
- current largest iceberg in the world. As of March 2025,[update] it has run aground off South Georgia island. The base Druzhnaya I, which was originally established...
- a sailing vessel, typically against the wind or current, after running aground, or out from a dead calm, by hauling on a line attached to a kedge anchor...
- in danger of sinking, or to salvage ships that have already sunk or run aground. Few tugboats have ever been truly fully dedicated to salvage work; most...
- November 2002, the Royal Navy's Trafalgar-class submarine, HMS Trafalgar, ran aground close to Skye, causing £5 million worth of damage to her hull and injuring...