Definition of Merchantman. Meaning of Merchantman. Synonyms of Merchantman

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Definition of Merchantman

Merchantman
Merchantman Mer"chant*man, n.; pl. Merchantmen. 1. A merchant. [Obs.] --Matt. xiii. 45. 2. A trading vessel; a ship employed in the transportation of goods, as, distinguished from a man-of-war.

Meaning of Merchantman from wikipedia

- A merchant ship, merchant vessel, trading vessel, or merchantman is a watercraft that transports cargo or carries p****engers for hire. This is in contrast...
- An armed merchantman is a merchant ship equipped with guns, usually for defensive purposes, either by design or after the fact. In the days of sail, piracy...
- The Miles Merchantman was a scaled-up and four-engined development of the Miles Aerovan light freighter. It flew in 1947 but the design was abandoned...
- into freighters during the early 1970s, those from BEA becoming the Merchantman. As a freighter, the type remained in service for many years, the final...
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- merchantman) (Meijndert Theunissen van Oosterwout) Roode Haes (Red Hare) 28 (hired merchantman) (Adriaan Rodenhaes) Ster (Star) 28 (hired merchantman)...
- no real role. The Navy sold her in 1801. She then returned to being a merchantman. She was probably wrecked in February 1807, but was still listed until...
- HMhb:Brig Tons burthen HMS: 1813⁄94 (bm) HMhb: 18392⁄94, or 195 (bm) Merchantman:200 (bm) Length 69 ft 4 in (21.1 m) (overall); 52 ft 0 in (15.8 m) (keel)...
- these efforts were repulsed. Eventually, waves of fire ships set the merchantman on fire. The crew of the General Sherman jumped off the ship and were...
- Weymouth was a 44-gun fifth rate of the Royal Navy. She was previously the merchantman Wellesley, built in Calcutta in 1796. She successfully defended herself...