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diving boat

American  

noun

  1. a boat used as a tender for divers or others working under water.


Etymology

Origin of diving boat

First recorded in 1795–1805

Example Sentences

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A woman who died along with two other British people in a diving boat fire in the Egyptian Red Sea would be "missed beyond words", her family has said.

From BBC Jun. 14, 2023

The captain of a scuba diving boat that burned and sank off the California coast, killing 34 people, pleaded not guilty Tuesday to manslaughter charges.

From Washington Post Feb. 16, 2021

Sandals is reducing the number of people who can be on a scuba diving boat from 28 to 12 and is using disinfectant to sanitize things like weighted belts and paddles.

From Slate Jun. 26, 2020

The Conception launched in 1981 as a fully equipped, 75-foot commercial diving boat that could spend multiple days at sea and hold a maximum of 46 people.

From Fox News Sep. 3, 2019

Here he made successful experiments with a diving boat which he had designed to carry cases of gunpowder under water.

From Stories of Later American History by Wilbur Fisk Gordy

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