merchantman
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Months of leisurely study showed the wreck to be a small merchantman about 30 ft. long.
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The Compass Island is a 17,600-ton converted merchantman, commanded by James A. Dare.
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It pulled a sailor off the deck of a nearby merchantman, and tossed him up to the top of a hill half a mile away.
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Heavily outgunned, the merchantman made every shell count.
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Thus all the German had to do in this case was to keep away at a safe distance and bombard the merchantman.
From The Victory At Sea by Hendrick, Burton J.
At his command, the Navy fought and won a number of battles with French warships harassing American merchantmen in the Atlantic and the Caribbean.
From Textbooks ● Jan. 1, 2016
Underwater archaeologists have found the wracks of ancient, sail- driven merchantmen but no remains of the oar-studded warships.
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In fact, Egyptian ships have been patrolling the strait, mines have been laid there, and a small fleet of merchantmen is tied up in the Israeli port of Eilat as a result.
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Maritime Administration has not yet decided whether to power the $40 million experimental ship with an obsolescent, Nautilus-type reactor or design a more advanced atomic plant suitable for merchantmen.
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He saw many other ships as well: fishing boats, lumbering merchantmen, proud galleys with their oars lashing the waves into white foam.
From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin
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