hull

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The vessels have a deeper draught - the amount of hull below the waterline - than most CalMac ships, allowing for a sleeker, more fuel efficient shape.

From BBC • Mar. 30, 2026

Before the current Middle East conflict, a war risk premium would typically have cost less than one percent of the vessel's so-called hull value.

From Barron's • Mar. 29, 2026

AFP footage taken from a plane showed it listing onto one side, parts of it blackened and seriously damaged by fire, with two holes either side in the middle of the hull.

From Barron's • Mar. 15, 2026

How they are laid: A diver attaches it to a ship’s hull, magnetically or with a nail gun.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 12, 2026

Cut into the vessel’s hull at the waterline, for the first time in history they allowed a warship to fire broadsides at an enemy.

From "Shipwrecked!" by Martin W. Sandler