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vessel

[ves-uhl] / ˈvɛs əl /




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Some quote higher rates if ships have a naval escort, for example, on the assumption it makes the vessel more of a target, said David Smith, head of marine at broker McGill & Partners.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 30, 2026

His father returned to the ship before the crew and vessel made their escape to Shanghai.

From BBC • May 29, 2026

Overnight, on 30 and 31 July, the vessel slipped anchor and its crew made the 140-mile journey to open sea.

From BBC • May 29, 2026

Chinese forces took measures such as verbal warnings and "electronic jamming" to force the vessel away, it added.

From Barron's • May 28, 2026

But then a pre-raising inspection of the sunken vessel revealed that most of the nails in the planks inside the ship had corroded during the more than four hundred years it had been submerged.

From "Shipwrecked!" by Martin W. Sandler




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