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warship

[wawr-ship] / ˈwɔrˌʃɪp /


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Those on the warship were held captive for months, with the incident later dramatised in the 1957 film Yangtse Incident: The Story of H.M.S Amethyst.

From BBC • May 29, 2026

And on the USS Gerald R. Ford, a $13 billion warship that limped off the line for a week of repairs after its laundry room caught fire.

From MarketWatch • May 21, 2026

One sanctioned oil tanker - Universal - appears to have been escorted by a Russian warship, based on satellite images obtained by BBC Verify.

From BBC • May 12, 2026

The new warship is part of Kim’s bid to modernize his Soviet-era naval forces and establish nuclear strike capabilities at sea—potentially presenting a new threat to U.S. and South Korean defenses.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 8, 2026

The greatest British warship of them all were called men-of-war—floating cities that could hold a thousand men and almost a hundred big cannons.

From I Survived the American Revolution, 1776 by Lauren Tarshis




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