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War vessel   /wɔr vˈɛsəl/   Listen
War vessel

noun
1.
A government ship that is available for waging war.  Synonyms: combat ship, warship.





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"War vessel" Quotes from Famous Books



... Delaware just in time to avoid capture by a British war vessel. He sold the sloop and cargo in Philadelphia, and began business on the capital. Being a foreigner, unable to speak English, short, stout, and with a repulsive face, blind in one eye, it was hard for him to get a start. ...
— Architects of Fate - or, Steps to Success and Power • Orison Swett Marden
... valuable prizes and creating great consternation. She then changed her station, to elude the numerous vessels that had been sent after her, and sailed southward, off Cape Ortegal, Cape Finisterre, and finally among the Barbadoes, reaching New York, Oct. 29th. During this cruise she encountered no war vessel smaller than a frigate; but captured 14 sail of merchant-men, some containing valuable cargoes, and manned ...
— The Naval War of 1812 • Theodore Roosevelt


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