Provision-ship
11Victualer — Vict ual*er, n. [F. victuailleur.] [Written also {victualler}.] 1. One who furnishes victuals. [1913 Webster] 2. One who keeps a house of entertainment; a tavern keeper; an innkeeper. Shak. [1913 Webster] 3. A vessel employed to carry provisions …
12victualler — Victualer Vict ual*er, n. [F. victuailleur.] [Written also {victualler}.] 1. One who furnishes victuals. [1913 Webster] 2. One who keeps a house of entertainment; a tavern keeper; an innkeeper. Shak. [1913 Webster] 3. A vessel employed to carry… …
13victualler — or victualer noun Date: 1514 1. one that provisions an army, a navy, or a ship with food 2. the keeper of a restaurant or tavern 3. an army or navy provision ship …
14Gato class submarine — The United States Navy Gato class submarine design was rushed into production in 1940 and was the forerunner of all US World War II submarine designs. The class was 77 strong and sunk more than 1,700,000 tons of Japanese shipping. New… …
15Armada de Molucca — The Armada de Molucca was the name of the fleet led by Ferdinand Magellan in an attempt to find the Spice Islands. It consisted of five ships, Magellan s flagship Trinidad, the provision ship San Antonio, and the smaller ships Concepcion,… …
16USS Prairie Bird (1862) — was a steamer commissioned by the Union Navy during the American Civil War. She served the Union navy fleet as a gunship during operations on Mississippi River and its tributaries. Purchased at Cincinnati, Ohio Prairie Bird , a” tinclad” wooden… …
17victualler — n. 1. Tavern keeper, inn keeper, publican. 2. Provision ship. 3. [Scotch.] Corn factor …
18general average — Provision in maritime law where all shippers on a given voyage would reimburse the ship line in the event of vessel sinking or catastrophic damage. It also provides for the reimbursement to those shippers whose cargo was thrown overboard in order …
19Lloyd's Register of Shipping — ▪ ship classification society world s first and largest ship classification society, begun in 1760 as a registry for ships likely to be insured by marine insurance underwriters meeting at Lloyd s coffeehouse in London. It is concerned with… …
20List of Acts of Parliament of the English Parliament, 1700 to 1706 — This is a list of Acts of Parliament of the English Parliament during that body s existence prior to the Act of Union of 1707. For legislation passed after that date see List of Acts of Parliament of the United Kingdom Parliament.The numbers… …
