ship's boat

Auxiliary craft aboard

A ship's boat is a small craft carried aboard a larger vessel, used for transportation between ship and shore, rescue operations, or other tasks requiring a lighter vessel.

Lifeboats, dinghies, and launches are all types of ship's boats: The captain ordered the ship's boat lowered to ferry passengers ashore.

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pinnace · whaleboat · wooden hull · keel · yawl · gig · tender · oarlock · coxswain · launch · rowboat · dory · rudder · sampan · pram · cutter · transom · boarding party

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Primary craft carrying others

capital ship · flagship · ocean liner · aircraft carrier · battleship

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ship's boatsupertanker

Enormous petroleum cargo ship

ocean liner · aircraft carrier · cruise ship · container ship · battleship

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