shipborne

Carried by vessel

Shipborne describes something carried by or based on a ship: shipborne cargo, shipborne weapons systems, shipborne radar.

The term appears most often in military and maritime contexts, distinguishing equipment or personnel transported by sea from land-based or airborne alternatives.

naval

fleet

Vehicles under unified command

submarine · cruiser · battleship · corvette · minehunter · torpedo · missile · radar · sonar · armament

maritime

cargo

Transported goods

hull · berth · mooring · gangway · bulkhead · anchor · ballast · tonnage · manifest · stowage

voyage

passage

Segment of text

sailing · navigation · embarkation · disembarkation · cruise · expedition · route · destination · port of call · itinerary

Opposites
mode of transport/platform

shipborneland-based

Situated on earth

ground-based · onshore · airborne · man-portable · fixed

Family

ship, born, shipping, ships, shipment, spaceship, borne, warship, airship

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