storeshipn.
A government ship employed to carry military or naval stores.
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magazine ship1617
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storeship1693
supply ship1778
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supply boat1823
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oiler1916
1693 London Gaz. No. 2888/3 Susanna Bomb Storeship.
1705 London Gaz. No. 4187/3 This day sailed hence Her Majesty's Ship the Lizard with three Store-ships.
1788 E. Gibbon Decline & Fall IV. xlvi. 511 A fleet of gallies, transports, and store~ships, was assembled in the harbour.
1790 R. Beatson Naval & Mil. Mem. II. 66 This being the first expedition of importance that had neither store-ship, hospital-ship, fire-ship, or tender, to accompany it.
1834 J. D. Lang Hist. Acct. New S. Wales (1837) I. 48 His Majesty's store-ship Guardian had been despatched from England..with a large supply of provisions and other stores for the settlement.
1915 Daily Tel. 24 Aug. 8/7 The movement of men-of-war, transports, and storeships across Baltic waters.
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