merchant vessel

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Five Somali pirates convicted of attacking a US Navy ship they mistook for a merchant vessel last November have been sentenced to life in prison, the BBC reported.
據(jù)英國(guó)廣播公司報(bào)道，5名去年11月襲擊美國(guó)海軍艦船的索馬里海盜被判處終生監(jiān)禁。這些海盜當(dāng)時(shí)誤把軍艦當(dāng)成商船。
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The ship, 30.4m long and 9.8m wide, was built during the Song Dynasty. It is the oldest and the largest wrecked merchant vessel yet discovered, and the best preserved.
南海一號(hào)"長(zhǎng)30.4米，寬9.8米，是迄今為止世界上發(fā)現(xiàn)的沉船中年代最早、船體最大、保存最完整的商船。
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After some digging, Marriott came across records which showed the Nord Deutsche Line, a German merchant vessel group, had a ship called the Reiher docked at the time of the murders.
經(jīng)過深入調(diào)查，馬里奧特發(fā)現(xiàn)了一些記錄，案發(fā)時(shí)，一支名為“北德線”的商隊(duì)恰恰將其商船“蒼鷺”號(hào)停靠在港口。

It was a type of merchant vessel known as luxury liners or speed queens as they were once called.
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This same status is indispensable for captains, pilots, masters, engineers, mechanics, and in general, for all personnel of the crew of any vessel or airship protected by the Mexican merchant flag or insignia.
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