Jedes bewaffnete schwimmende Fahrzeug der Marine. Dem Verwendungszweck nach unterscheidet man: Großkampf- oder Schlachtschiff, Panzerkreuzer, schwere u. leichte Kreuzer, Zerstörer, Fregatte, Korvette, Torpedoboot, Untersee-(U-)Boot, Minenfahrzeug, Schnellboot, Flugzeugträger, Hilfskreuzer.
(Homonym: worship).
A government ship that is available for waging war; SYN. war vessel, combat ship.
Fighting ship armed and crewed for war. The supremacy of the battleship at the beginning of the 20th century was rivaled during World War I by the development of submarine attack, and was rendered obsolescent in World War II with the advent of long-range air attack. Today the largest and most important surface warships are the aircraft carriers. war-ship.