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What (who) is Ship ahoy! - definition
Ship Ahoy! (All the Nice Girls Love a Sailor)
2021 SONG BY HETTY KING
Ship Ahoy!; All the Nice Girls Love a Sailor
"Ship Ahoy! (All the Nice Girls Love a Sailor)" is an English music hall song from 1908, written by Bennett Scott and A.
Ship Ahoy (album)
1973 STUDIO ALBUM BY THE O'JAYS
Ship Ahoy is a rhythm and blues album by Philadelphia soul group The O'Jays, released on November 10, 1973 on Philadelphia International Records. The album was a critical and commercial success, reaching #1 on Billboards "Black Albums" chart and #11 on the "Pop Albums" chart and launching two hit singles, "For the Love of Money" and "Put Your Hands Together.
Ahoy (greeting)
![The word ''ahoy'' appeared for the first time in 1828 in German translations of [[James Fenimore Cooper]]'s novels](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/James Fenimore Cooper by Jarvis.jpg?width=200 "The word ''ahoy'' appeared for the first time in 1828 in German translations of [[James Fenimore Cooper]]'s novels")
![Narrenschiff]]'' (Ship of Fools) (1495). In carnival parades the crew of a ship of fools greets the audience with ahoy!](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Narrenschiff.JPG?width=200 "Narrenschiff]]'' (Ship of Fools) (1495). In carnival parades the crew of a ship of fools greets the audience with ahoy!")
![Piers the Plowman]], driving oxen, in a [[Psalter]] from the 14th century](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Piers plowman drolleries.gif?width=200 "Piers the Plowman]], driving oxen, in a [[Psalter]] from the 14th century")
![[[Tobias Smollett]] used the expression ''a hoy'' for the first time in 1751, not yet in a maritime context](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Tobias Smollett c 1770.jpg?width=200 "[[Tobias Smollett]] used the expression ''a hoy'' for the first time in 1751, not yet in a maritime context")
![Richard Cumberland]] used the present form ''ahoy'' in 1782](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Richard Cumberland playwright.jpg?width=200 "Richard Cumberland]] used the present form ''ahoy'' in 1782")
![[[Charles Dibdin]] inserted ''ahoy'' in a song of one of his musicals](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Charles Dibdin by Thomas Phillips.jpg?width=200 "[[Charles Dibdin]] inserted ''ahoy'' in a song of one of his musicals")
![[[Samuel Johnson]] used the word ''ahoy'' in his writings in 1824](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/IMA-Samuel Johnson2.jpg?width=200 "[[Samuel Johnson]] used the word ''ahoy'' in his writings in 1824")
![Since 1844, Ahoi often appears in writings by the German sailor and writer [[Heinrich Smidt]]](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Heinrich Smidt by Adolf von Menzel.jpeg?width=200 "Since 1844, Ahoi often appears in writings by the German sailor and writer [[Heinrich Smidt]]")
![[[Paul Heyse]] used ''ahoi'' in 1900 to challenge the elements](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Adolf Friedrich Erdmann von Menzel 042.jpg?width=200 "[[Paul Heyse]] used ''ahoi'' in 1900 to challenge the elements")
![[[Friedrich Dürrenmatt]] deemed ''ahoi'' fit for a radio play in 1951](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Friedrich duerrenmatt 19890427.jpg?width=200 "[[Friedrich Dürrenmatt]] deemed ''ahoi'' fit for a radio play in 1951")
![[[Günter Grass]] wrote ''ahoi'' ironically to caricature a landlubbing character in 1959](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/GGrass.jpg?width=200 "[[Günter Grass]] wrote ''ahoi'' ironically to caricature a landlubbing character in 1959")
![[[Hermann Kant]] used ''ahoi'' in 1972 as a parting phrase](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Bundesarchiv Bild 183-1982-0104-304, Berlin, Hermann Kant.jpg?width=200 "[[Hermann Kant]] used ''ahoi'' in 1972 as a parting phrase")
TRADITIONAL MARITIME GREETING
Ahoy-hoy
Ahoy () () is a signal word used to call to a ship or boat. It’s derived from the Middle English cry, 'Hoy!
Examples of use of Ship ahoy!
1. Ship ahoy: The Queen Victoria, the latest Cunard luxury liner, can carry 2,000 passengers The materials used to build the Queen Victoria – marble, bronze, gold leaf, mahogany, elaborate stained glass – are intended to recreate an era when cruise liners represented the height of opulence and sophistication.