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What (who) is troopship - definition
SHIP USED TO CARRY SOLDIERS
Troop ship; Troop transports; Transport ship; Transport (ship); Troop Ship; Transport ships; Troopships; Troop Ships
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Troopship
·noun A vessel built or fitted for the conveyance of troops; a transport.
troopship
also troop ship
(troopships)
A troopship is a ship on which large numbers of soldiers are taken from one place to another.
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troopship
¦ noun a ship for transporting troops.
Wikipedia
Troopship
A troopship (also troop ship or troop transport or trooper) is a ship used to carry soldiers, either in peacetime or wartime. Troopships were often drafted from commercial shipping fleets, and were unable land troops directly on shore, typically loading and unloading at a seaport or onto smaller vessels, either tenders or barges.
Attack transports, a variant of ocean-going troopship adapted to transporting invasion forces ashore, carry their own fleet of landing craft. Landing ships beach themselves and bring their troops directly ashore.
Examples of use of troopship
1. In 1'18 Allan was sent to England in the troopship Beramba.
2. We won the Falklands back and Argentina benefited because they returned to a democratic society." Former Welsh Guardsman Simon Weston, who suffered horrific injuries when a bomb exploded on the troopship Sir Galahad, called Mrs Beckett‘s words ‘mealy–mouthed‘ and ‘disappointing‘. He added: "The Argentine Government is really threatening the islands at the moment yet Margaret Beckett is doing nothing to dissuade that." Former Para Kevin Ormond who now lives in the Falklands with his wife Tina, said: "She is playing into the Argentine Government‘s hand.