depot ship

She had already spent time as a depot ship for various establishments.

During the base's operation she was assigned a number of depot ships.

They've got one of those depot ships somewhere in this area, eh?

These men were landed at different places and conveyed to the depot ship.

During the winter season she served as a depot ship for the recruit unit.

He moved morosely around the depot ship's bridge for a few minutes.

She was used as a whale oil depot ship.

The flying boat left the African coast and landed by the depot ship.

Smaller vessels were also officially assigned to a depot ship.

The owners decided to have a depot ship to house strike breakers.

After the battle, the vessel was disarmed and used as a depot ship.

She served her later years as a storeship and depot ship based in Jamaica.

After that, she became a depot ship at Taranto.

They were there now, on that depot ship.

She was later used as a depot ship before being stricken from the naval register on 13 January 1912.

One month later, she was recommissioned in Esquimalt as a depot ship.

He gestured toward the depot ship, a little flick of his hand as though trying to brush away a fly.

After the raid, Donald reports that "a destroyer depot ship disappeared and was not seen again."

A curious air of menace pervaded the depot ship, its crew and their master.

Together they crouched under the hull of the depot ship, then darted across the square to the nearest street.

After all, we're only an unarmed depot ship.

Each flotilla had a depot ship (an old cruiser).

She was used a fleet storage ship, and then submarine depot ship.

Twenty feet behind him towered the dark bulk of the depot ship, a few lights still burning on its decks.

The shore receded, the depot ship and its clinging submarines drew closer.