It's designed, you know," she added with some heat, "to remain in full working order for years, considering the distances exploratory ships have to go.

Lisianski was the commanding officer of the sloop-of-war Neva, an exploratory ship which ran aground on the island in 1805.

Niall sent for every filmstrip from the exploratory ship.

On an exploratory ship like the Nimitz, every officer needs to be a team player.

There was a story-probably apocryphal-that on one of the islands visited by Cook, the natives had been unable even to see his great exploratory ships.

You've vetoed my requests for more exploratory ships.

And exploratory ships had visited the nearer stars, moving just under the speed of light, their crews experiencing only a few weeks of transit time.

"It's also an exploratory ship," Offenhouse said.

This was our first exploratory ship, and the original designers didn't foresee some problems that came up.

We're an exploratory ship, not a warship.