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merchant vessel
The ship was the Indiaman
RMS = Royal Merchant Ship.
The crew on the whaling ship had all the oil they needed for their lamps, while the oil was scarce on a merchant ship.
Nathaniel Rich - merchant adventurer - died in 1636.
Nathaniel Rich - merchant adventurer - was born in 1585.
The crew on the whaling ship had all the oil they needed for their lamps, while the oil was scarce on a merchant ship.
The M.S in a ships name usually designates it, as a "merchant ship " SS is sailing ship, HMAS is her majesty Australian ship, HMS, her majesty's ship. USS united states ship. etc However there are instances where the initials before a ship's Name identify it as belonging to a particular company
I do not know what ship Leif Erikson sailed on but I can tell you it was not the Santa Maria
The merchant was waiting for a ship to arrive from China.
Kaupskip is a generic name for several classes of merchant or merchant raider boats. These classes include the Karv which was a raider/merchant. Two examples of these craft are the Gokstad ship and the Oseberg ships. The second class was the Knarr. this was a 15 to 20 meter merchant ship with a wide beam and able to carry large loads. This was the type of ship Leif Erickson used on his journey to the America's. the last is the Byrding. this was a smaller coastal merchant ship built like the Knarr but on a smaller scale.