Cleaning the ship up and displaying flags and bunting.
It means the ship is capable of carrying 20,000 20-foot containers.
Lloyds Register
It means to open valves to let sea water fill the ship, then to leave the ship to sink. In wartime, often done rather than let the enemy have the ship.
ships are not meant for being safe at the harbour, they are meant to get drowned in all possible waves
You probably are thinking of the word "scuttling" here. To scuttle a ship is to open holes in the hull and let in the water. It means to sink your own ship on purpose.
Sinking it deliberately to avoid it being of use to an enemy.
Sinking it deliberately to avoid it being of use to an enemy.
The ship meant to collect them was unable to make the rendezvous.
A ship that has lost power and cannot manoeuvre is said to be floundering. It also means to stumble about in an uncoordinated fashion.
i think it meant that there was a sick ness on board i think.
A denizen is one who lives in a certain place. So denizenship is to have lived in that place.