Not usually. There are two rare cases: - The archaic use to mean later : his after years - The nautical use meaning the aft or rear of a ship: the after end of the ship
The front end of the ship .
The front end of a ship is the bow, the back end where the rudder is is the stern.
The bow is the front end of the ship, with the stern being the back end.
Adela - ship - ended in 1865.
Passat - ship - ended in 1957.
The stern is the back end of a ship.
The back end of the ship.
The title of the ship is the Flying Dutchman. Davy Jones' ship appears in both PotC: Dead Man's Chest and At World's End. However, in the end of At World's End, it is no longer Davy Jones' ship but rather William Turner's ship.
Some compound nouns that end with -ship are:airshipambassadorshipcensorshipchampionshipcitizenshipcontainer shipcourtshipcraftsmanshipcruise shipdictatorshipdraftsmanshipfellowshipflagshipfriendshipguardianshiphardshiphorsemanshipinternshipkinshipleadershipmarksmanshipmembershipownershippartnershipreadershipreceivershipscholarshipspaceshipsteamshipstewardshipswordsmanshiptownshiptroop shipwarshipworkmanship
Rare Earths Facility ended in 1973.
Machold Rare Violins ended in 2010.