merchantman

Preposition: of

• ton: In June 1748 FOX brought into Kinsale a French merchantman of 230 tons bound to Bordeaux from Martinique with sugar and coffee.
• period: It is to date the only surviving extant example of an armed merchantman of this period.

Converse of object

• sink: The weight of the air attack also took a toll on the convoy with 4 merchantmen sunk & 2 damaged, .
• capture: Early in the year he captured a valuable Spanish merchantman off Ferrol.
• bind: The merchantmen bound up the St. George's Channel were given in charge of ARGUS off Cape Clear.
• damage: She later damaged another merchantman and scored four hits on the Kent Class cruiser HMS Berwick before withdrawing.
• board: What then, an attempt to board British merchantmen?
• escort: These craft were used for anti-submarine and patrol work, or for minesweeping and escorting merchantmen.

Adjective modifier

• armed: The Lord Stewart was 248 foot long, 1445 ton armed merchantman.
• British: What then, an attempt to board British merchantmen?
• French: In June 1748 FOX brought into Kinsale a French merchantman of 230 tons bound to Bordeaux from Martinique with sugar and coffee.
• English: His aid proved to be ineffective and Rupert turned his ships toward Portugal, capturing English merchantmen on the way.
• other: In all, HMS Breconshire made more trips to Malta than any other merchantman.
• American: The State Department at Washington announces that American merchantmen are authorized to fire on any German submarine at sight.

Preposition: in

• convoy: During the action, Mohawk evaded a bow ramming from the lead German merchantman in the convoy.