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Collier is a historical term used to describe a
bulk cargo shipA bulk carrier, bulk freighter, or bulker is a merchant ship specially designed to transport unpackaged bulk cargo, such as grains, coal, ore, and cement in its cargo holds. Since the first specialized bulk carrier was built in 1852, economic forces have fueled the development of these ships,...
designed to carry
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, especially for naval use by coal-fired warships.
See also
- SS River Clyde
The SS River Clyde was a 4,000 ton collier built in Glasgow in 1905 and named after the River Clyde in Scotland. On April 25, 1915, the River Clyde was used as a Trojan horse for the landing at Cape Helles during the Battle of Gallipoli...
- USS Merrimac
USS Merrimac was a steamship in the United States Navy during the Spanish-American War.Merrimac was built as Solveig in 1894, and purchased by the Navy in April 1898. Rear Admiral William T. Sampson ordered her to be sunk as a blockship at the entrance of Santiago Harbor, Cuba, in an attempt to...
- SS Ulysses
The SS Ulysses was a steel-hulled screw steamer designed by the United States Navy and constructed at Sparrows Point, Maryland by the Maryland Steel Company under naval supervision; she was named for Ulysses The SS Ulysses (Panama Collier No. 1) was a steel-hulled screw steamer designed by the...
- USS Cyclops
USS Cyclops was one of four Proteus-class colliers built for the United States Navy several years before World War I. Named for the Cyclops, a primordial race of giants from Greek mythology, she was the second U.S. Naval vessel to bear the name...
- SS Bengrove
The SS Bengrove was a steamer-type collier ship registered in Liverpool, England. Thousands of people on shore witnessed the ship explode and sink in the Bristol Channel on Sunday, 7 March 1915....
- USS Langley
The USS Langley was the United States Navy's first aircraft carrier, converted in 1920 from the collier USS Jupiter , and also the US Navy's first electrically-propelled ship...
- USS Vestal
USS Vestal was a collier , later refitted as a fleet repair ship. The Vestal served between 1909 and 1946 in both World Wars I and II and received two battle stars for her World War II service.- Commissioning :...
- HM Bark Endeavour
HMS Endeavour, also known as HM Bark Endeavour, was a Royal Navy research vessel commanded by Lieutenant James Cook on his first voyage of discovery, to Australia and New Zealand from 1769 to 1771....
- HMS Investigator
HM Sloop Investigator was a survey ship of the Royal Navy. In 1802, under the command of Matthew Flinders, she was the first ship to circumnavigate Australia.- Background :...