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EA:  VESSEL_TYPE

Status: STD 2005/06/07
Code: 1533
Concept definition: The type of a <VESSEL>.
 
Attribute value type: ENUMERATION
Reference type: IR
Reference: [OAML, Historical Temporal Shipping Database]
Supplemental references:  
Enumerants (presented in a natural order)
Status Attribute label Enumerant label ▾ Concept definition Code Ref type Reference Supplemental references
STD
2005/06/07		 VESSEL_TYPE AUXILIARY Takes part in military operations but is not a <COMBATANT_VESSEL>; auxiliary. EXAMPLES Transport <VESSEL>, hospital <VESSEL>. 1 [APDS, "auxiliary vessel", 1]
STD
2005/06/07		 VESSEL_TYPE BARGE A flat-bottomed freight <VESSEL>, often unpowered, primarily for use in <CANAL>s, <RIVER>s and <HARBOUR>s; barge [SOED, "barge", n.2]. 2 [APDS, "barge", 1]
STD
2005/06/07		 VESSEL_TYPE CIVILIAN Designed for civil functions, especially not military or police operations; civilian. 3  
STD
2005/06/07		 VESSEL_TYPE HYDROFOIL <HYDROFOIL_VESSEL>. 4      
STD
2005/06/07		 VESSEL_TYPE LIFE_RAFT A raft, usually an inflatable one, for conveying <HUMAN>s, especially as a substitute for a boat in an emergency; life-raft [SOED, "life-raft"]. 5 [APDS, "life raft"]
STD
2005/06/07		 VESSEL_TYPE LOGISTIC Designed to transport <CARGO> from strategic sealift <VESSEL>s to <SHORE> during operations; logistic. 6 IR [MSSAW]  
STD
2005/06/07		 VESSEL_TYPE MISSILE Armed with <MISSILE>s. 7  
STD
2005/06/07		 VESSEL_TYPE PATROL_CRAFT <PATROL_CRAFT>. 8      
STD
2005/06/07		 VESSEL_TYPE TANKER Fitted with <STORAGE_TANK>s for transporting fluid <CARGO> in bulk; tanker [SOED, "tanker", n.I.1]. 9  
STD
2005/06/07		 VESSEL_TYPE TUGBOAT A small stoutly built powerful boat used to tow or push larger <VESSEL>s; tugboat [SOED, "tug", n1.5.a]. 10 [APDS, "tugboat"]
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