2006-11-29 01:57:35 · 19 answers · asked by Anonymous in Cars & Transportation ➔ Boats & Boating
A ship usually has sufficient size to carry its own boats, such as lifeboats, dinghies, or runabouts. A rule of thumb saying (though it doesn't always apply) goes: "a boat can fit on a ship, but a ship can't fit on a boat". Consequently submarines are referred to as "boats", because early submarines were small enough to be carried aboard a ship in transit to distant waters. Another type of large vessel which is traditionally called a boat is the Great Lakes freighter. Often local law and regulation will define the exact size (or the number of masts) which a boat requires to become a ship. Compare vessel.
2006-11-29 02:00:10 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
A boat usually is carried on a ship with the exception of a submarine which is always a boat,
2006-11-29 02:01:45 · answer #2 · answered by usamedic420 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The easiest way to work it out: you get onto a ship, but into a boat (hence submarines are always boats no matter their size or if they carry a boat on top).
2006-11-29 02:11:51 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
A boat is the name given to a submarine in the Royal Navy and a ship is one that floats on the surface.
2006-11-29 02:11:33 · answer #4 · answered by Daedalus 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Acknowledging that Superman gave this answer first, I would like to endorse his opinion. A crew member on the Queen Mary II told me, A ship has 2 or more Decks; a boat has only one.
2006-11-30 21:02:58 · answer #5 · answered by unterdemwetter 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
You can fit a boat on a ship, but you can't fit a ship on a boat!
2006-11-29 02:00:51 · answer #6 · answered by Daisy Artichoke 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Boats are smaller. Ships are bigger. In fact Ships are just big boats.
2006-11-29 01:59:52 · answer #7 · answered by Joe K 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
a ship can house 20 or more passengers, a boat is up to 20
2006-11-29 02:00:03 · answer #8 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
18 answers and not one of them is correct ! a boat has to be under 66 feet in length. anything over 66 feet is a ship, easy
2006-11-30 10:57:58 · answer #9 · answered by justice 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
if you need a crew and a tug boat to operate you have a ship, if not, you have a boat
2006-11-30 04:22:30 · answer #10 · answered by al b 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋