2007-04-12 19:12:28 · 15 answers · asked by JAM 1 in Cars & Transportation ➔ Boats & Boating
Not a lot but generally ships go to sea and are big. Boats can be found inland or are small or they are submarines.
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2007-04-13 11:59:32 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
In days gone by when we didn't have global communication, Internet to validate answers or the right to question authority, the Navy unofficial definition was a boat will fit on a ship.
Mind you ships have grown so much now that a lot of ships can also fit on another ship.
How ever at that time the only challenge to the logic was the U boat. We were assured it would fit on a ship; it would just be difficult.
International marine terminology distinguishes between a motor vessel and ship, although it may be a matter of right to carry cargo for hire, taxation or registry. It also determines rights of passage and priority in the Panama and Suez Canals. So there is a definitive answer, I hopw this will help you find it..
2007-04-13 13:13:44 · answer #2 · answered by Caretaker 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The definitions are fairly vague. Except for that of the 3 masted sailing vessel. Referring to power driven vessels it is often size and function that determine its definition. Generally anything over 20 meters is used because of references in the Navigation Rules. But it also refers to its function. A ship is generally ocean going and serves its own function(carrying passengers, cargo etc) A boat services a ship, Like a tug. Or serves only limited purposes like a commuter ferry.
2007-04-13 09:38:40 · answer #3 · answered by Timothy P 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Generally speaking, a boat is usually much smaller than a ship. In fact, a (life)boat is often carried aboard ships!
Most people use the terms interchangeably, but there is a difference, obviously. You wouldn't call the Queen Mary a "boat" nor would you call the rental rowboats at the park, "ships", right? At least I wouldn't ....
2007-04-13 02:20:13 · answer #4 · answered by Kiffin # 1 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Every type of vessel has its own particular name. As has been said before a Ship is a particular type of sailing vessel with 3/4 masts all rigged with square sails, all other types of sailing vessels have different names like cutters, frigates etc. Power vessels are just that and only referred to as ships by default. Boats are small vessels, also of various types that would have been carried by other larger vessels and are thus usually less that 30ft long.
2007-04-13 03:02:34 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Among sailing vessels, the distinction between ships and boats is that a ship is a square-rigged craft with at least three masts, and a boat isn't. With regard to motorized craft, a ship is a large vessel intended for oceangoing or at least deep-water transport, and a boat is anything else.
2007-04-13 02:17:52 · answer #6 · answered by richard_beckham2001 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
A boat is generally a small vessel for pleasure or fishing, whereas a ship is genereally a large ocean-going vessel that would transport a variety of cargos across the ocean.
2007-04-13 02:20:45 · answer #7 · answered by simon j 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The correct answer to this question is as follows: A boat is any vessel that can be CARRIED ONBOARD a "ship". (except submarines, which are always called "boats".
2007-04-13 13:27:56 · answer #8 · answered by immature_old_fool 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
A ship is bigger than a boat.
2007-04-13 02:21:37 · answer #9 · answered by The Quiet One 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The definition of a ship used to be," Any vessel fully rigged on three masts or more"
2007-04-15 13:54:37 · answer #10 · answered by rockdodger 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋