Concentrating on a single vessel type helped to boost productivity, as the yard refined its production methods and rejigged workers' pay to reflect qualifications and experience.

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Manannan will be the largest vessel of her type in the Irish Sea with a faster cruising speed than other ferries.

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The Amanikan, their 3-cabin 105-foot coastal cruiser magically infuses the romantic old spice trading-type vessel with luxurious modern amenities and proceeds slowly through the Nusa Tenggara island chain.

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Another vessel of this type is currently under construction at the Galati Shipyard, as is a smaller, 28 m long Fishery Research Vessel (a Damen FRV 2810), also commissioned by the Angolan Ministry.

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It was a type of merchant vessel known as luxury liners or speed queens as they were once called.

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The current HMS Campbeltown, a Type 22 frigate, is named after a wartime vessel which was deliberately blown up in a daring operation nearly 70 years ago.

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When the designers tell us what type of shear loads they expect on areas of a vessel we build it to withstand many times that load.

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The Dockwise Vanguard, previously referred to as the Type-O design, is the largest and most advanced heavy lift vessel ever built.

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