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mystery ship

n. (context dated boats English) A popular name during World War I for the secret British Q-ships, also known as "decoy vessels" or "special service ships", which served as submarine decoy vessels.

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Mystery Ship

Mystery Ship can refer to:

  • Travel Air Type R Mystery Ship
  • The Mystery Ship
  • Vetter Mystery Ship
  • Mystery Ship, a 1941 American film

Usage examples of "mystery ship".

Instead, they sifted through all the reports they'd gotten so far from the other teams, looking for clues or hints that their mystery ship could have made port anywhere else.

Instead, they sifted through all the reports they'd gotten so far from the other teams, look- ing for clues or hints that their mystery ship could have made port anywhere else.

Presently the investigating spaceboat reached the mystery ship and circled it, beaming queries.

The mystery ship was appearing out of the night, heading directly at them in exactly the same manner as it has come toward Outpost 4 during those last horrid moments.

His eye fastened on the X that marked the position of the mystery ship.

He refocused his attention on the monitor, intending to read the information on the mystery ship as he had documented it.