blockship

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Etymology

From block +‎ ship.

Noun

blockship (plural blockships)

  1. (nautical) A vessel that is deliberately sunk in order to block a waterway (to prevent it being used by an enemy)
    • 1946 September and October, “Notes and News: The War Effect on the Clyde Steamers”, in Railway Magazine, page 324:
      [] the veteran paddle-steamer Gondolier was sunk as a blockship at Scapa Flow; [] .