This is the Royal Navy definiton of the two vessel types.

Types of boats and ships. Sailors and people who work on boats and ships. Bamboo wood logs and reeds have all been used as raw materials tied together with vines or palm. Shipwrecks and accidents at sea.

Essentially you can put a boat on a ship but you cant put a ship on a boat. Current Ships Boats by Designation. Sailing and boating equipment.

Free thesaurus definition of types of boat or ship from the Macmillan English Dictionary - a free English dictionary online with thesaurus and with pronunciation from Macmillan Education. Today ships boats and yachts are built using advanced technology. Types of military boat or ship.

The two Navy hospital ships are truly floating hospitals with emergency rooms operating rooms beds for recovering patients nurses doctors and dentists. The primary difference between boats and ships is the size. Amphibious Assault Ship LHD Destroyer Guided Missile DDG Frigate Helicopter FFH Landing Ship Dock LSD Minehunter Coastal MHC Oiler Replenishment Naval OR Patrol Boat General PB Submarine Attack Guided Missile SSG Survey Ship AGS Survey Ship Coastal AGSC.

Catamarans can be sail- or engine-powered. Rafts using bamboo logs or reeds. A large boat used for hunting whales.

In Spanish this type was called carraca or nao in Portuguese it was called nau which meant simply ship in French it was nef and English military carracks were called great ships. Only primitive cutting tools are required. Boats cant carry the capacity of a ships.