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mother ship
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mother ship
n
(Transport / Nautical Terms) a ship providing facilities and supplies for a number of small vessels


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Pirate mother ships are usually medium size freighters that operate up to 200km from shore.
Several of the pirates' mother ships are Yemeni fishing vessels and operating from an Egyptian-flagged ship increases their chances of luring unsuspecting victims with distress signals.
The Indian navy action could hamper the pirates in the Gulf of Aden in the near future but the group holding the Sirius Star operates from other mother ships further south.
 
 
 
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