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At its core, this is a painting about fading: H.M.S. Temeraire was a majestic old warship that had played an important part in the Battle of Trafalgar three decades earlier but, eventually, became militarily obsolete and had to be scrapped for parts.
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Jackson Arn, The New Yorker, 10 Feb. 2025
The development of a drone-carrier warship could alter strategic calculations in the Persian Gulf and beyond.
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Manned by the paramilitary Revolutionary Guard's navy, the Shahid Bagheri carries multiple squadrons of drones, helicopters, and cruise missiles.
—Kristan Hawkins, Newsweek, 7 Feb. 2025
Another historical parallel can be drawn with Trump's aggressive use of tariffs and threats of them and the arrival in 1853 of a flotilla of U.S. warships in Tokyo Bay.
—Scott Neuman, NPR, 7 Feb. 2025
In particular, the U.S. government protested British interference with its foreign trade and the Royal Navy’s practice of impressment, which meant forcing American sailors to serve aboard British warships.
—Lawrence B.a. Hatter / Made By History, TIME, 4 Feb. 2025
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Jackson Arn, The New Yorker, 10 Feb. 2025
The development of a drone-carrier warship could alter strategic calculations in the Persian Gulf and beyond.
What to Know
Manned by the paramilitary Revolutionary Guard's navy, the Shahid Bagheri carries multiple squadrons of drones, helicopters, and cruise missiles.
—Kristan Hawkins, Newsweek, 7 Feb. 2025
Another historical parallel can be drawn with Trump's aggressive use of tariffs and threats of them and the arrival in 1853 of a flotilla of U.S. warships in Tokyo Bay.
—Scott Neuman, NPR, 7 Feb. 2025
In particular, the U.S. government protested British interference with its foreign trade and the Royal Navy’s practice of impressment, which meant forcing American sailors to serve aboard British warships.
—Lawrence B.a. Hatter / Made By History, TIME, 4 Feb. 2025
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“Warship.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/warship. Accessed 16 Feb. 2025.
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warship
noun
war·ship
ˈwȯ(ə)r-ˌship 
: a ship armed for combat
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