refitted
Verb
The word is derived from refit
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Examples
After extensive research, he commissioned the Dunedin to be refitted with a compression refrigeration unit for meat shipment in 1881.
Although New Mexico was refitted with geared turbines in a 1931-33 refit, the remaining turbo-electric ships retained the system throughout their careers.
After 1981 the ships were sold and refitted with, what at the time, was more economical diesel-fueled engines but the increased engine size reduced cargo space.
By the end of 1737 the Gabriel had been refitted; additionally, two new ships, the Archangel Michael and the Nadezhda, had been constructed and were rapidly readied for a voyage to Japan, a country with which Russia had never had contact.
Before she was refitted with a diesel power plant in 1986/87, QE2 was also the last oil-fired passenger steamship to cross the Atlantic in scheduled liner service.
Cousteau refitted the Calypso as a mobile laboratory for field research and as his principal vessel for diving and filming.