trimaran

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trimaran (plural trimarans)

A type of boat with three parallel hulls.

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About 5.30pm yesterday the men activated their EPIRB signals after 3-5m waves swamped their trimaran. Source: Internet

A new type of super-fast vessel, the wave-piercing trimaran (WPT) is known as an air-born unloaded (up to 25% of displacement) vessel, that can achieve twice the speed with a relative power. Source: Internet

Construction In August 1998, the UK Ministry of Defence (MoD) awarded a contract to Vosper Thornycroft to construct the trimaran, at a cost of £13.5m RV Triton was launched in May 2000 and delivered in August 2000. Source: Internet

If China’s new trimaran frigate does actually become a reality, the ship will not lack for armament. Source: Internet

Operational history DERA and QinetiQ QinetiQ RV Triton Triton was designed as a demonstrator to prove that the trimaran concept would work successfully in a large warship. Source: Internet

More precisely, the term trimaran is used for a ship or boat with three identical hulls of traditional shape. Source: Internet

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