Sentence examples for converted freighter from inspiring English sources

To counter this threat, the Admiralty developed the fighter catapult ship - a converted freighter, manned by a naval crew, carrying a single Hawker Hurricane fighter.

No freighter version of this model was developed, but many 747-100s have been converted into freighters.

This has meant many 747s have been withdrawn from passenger-carrying duty and converted to freighters.

The passenger jets would be converted to freighters, and it seemed likely Amazon would be the main customer.

In 1963, three Avro 748s were in service and two of Skyways Coach-Air's Dakotas were converted to freighters.

The third ship would be converted to a freighter.

The SS Valley Camp, a decommissioned Great Lakes freighter converted to a maritime history museum and aquarium, is anchored near the locks.

In 1920, she was sold, converted into a freighter, and renamed Adolf Sommerfeld.

In October 1918, she was sold to the Belgian firm of Lloyd Royal Belge (LRB) and converted to a freighter under the name Péruvier by Forges et Chantiers de la Gironde.

Five of the ships were sold for scrapping immediately after they were struck from the register, but Frithjof was purchased by a shipping company, and converted into a freighter.

Victoria Louise was sold in 1919 and converted into a freighter the following year, though she served in this capacity until 1923, when she was broken up for scrap.