The phrase "drive a ship" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use this phrase to refer to operating a vessel such as a boat, ferry, or cruise ship. For example, you might say, "He decided to pursue a career in which he could drive a ship around the world."
Also, it had a higher thermal content than coal, so that the same weight or volume of oil could drive a ship much farther.
The temporary hijacking of the Dewi Madrim was by terrorists learning to drive a ship, and the kidnapping (without any attempt to ransom the officers) was aimed at acquiring expertise to help the terrorists mount a maritime attack.
The only reason a practical engineer wants to run an engine at all is to achieve a desired output of useful work, which is, for our present purposes, to drive a ship at a prescribed speed, and/or to provide electricity at a prescribed kilowattage.
I found I could drive a ship well if I was around people like me very intense and focused.
That a fundamental respect for and fear of nature is exemplified in the Hindu tradition makes it all the more horrendous that the government of India is pushing ahead with plans to drive a shipping canal through a particularly environmentally sensitive region.
The watercolor depicts Bamborough Castle, perched on an outcrop at the edge of the North Sea, during a storm that has driven a ship onto the rocks.
An adaptive output feedback controller based on neural network feedback feedforward compensator (NNFFC) which drives a surface ship at high speed to track a desired trajectory is designed.
In the Grenadines, the storm drove a coast guard ship aground, while five people were injured and hundreds of homes were destroyed.
What, I've pondered, drives a couple and cruise ships, by the way, are usually dominated by deeply-tanned couples enjoying their evergreen afternoons under azure blue skies to blow a hefty proportion of that year's pension packet on the possibility of dinner at the captain's table after a solid six hours of bridge?
What, I've pondered, drives a couple and cruise ships are usually dominated by deeply-tanned couples enjoying their evergreen afternoons under azure blue skies to blow a hefty proportion of that year's pension packet on the possibility of dinner at the captain's table after a solid six hours of bridge?
A man who drives a car with the words "ship oil" on it is the "Ship Oil Guy".
