ALL meanings of factory ship
fac·to·ry ship
F f - noun factory ship a whaling ship equipped to process killed whales and to transport the oil and by-products. 1
- noun factory ship Also called factory trawler. a large fishing vessel, usually a stern trawler, equipped for processing and freezing fish at sea. 1
- countable noun factory ship A factory ship is a large fishing boat which has equipment for processing the fish that are caught, for example by cleaning or freezing them, before it returns to port. 0
- noun factory ship a fishing boat that processes the fish that are caught 0