motor vessel
C24481
concept
A motor vessel is a powered watercraft propelled primarily by engines rather than sails or human effort, used for transporting people, goods, or performing specialized maritime tasks.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| motor vessel canonical | 6 |
| motor ship | 5 |
| motorboat | 1 |
| trawler | 1 |
Description generation (CDg)
The one-sentence description above was generated by prompting gpt-5.1 with the class name and this instruction.
Instruction
generate a one-sentence description for a given conceptual class. # Response Format Return only the sentence: "Description: [one-sentence description of the conceptional class]"
Input
Class: motor vessel
Generated description
A motor vessel is a powered watercraft propelled primarily by engines rather than sails or human effort, used for transporting people, goods, or performing specialized maritime tasks.
Instances (13)
| Instance | Via concept surface |
|---|---|
|
MV Hyak
linked to:
MV Hyak (retired)
|
— |
|
MV Elwha
linked to:
MV Elwha (retired)
|
— |
| MV Chimacum | — |
| MV Matanuska | — |
|
M/V Aurora
linked to:
WNGX
|
— |
| vaporetti | motorboat |
|
Training Ship Kennedy
linked to:
training ship Kennedy
|
— |
|
Hannah Boden
linked to:
sister ship Hannah Boden
|
trawler |
| SS Empress of Britain (1984) | motor ship |
| SS Empress of Canada (1983) | motor ship |
| SS Empress of Canada (1988) | motor ship |
| SS Empress of Britain (1994) | motor ship |
| SS Empress of Canada (1995) | motor ship |