light displacement

noun

, Nautical.

1. the weight of a ship with all its permanent equipment, excluding the weight of cargo, persons, ballast, dunnage, and fuel, but usually including the weight of permanent ballast and water used to operate steam machinery.

Example Sentences

The register of battleships was supplemented with ten light cruisers of exceptionally light displacement, the highest being only 3,966 tons.

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The run down Southampton Water was necessarily performed at quarter-speed, for in spite of her light displacement the Capella's wash at full speed was almost equal to that of a liner.

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The register of battleships was supplemented with ten light cruisers of exceptionally light displacement, the highest being only 3,966 tons.

From Project Gutenberg