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displacement tonnage
noun
Nautical.
- the number of long tons of water displaced by a vessel, light or load displacement being specified.
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The displacement tonnage of the Royal Navy in 1914 was 2,400,000 tons.
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The displacement tonnage of a ship increases according to the weight of fuel, passengers, mail or freight with which it is burdened.
Less frequently used as an official unit of admeasurement of merchant ships is displacement tonnage.
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