A ship which is moored or grounded in a channel in order to block it, for purposes of war or to provide shelter.
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- There was little choice about the type of ships to use as blockships.
- Nasser had sunk blockships in the canal and it did not reopen until March 1957, under UN control.
- Suitably buoyed up by our first dive, the team spent the afternoon exploring one of the famous blockships dotted around the ring of islands that make up Scapa Flow.
- Most divers who have been to Scapa Flow will have dived blockships in Burra Sound.
- The Tabarka is a blockship in Burra Sound, lying in around 12m of fiercely tidal water.