Beaching (or Landing) is the process in which a ship or boat is laid ashore, or grounded deliberately in shallow water. This is more usual with small flat-bottomed boats. Larger ships may be beached deliberately; for instance, in an emergency, a damaged ship might be beached to prevent it from sinking in deep water. Some vessels are designed to be loaded and unloaded by beaching; vessels of this type used by the military to disembark troops under fire are called landing craft.
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During the age of sail, vessels were sometimes beached to allow them to be rolled over for the hull to be maintained, a process called careening.
Ships scheduled for break-up are sometimes intentionally beached to make the procedure easier.
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edit- "beach". Dictionary.com. Archived from the original on 30 December 2007. Retrieved 2008-01-03.
- "beach". The Dictionary of English Nautical Language. Retrieved 2008-01-03.
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