freighter

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Qatar's defence ministry also said a freighter arriving in its waters from Abu Dhabi was hit by a drone.

From Barron's • May 11, 2026

Consider the March 1942 sinking of the British freighter Induna.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 2, 2026

In the meantime factories building the 737 Max, the 777 and the 767 freighter have all been affected by the walk outs.

From BBC • Sep. 16, 2024

The freighter, ordered by Taiwan’s EVA Air, took off for Taipei on April 8, according to FlightRadar24 data.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 8, 2024

History’s first aerial bombing and sinking of a ship at sea took place in February 1916, when a German bomber sank a British freighter.

From "The War to End All Wars: World War I" by Russell Freedman