A government ship employed to carry military or naval stores.
1693. Lond. Gaz., No. 2888/3. Susanna Bomb Storeship. Ibid. (1705), No. 4187/3. This day sailed hence Her Majesty’s Ship the Lizard with three Store-ships.
1788. Gibbon, Decl. & F., xlvi. IV. 511. A fleet of gallies, transports, and storeships, was assembled in the harbour.
1790. Beatson, Nav. & Mil. Mem., II. 66. This being the first expedition of importance that had neither store-ship, hospital-ship, fire-ship, or tender, to accompany it.
1834. J. D. Lang, Hist. Acc. N.S. Wales (1837), I. 48. His Majesty’s store-ship Guardian had been despatched from England … with a large supply of provisions and other stores for the settlement.
1915. Daily Tel., 24 Aug., 8/7. The movement of men-of-war, transports, and storeships across Baltic waters.
