V/W

English translation: under way

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English term or phrase:U/W
Selected answer:under way
Entered by: Manuel Cedeño Berrueta

14:22 May 7, 2011
English language (monolingual) [PRO]
Ships, Sailing, Maritime / handwritten answers given in a Law Enforcement package check list
English term or phrase: V/W
In the handwritten answers given in a Law Enforcement package check list related to the apprehension of a drug-smuggling vessel by a coastguard cutter, I have the following:

“Vessel activity: V/W” (or perhaps U/W, I’m not sure)

What could “V/W” [or “U/W”] mean here?
Many thanks in advance,
Manuel
Manuel Cedeño Berrueta
Local time: 06:44
under way
Explanation:
Se for U/W, poderia ser "under way", ou seja, andando.
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Martin Riordan
Brazil
Local time: 07:44
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SUMMARY OF ALL EXPLANATIONS PROVIDED
3 +2under way
Martin Riordan
4 +1V and W class destroyer
Constantinos Faridis (X)


  

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v/w
under way


Explanation:
Se for U/W, poderia ser "under way", ou seja, andando.

Martin Riordan
Brazil
Local time: 07:44
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 11
Notes to answerer
Asker: Thank you, Martin!

Asker: Many thanks to you all!


Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Filippe Vasconcellos de Freitas Guimarães: Seems quite likely.
44 mins
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agree  juvera
2 days 20 hrs
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v/w
V and W class destroyer


Explanation:
The V and W class was an amalgam of six similar classes of destroyer built for the Royal Navy under the War Emergency Programme of the First World War and generally treated as one class. For their time they were among the most powerful and advanced ships of their type in the world, and set the trend for future British designs.

They arrived in time to see service in the First World War. During the interwar period these ships formed the backbone of the Royal Navy's destroyer flotillas until gradually replaced by new construction, by the mid-1930s most had been displaced to the reserve fleet. Most ships survived to make an extensive contribution to the Second World War effort, in the vital role of the convoy escort, freeing up more modern ships for fleet action.



Constantinos Faridis (X)
Greece
Local time: 12:44
Native speaker of: Greek
Notes to answerer
Asker: Thank you, Constantinos. I appreciate this interesting information, but it doesn’t seem to fit my context, which refers to the the activity of the drug-smuggling vessel while intercepted by the coastguard ship.


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agree  Thuy-PTT (X)
1 day 18 hrs
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