| Answer | Crossword Clue |
|---|---|
| INDIAMAN | Merchant ship to the old Indies. |
| carracks | A large merchant ship of a kind operating in European waters in the 14th to the 17th century |
| bottomry | A system of merchant insurance in which a ship is used as security against a loan to finance a voyage, the lender losing the investment if the ship sinks |
| argosy | large merchant ship three of your argosies are à come to harbor Shakespeare |
