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ton
(redirected from long ton)

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ton
a measure of weight or mass. Includes short (or USA) 1 ton=2000 lb and long (or UK) 1 ton=2240 lb. See also tonne.


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8 million 119,000 * Deadweight tonnage (Dwt) is the total carrying capacity of a ship and is expressed in long tons (1 long ton = 2,240 pounds).
She was a small, two-decked former 92-gun wooden "line of battle" ship, measuring 205ft long, 54ft deep, with a gross tonnage of 4,375 long tons and originally eguipped with 10,8inch guns and eighty-two 30-pounders.
The second shiplift would accommodate vessels up to 250 feet in length weighing up to 2,500 long tons.
 
 
 
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