A516 Donau, an Elbe class tender of the German Navy.

Lifeboat tender of the Oosterdam; note the "face mask" over the front windows, and the rolled-up tarp that can be brought down over the entry port to make the boat watertight.

RIB tender of Prince William being winched aboard under less-than-ideal conditions in the North Sea.

Lifeboat tender of the SuperStar Virgo

A ship's tender, usually referred to as a tender, is a boat used to service a ship, generally by transporting people and/or supplies to and from shore or another ship. Smaller boats may also have tenders, usually called dinghies. Image File history File links Size of this preview: 800 × 480 pixelsFull resolution‎ (1,024 × 614 pixels, file size: 221 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) Beschreibung: Tender Donau / A516 / Marinestützpunkt Hohe Düne Fotograf: Darkone, 13. ... Image File history File links Size of this preview: 800 × 480 pixelsFull resolution‎ (1,024 × 614 pixels, file size: 221 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) Beschreibung: Tender Donau / A516 / Marinestützpunkt Hohe Düne Fotograf: Darkone, 13. ... Tender A511 Elbe The Type 404 Elbe class replenishment ships of the German Navy were built to support squadrons of Fast Attack Craft, submarines and minesweeper/hunters. ... German frigate Karlsruhe rescuing shipwrecked people off the coast of Somalia while participating in the international anti-terror operation ENDURING FREEDOM, April 2005 The Laboe Naval Memorial for sailors who lost their lives at sea during the World Wars and while on duty at sea and U 995 Modern air... Image File history File links Photo of one of Oosterdams lifeboat tenders, taken August 2003 by User:Stan Shebs (Note: this is a better-compressed version of en:s old lifeboat_tender-700px. ... Image File history File links Photo of one of Oosterdams lifeboat tenders, taken August 2003 by User:Stan Shebs (Note: this is a better-compressed version of en:s old lifeboat_tender-700px. ... Tied up at Tallinn, Estonia on second cruise, August 2003 ms Oosterdam is a cruise ship that sails for Holland America Line, a division of Carnival Corporation. ... Image File history File links Metadata Size of this preview: 800 × 600 pixelsFull resolution‎ (2,048 × 1,536 pixels, file size: 927 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg)Prince Williams RIB being brought back on board after delivering a portable pump to Excelsior, a vessel in danger of sinking during... Image File history File links Metadata Size of this preview: 800 × 600 pixelsFull resolution‎ (2,048 × 1,536 pixels, file size: 927 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg)Prince Williams RIB being brought back on board after delivering a portable pump to Excelsior, a vessel in danger of sinking during... The human rib cage. ... Prince William alongside in Fredrikstad at the end of the Tall Ships Race 2005. ... Image File history File links Metadata Size of this preview: 800 × 600 pixelsFull resolution‎ (1,600 × 1,200 pixels, file size: 634 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) The tender boat of SuperStar Virgo File historyClick on a date/time to view the file as it appeared at that time. ... Image File history File links Metadata Size of this preview: 800 × 600 pixelsFull resolution‎ (1,600 × 1,200 pixels, file size: 634 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) The tender boat of SuperStar Virgo File historyClick on a date/time to view the file as it appeared at that time. ... SuperStar Virgo at the Singapore Cruise Centre SuperStar Virgo moored at Singapore Cruise Centre, her home port SuperStar Virgos 7 storeys high Grand Piazza SuperStar Virgo is a mega cruise ship owned and operated by Star Cruises, the third largest cruise line in the world. ... For other uses, see Boat (disambiguation). ... For other uses, see Ship (disambiguation). ... Dinghy of the schooner Adventuress A dinghy is a small utility boat attached to a larger boat. ...

For a variety of reasons, it is not always advisable to try to tie a ship up at a dock; the weather or the sea might be rough, the time might be short, or the ship too large to fit. In such cases tenders provide the link from ship to shore, and may have a very busy schedule of back-and-forth trips while the ship is in port.

On cruise ships, lifeboat tenders do double duty, serving as tenders in day-to-day activities, but fully equipped to act as lifeboats in an emergency. They are generally carried on davits just above the promenade deck, and may at first glance appear to be regular lifeboats; but they are usually larger and better-equipped. Current lifeboat tender designs favor catamaran models, since they are less likely to roll in the calm to moderate conditions in which tenders are usually used. They typically carry up to 100 to 150 passengers and two to three crew members. Pacific Sky sails under Sydney Harbour Bridge A cruise ship or a cruise liner is a passenger ship used for pleasure voyages, where the voyage itself and the ships amenities are considered an essential part of the experience. ... For the 1944 movie, see Lifeboat (film). ... This article needs to be wikified. ... The promenade deck is a deck found on several types of passenger ships and riverboats. ... It has been suggested that Catamaran History be merged into this article or section. ...

Before submarines and destroyers "grew up" during the Second World War, they were heavily dependent upon tenders to perform most maintenance. Their hull classification symbols in the US Navy were, respectively, AS and AD. All of the destroyer tenders have been scrapped, the last two submarine tenders are the ships of the Emory S. Land class. Emory S. Land and her sisters are forward deployed in the Pacific Ocean and Mediterranian Sea regions to support US naval interests in those regions. Mushroom cloud from the nuclear explosion over Nagasaki rising 18 km into the air. ... The United States Navy uses hull classification symbols (sometimes called hull codes) to identify the types of its ships. ... Destroyer tender is a ship designed to provide maintenance support to a flotilla of destroyers or other small warships. ... A submarine tender is a type of ship that supplies and supports submarines. ... The USS Emory S. Land (AS-39) is the first ship in the United States Navys L.Y. Spear submarine support class. ...

Two tenders, SS Nomadic and SS Traffic, were built for the White Star Line by Harland and Wolff to serve the liners RMS Olympic and RMS Titanic at Cherbourg. Nomadic survives as a museum ship, and is the last remaining vessel built for the White Star Line still afloat. Image:SSNormadic2000. ... SS Traffic is sister ship to the SS Nomadic and tender for the White Star Line. ... For other uses, see White star. ... Harland and Wolff Heavy Industries began as a shipyard located in Belfast. ... RMS Olympic was the first of her class of ocean liners built for the White Star Line, which also included the ill-fated liners Titanic and Britannic. ... For other uses, see Titanic (disambiguation). ... Cherbourg is a city of Normandy, in northwestern France, in the Manche département, of which it is a sous_préfecture. ...