Meeting the vague specifications of the project required a purpose-built vessel at an approximate cost of A$500 million.

She was the first purpose-built vessel constructed in Australia.

The company runs a reliable fleet of four purpose-built vessels.

Tobruk was the first purpose-built amphibious vessel in the RAN.

"But bringing these ships up to full equivalency with purpose-built military vessels would require complete rebuilding and would take a minimum of a year."

The modern purpose-built vessel which operates from Southampton, is used to lay and repair subsea cable.

Some user departments operate and man their purpose-built vessels.

The first vessels purpose-built to carry containers began operation in Denmark in 1951.

With construction costs for purpose-built vessels so high, the hunt was on for production-type boats that would keep within reasonable limits of the budget.

These are expensive purpose-built offshore vessels with powerfully driven deep sea hulls.