stone frigate—(Royal Navy) naval barracks or a shore establishment named after the old frigates:
- She found that H.M.S. Mastodon was a stone frigate. It was Exbury Hall, about three miles up the Beaulieu River.
stone ship—
1. a fossilized ship discovered in the course of archeological excavations:
- The discovery of this stone ship has created a world sensation, not only in archaeology….
2. (WWI) a war-time ferro-concrete ship:
- The carrying capacity was less for a concrete ship. The significant element in building, however, was that fewer expensive trades and industries were called for in a “stone” ship.