Ship+fishhook (also called equivalent names such as fishhook+ship or ship+eater) is a catalyst used in many oscillators and conduits. It was found by Brice Due in August 2006.[1]
The catalyst is used with a one-cell leading edge wherever a ship turns into a loaf when hit. If it turns into an I-heptomino relative instead, an R49 catalyst can be used instead.
From statistics, as a very rough estimate, its occurrence should be about 20,000 times rarer than the fishhook itself, which is the frequency of a loaf appearing in a specific position (10,000) in two of four possible rotations (×2), as a loaf placed correctly will be converted to a ship, and loaves are much more common than non-Herschel ships. This puts it about on par with quadpole tie ship.
