Collect before noon near a ship (5)
I believe the answer is:
amass
'collect' is the definition.
(I know that collect can be written as amass)
'before noon near a ship' is the wordplay.
'before noon' becomes 'am' (as in AM on a clock).
'near' says to put letters next to each other.
'ship' becomes 'SS' (prefix in ship names eg SS Great Britain).
'am'+'a'+'ss'='AMASS'
(Other definitions for amass that I've seen before include "Sodium chloride" , "run up?" , "Gathers" , "Build up" , "Collect or gather" .)