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Ship carrying computer equipment and beer going north supplying islands (11)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

archipelago

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'islands' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'ship carrying computer equipment and beer going north' is the wordplay.
I cannot really see how this works, but
'equipment' could be 'chip' (chip is a kind of equipment) and 'chip' is found in the answer.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

'supplying' is the link.

Can you help me to learn more?

(Other definitions for archipelago that I've seen before include "Cluster of islands" , "Philippines, say" , "Extensive group of islands" , "Group of many islands" , "the Philippines maybe" .)

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