collier

Example Sentences

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My grandfather had been a collier in northern England, my father a career Marine sergeant.

From New York Times • Dec. 17, 2021

The Bywell Castle ploughed straight into the starboard side of the Princess Alice, which weighed less than a third of the 890-ton collier.

From BBC • Sep. 2, 2018

It looked to him as though the collier was heading straight for the smaller boat but he thought little of it, having faith the Bywell Castle would alter its path.

From BBC • Sep. 2, 2018

The sinking of its cutter Tampa with 115 souls aboard stands, with the exception of the Navy's lost collier Cyclops, as the largest single U. S. naval loss during the World War.

From Time Magazine Archive

Then, seeing nothing but the tops of the masts of the collier, they returned to the admiral's flagship.

From Four American Naval Heroes Paul Jones, Admiral Farragut, Oliver H. Perry, Admiral Dewey by Beebe, Mabel