tall ship

Example Sentences

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The show is set on board the American Pride tall ship docked at Long Beach’s Pine Avenue Pier, a 130-foot schooner that today is primarily used as an education-focused vessel.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 19, 2025

Mexicans are mourning the death of two young Navy cadets who were killed on Saturday when the training tall ship ARM Cuauhtémoc crashed into Brooklyn Bridge.

From BBC • May 19, 2025

The steam-powered tugboats would then race out to meet the tall ship, and the first one to reach the ship would get the coveted job of bringing it into port.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 2, 2021

In keeping with the nautical theme, please enjoy Bill Belichick’s tall ship commemorative plate.

From Slate • Apr. 23, 2020

“What are ye, bearers of armor, dressed in mail-coats, that have thus come riding your tall ship over the sea- road, winter-cold ocean, here to Daneland?”

From "Grendel" by John Gardner