Recent Examples on the WebCredit: Advanced Navigation Ross Anderson, curator of the Western Australia Museum, was able to identify the wreck as an iron coal hulk once used in Freemantle Port to service steamships, probably built in the 1860s–1890s and scuttled in the graveyard sometime in the 1920s.—Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 2 Apr. 2024 Looking back in history, the steam engine developed by James Watt in 1769 not only revolutionized the power of machines but also revolutionized locomotion when applied to steamships and steam locomotives.—Foreign Affairs, 10 June 2024 In December 1914, monster seas shoved a steamship carrying a cargo of Christmas toys into the pier, slicing both pier and oil pipeline in half.—Patt Morrison, Los Angeles Times, 5 June 2024 On a warm summer night more than 130 years ago, a young steamship unknowingly set sail for the last time — only to be found intact hundreds of feet underwater, 40 miles from Holland.—Miriam Marini, Detroit Free Press, 26 Mar. 2024 See all Example Sentences for steamship
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