collier
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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's thought the pub's strange name derives from the fact that a collier - a ship carrying coal - from Whitby in North Yorkshire used to moor regularly beside the pub.
From BBC ● Jan. 2, 2017
Some statements by Edwin Denby, Secretary of the Navy: At present there is only one aircraft carrier in the Navy, the Langley, which is the collier Jupiter remodeled.
From Time Magazine Archive
It was a forlorn hope, for the Pelikan could steam twice as fast as the collier and was much quicker on her helm.
From Rounding up the Raider A Naval Story of the Great War by Percy F. (Percy Francis) Westerman
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