freight ship

Example Sentences

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It must have been a bizarre sight when a freight ship, equipped with two large rotating towers, made its way under the Forth Bridge a century ago.

From BBC • Oct. 13, 2025

The three were rescued by a Panama-flagged freight ship, which landed them at Mooloolaba Harbor on the Sunshine Coast north of the Queensland capital Brisbane on Thursday, the authority said.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 6, 2023

Passengers on Britannia, a P&O Cruises ship based in Southampton, Hampshire, said their vessel "collided with a freight ship in Palma, Mallorca".

From BBC • Aug. 27, 2023

The SS Iron Crown, a naval freight ship, was hit by a torpedo off the state of Victoria in 1942, killing 38 people.

From BBC • Apr. 23, 2019

The Monsalvat that was a freight ship had many animals, said Sancho, cattle and swine and sheep and goats and cocks and hens, and thirty horses.

From 1492 by Johnston, Mary