brigantine

Example Sentences

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To this day, what turned that brigantine into a ghost ship remains a maritime mystery.

From New York Times • Sep. 28, 2014

What prompted him to suppose the ship was a brigantine were its overall dimensions, he said.

From New York Times • Jul. 29, 2010

She is the Royal Research Ship Research, a trim 770-ton brigantine.

From Time Magazine Archive

On Nov. 16, 1776, the armed North American brigantine Andrew Doria, flying the Great Union flag, dropped anchor in the harbor and was accorded an eleven-gun salute by the Dutch governor.

From Time Magazine Archive

On a morning in mid-April, 1687, the brigantine Dolphin left the open sea, sailed briskly across the Sound to the wide mouth of the Connecticut River and into Saybrook harbor.

From "The Witch of Blackbird Pond" by Elizabeth George Speare