Examples of shipwright in a Sentence
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Rob Stevens, the master shipwright who oversaw construction of the replica of the Virginia, the ship built at Popham Colony entirely by volunteers over 11 years, which was the first English ship built in North America.
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Alex Seitz-Wald, NBC News, 23 Nov. 2023
It was built by eighth-generation Portuguese shipwrights using the same methods and tools as the original, according to a press release.
—Victoria Moorwood, The Enquirer, 31 May 2023
The average man-of-war was estimated by a leading shipwright to last only fourteen years.
—David Grann, The New Yorker, 28 Feb. 2023
Mike Vlahovich, a shipwright from Croatia, assembled the team of shipwrights, who use the same techniques employed in the 19th century.
—Amy Davis, Baltimore Sun, 20 Dec. 2022
Or if a boat should leak, the shipwright must fix it at their own cost.
—Nathaniel Scharping, Discover Magazine, 1 Dec. 2020
In 1670, naval shipwright Sir Anthony Deane built the first royal ship mostly from iron.
—Natalia Scherbakoff, Forbes, 10 Nov. 2022
Martin de Urnieta, the shipwright who finished building the Maravillas in 1647, was also a knight of the order.
—Sean Kingsley, Smithsonian Magazine, 31 July 2022
Jack Higgins, James Graham, Martin Fallon and Hugh Marlowe were all pseudonyms for Henry Patterson, who was born on July 27, 1929, in Newcastle upon Tyne in the north of England to a shipwright, Henry Patterson, and his wife, Henrietta.
—New York Times, 10 Apr. 2022
Alex Seitz-Wald, NBC News, 23 Nov. 2023
It was built by eighth-generation Portuguese shipwrights using the same methods and tools as the original, according to a press release.
—Victoria Moorwood, The Enquirer, 31 May 2023
The average man-of-war was estimated by a leading shipwright to last only fourteen years.
—David Grann, The New Yorker, 28 Feb. 2023
Mike Vlahovich, a shipwright from Croatia, assembled the team of shipwrights, who use the same techniques employed in the 19th century.
—Amy Davis, Baltimore Sun, 20 Dec. 2022
Or if a boat should leak, the shipwright must fix it at their own cost.
—Nathaniel Scharping, Discover Magazine, 1 Dec. 2020
In 1670, naval shipwright Sir Anthony Deane built the first royal ship mostly from iron.
—Natalia Scherbakoff, Forbes, 10 Nov. 2022
Martin de Urnieta, the shipwright who finished building the Maravillas in 1647, was also a knight of the order.
—Sean Kingsley, Smithsonian Magazine, 31 July 2022
Jack Higgins, James Graham, Martin Fallon and Hugh Marlowe were all pseudonyms for Henry Patterson, who was born on July 27, 1929, in Newcastle upon Tyne in the north of England to a shipwright, Henry Patterson, and his wife, Henrietta.
—New York Times, 10 Apr. 2022
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“Shipwright.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/shipwright. Accessed 24 Apr. 2024.
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