Ships
- British
- Surprise - a private man-of-war or letter of marque
- HMS Tartarus
- HMS Dolphin
- HMS Camel - a transport ship
- HMS Vulture - a slop-ship
- HMS Leopard - a transport ship
- Spanish
- Azul
- American
- Spartan
- Merlin
- USS Constitution
- French
- Diane
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Famous quotes containing the word ships:
“I saw three ships come sailing by,
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I saw three ships come sailing by,
On Christmas Day in the morning.”
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Oxford Book of Light Verse, The. W. H. Auden, ed. (1938)
“The northern sky rose high and black
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East and west the ships came back
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