Recent Examples on the WebBefore settling there, his father traveled to the likes of India and Africa with the Army Corps of Engineers, and Buffett's grandfather was a captain on a steamship.—Lauren Huff, EW.com, 2 Sep. 2023 On November 18, 1906, the S.S. Dix collided with a larger steamship and sank to the bottom of Puget Sound.—Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 27 Nov. 2023 For panoramic shots, the production demanded teensy versions of things like the steamship and city of Alexandria, and for close-ups, life-size chunks of those locations.—Jocelyn Silver, Vogue, 8 Dec. 2023 On October 18, 1906, the steamship St. Lucie capsized and sank in a hurricane off the coast of Miami.—Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 8 Dec. 2023 The same pair was credited with locating the 1875 wreck of the SS Pacific, a 225-foot steamship that sank off Cape Flattery off Washington's coast.—Stephen Smith, CBS News, 20 Nov. 2023 The steamship was bound for Nome, loaded with a fresh batch of fortune seekers, mail and cargo.—David Reamer, Anchorage Daily News, 18 Dec. 2022 Built in Delaware in 1888, St. Lucie was a 122-foot-long stern paddle wheel steamship with 14 staterooms and 3 decks.—Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 8 Dec. 2023 Passengers prepared to board on a steamship, called the El Dorado, bound for Manaus, Brazil, where the famous Florencia Grimaldi (Ailyn Pérez) was scheduled to sing at the city’s legendary opera house.—Natalie Meade, Vogue, 29 Nov. 2023
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