Sentence examples for age of ships from inspiring English sources

The average age of ships in Stelmar's fleet is 7 years, compared with the industry's 15. "His idea was almost unique in Greek shipping circles at the time," says Goodfellow. "He kept on saying, 'If you think safety is expensive, try having an accident.'" Last year the consistently profitable Stelmar booked $70 million in revenues with a healthy aftertax profit of 16%.

Due to the small size and age of the ships the Italians could have kept the ships in service indefinitely.

In the age of tall ships, careening was a necessary job in which ships were rolled on their sides so crewmen could scrape off barnacles and repair hull damage.

Due to the small size and age of the ships, particularly in comparison to the modern dreadnoughts, the Italians could have kept the ships in service indefinitely.

It was one of the last great nautical challenges, a feat somehow left over from the age of clipper ships and the spice trade.

First settled to exploit the salmon fishery, both towns developed with the lumber and allied trades and, in the age of wooden ships, were major shipbuilders.

Confederation, however, coincided with the collapse of the age of wooden ships, and New Brunswickers found themselves scrambling over the next 100 years to rebuild their economy on a new foundation.

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During the age of wooden ships, however, great fleets were burdensome to maintain and always liable to destruction by contrary weather, most famously in the case of the two kamikaze typhoons that destroyed the Mongol invasions of Japan in AD 1274 and 1281.

The risk of foundering increased with the age of the ship, and was related to the ship's flag of registration.

Doug Mackey, the archaeologist for the New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation, said dendrochronology, a branch of science that uses tree rings to date wood, could pinpoint the age of the ship with some precision.