| The fact remains, however, that the pioneer modern collier, the John Bowes of 1852, had a carrying capacity of only 650 tons. |
| He remained a collier until he was 23, by which time he had become an agent of the Lanarkshire Miners Union. |
| In 1922, the navy commissioned its first aircraft carrier, the Langley, a converted collier. |
| It is an unusual design of ship, a collier with engine-room aft and wheelhouse amidships. |
| The hurriers were not employed by the mine owners but worked directly for a collier who was paid according to the number of corves sent to bank. |
| A collier, only 29 years of age, he also, like William Sykes, was a strong powerful man with a barrel chest and muscular stature. |
