SISTER SHIP • DICCIONARIO INGLES.COM • Definition of Sister ship

... sky, and suddenly there was the sound of an explosion, sparks rose in dense clouds into the air, and the ship plunged like a wild creature in terror, broke from her moorings, and drifted alongside a sister ship. The flames spread to her rigging, and in a few minutes both were ablaze; and before the affrighted and bewildered crews could do anything to prevent it, a third vessel had become involved in the conflagration, and the town was illumined by the pillars of flame which shot up from ...

— French and English - A Story of the Struggle in America • Evelyn Everett-Green