Possible Clues:

• Piece of oak, say, used in old ship
• Ring removed from highly ornate sailing-ship
• Nothing missing from ornate sailing ship
• Craft across the channel that Pole’s on
• Sound exterior of oak ship
• What sounds like protective layer in ship
• Small ship
• A word from the Beagle, say, as ship?
• Three-masted ship
• First couple in queue to board empty vessel