YOU SAID:

There once was a ship that put to shore

INTO JAPANESE

かつて岸に沈んだ船がありました

BACK INTO ENGLISH

There used to be a ship that sank on the shore

INTO JAPANESE

岸に沈んだ船があった

BACK INTO ENGLISH

There was a ship that sank on the shore

INTO JAPANESE

岸に沈んだ船がありました

BACK INTO ENGLISH

There was a ship that sank on the shore