Taunt over the needless loss of a ship? (6)

I believe the answer is:

needle

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(Other definitions for needle that I've seen before include "Irritate with knitting implement" , "Slender pointer" , "Annoy -- provoke" , "Sewing instrument" , "spur" .)

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