Sentence examples for a gunboat from inspiring English sources

A gunboat chuffs up a river and fires a few shots.

It was converted into a gunboat, and in 1918 it entered service as the USS Wilmette.

We will not be sending a gunboat.' " Less than 18 months later, Argentina invaded.

The parliamentary electorate enjoyed the pictures of Julian Lewis steering a gunboat.

"As far as the war plan goes, this is perfect," said Chris, a lieutenant junior grade who commands a gunboat.

No problem for a fellow with the wiles of a fairy and the survival skills of a gunboat quartermaster.

And pilot a gunboat through the Mekong Delta again, shooting up sampans while listening to "Sympathy for the Devil".

A gunboat and later two transporters, complete with a party of marines, sailed up to a giant monastic house.

We left at night, journeying in a gunboat along the eastern coast and around the top of the island.

Upon his release, Biddle was given command of a gunboat and assigned to protect the South Atlantic coast from pirates.

In 2000, a Surinamese gunboat threatened a rig hired by a small Canadian company, CGX Energy, halting its search for oil 160km (100 miles) offshore.