Sentence examples for a squadron of five from inspiring English sources

In 1637 a squadron of five English ships shot its way into Guangzhou and disposed of its cargoes there.

Cloudbase is defended by the Angels, a squadron of five female pilots named Destiny (squadron leader), Harmony, Melody, Rhapsody and Symphony, who fly the Angel Interceptor fighter aircraft.

Leaving Spithead on his first cruise in October, he had been at sea for just a few hours when Duguay-Trouin again appeared with a squadron of five ships of the line.

Although Portuguese by birth, Ferdinand Magellan transferred his allegiance to King Charles I of Spain, on whose behalf he left Seville on 10 August 1519, with a squadron of five ships, in search of a western route to the Spice Islands in the East Indies.

A squadron of five ships, consisting of the Boyne, Prince Frederick, Hampton Court, Tilbury, and Suffolk, led inshore by Commodore Lestock, also attempted to batter the fort into submission for two days but had the worst of it, making no impression on the fort and having many men killed and three ships heavily damaged and disabled.

Aguigui belonged to a squadron of five hundred soldiers, of whom about eighty were stationed at Fort Stewart — the rear guard for the soldiers who had deployed to Mosul, Iraq.

Wilkes departed in August 1838 with a squadron of six ships, compared with the two each of Ross and d'Urville.

Mr. Craig says the Air Force promised him seven years ago that it would station a squadron of eight C-130 cargo planes at Gowen Field, a Guard base in Boise.

Accordingly, in May of that year Nicolls sailed with a squadron of four vessels and a force of troops and blockaded the chief city of New Netherland, New Amsterdam (now New York City).

They fitted out a squadron of eight triremes, and sailed with him to the Hellespont, where they took up their station, and proceeded to seize all the vessels which passed out from the Euxine, unless the crews declared themselves ready to obey his orders.

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