Sentence examples for before being sunk at from inspiring English sources

Lützow was commissioned in August 1915, and only participated in the raid on Yarmouth before being sunk at Jutland.

During World War II, she supported Soviet forces during the Sieges of Odessa and Sevastopol before being sunk at Sevastopol on 12 November 1941 by German aircraft.

Akagi was reconstructed as an aircraft carrier and served with distinction as part of the Kido Butai during the Second World War, participating in the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor before being sunk at the Battle of Midway.

In 1880, the engineers had sunk their first shaft, at Abbot's Cliff, the 2nd shaft was sunk at Shakespeare Cliff & Dover.

The rest were sunk at sea after decontamination efforts failed.

Before Acasta was sunk, she fired a spread of torpedoes at Gneisenau, which the latter successfully evaded.

Imperfections at any stage are removed by hand tooling and, for best results, the surface of the working die is highly polished before it is sunk.

From December to February, the German liner had supplied Dresden and had accompanied her northward to a final coaling at Juan Fernández Islands just before the cruiser was sunk.

Your turn continues as long as you keep sinking your pieces - luck shots count and all combinations are permitted The red piece, or 'queen,' can be pocketed at any time after sinking your first piece but must be sunk before your last one.

The ship was sunk before her five-inch guns could be replaced and the turrets installed.

This account of the 2014 Ryder Cup at Glen-eagles seems neither rushed nor perfunctory, though Europe's winning putt was sunk less than five weeks before publication.