Sentence examples for captured prizes from inspiring English sources

Leake ordered a few of his ships to escort the captured prizes to St. John's, and then to cruise off Cape Race for 14 days looking for prizes.

The privateer was so successful that by the end of 1708 Port Royal was overcrowded with prisoners from the captured prizes.

However, many of Nelson's ships were seriously damaged, and urgent repairs were required for both his own ships and the captured prizes before they could begin the long voyage back to Britain.

His crew was added to the defences, and captured prize ships he brought with him provided needed provisions for the fort.

Kidd then attempted to negotiate his freedom, using the secret locations of his treasure and a captured prize ship as bargaining chips.

After loading the fleet's ships, enlarged to include two captured prize ships, with military stores, the fleet sailed north on March 17, with one ship dispatched to Philadelphia, while the rest of the fleet sailed for the Block Island channel.

Carlsen, who is largely self-taught, can play various styles; most often, he works toward gaining over-all control of the board, instead of trying to capture prized pieces.

There are no further details about where Z10 David Marie was taken or her final disposition, but other ships captured as prizes by Flanders boats were sailed into Zeebrugge by prize crews.

In three weeks the Confederates had captured 21 prizes armed with nothing more than a modified field-mounted howitzer shooting 12-pound projectiles about the size of softballs.

During their entire time at sea, the two frigates captured nine prizes.

The Constitution was at the time sailing with two captured British prizes, the former and.