Sentence examples for command a fleet from inspiring English sources

Due to a shortage of officers of sufficient experience and seniority to command a fleet of this kind, Balchen was called up at short notice and rewarded with a knighthood.

In the Andaman command a fleet of 15 vessels will expand to 32 in eight years.

In a cramped capsule 70 feet below the house, Air Force Lt. Katie Grimley, 26, and Lt . Wesley Griffith 28, command a fleet of 10 towering missiles capable of obliterating any spot on Earth in 30 minutes or less.

Commanding a fleet of four ships, Nova left Portugal on a voyage to India in 1501.

They grew into industrial giants, each commanding a fleet of subsidiaries.

In 1527 he commanded a fleet of ships on an expedition to Brazil that returned profitable dyewood to France.

In 1625, as a member of the King's War Council, Argall commanded a fleet of 28 vessels and conducted an unsuccessful offensive against Cádiz.

In March 1520 he left Cuba, commanding a fleet of ships and about 900 men with orders from Velásquez to capture and replace Hernán Cortés as ruler of Mexico.

"It's the best doggone helicopter in the world," said Lt. Col. James Schrote, who commands a fleet of 16 Black Hawks here.

Admiral, the title and rank of a senior naval officer, often referred to as a flag officer, who commands a fleet or group of ships of a navy or who holds an important naval post on shore.

(For more high-seas whaling adventure, also check out Raffi Khatchadourian's 2007 profile of vigilante whale-saver Paul Watson, who commands a fleet to interrupt the operations of Japanese whalers).