Sentence examples for command of the cutter from inspiring English sources

He was given the command of the cutter Independente and aided in the suppression of rebels in Rosário do Itapecuru, a village in the province of Maranhão.

He was initially commissioned into the frigate under Captain Albemarle Bertie, but in the aftermath of the emergency Inman was given command of the 14-gun cutter HMS Pigmy, stationed on the Isle of Man.

After the war he was placed in reserve until the Spanish Armament of 1790, when he was given command of the 14-gun cutter HMS Pygmy stationed off the Isle of Man.

Some 40 men armed with small arms were put into the boats, with Allen personally taking command of the launch, Lieutenant Dale the cutter, and Midshipman Henley the gig.

The wild rookie whom Righetti knew with the Yankees in the late 80's now has superior command of his cutter.

Captain Bennis said that the city's waterways had been divided into 12 sectors, and that each sector would be patrolled by roughly 20 boats under the command of a large cutter.

When he does not have command of his cutter, hitters can anticipate where a hard pitch will land.

Mark J. Fedor of the Coast Guard, who commands the cutter Mohawk, the 200-foot vessel whose fast boat and helicopter interdicted the submersible in the Caribbean last September.

The culprit Sunday was poor command of his signature cutter, and neither he nor Manager Joe Girardi thought his struggles derived from being asked to pitch multiple innings.

With command of his fastball, cutter, changeup and curve, he limited the Yankees to two walks and Gary Sheffield's line double to left with two out in the fourth.

He usually has better command of his fastball, cutter and changeup, so he tends to use them more.