Sentence examples similar to command of the shipping from inspiring English sources

Captain Franz von Hipper was the ship's first commanding officer; he took command of the ship the day she was commissioned.

In September 1934, Karl Dönitz, the future commander of the Kriegsmarine, took command of the ship and remained in the position until September 1935.

Owen Honors, 49, to lose his command of the ship.

Monson's last service at sea was in command of the ship-money fleet of 1635.

They said he appeared sober and in command of the ship after the disaster.

From 1839 to 1843, the British rear admiral James Ross, in command of the ships Erebus and Terror, explored the coast of Victoria Land.

Returning home in 1825, he was appointed to the command of the ship, which was then renamed the Astrolabe.

Eliza N. Garfield, a Manhattan native, Harvard graduate and experienced sailor, took command of the ship this summer and hopes to get students more involved with the ship.

(Ages 10 to 14) In 1768, James Cook was given command of the ship Endeavour for a three-year around-the-world voyage of exploration and map making.

Ike, who took over the command of the ship after it reached France, had to evade the French authorities, slipping out of Marseille to the port of Sète.

History has shown again and again that a vice president must be ready to assume command of the ship of state on a moment's notice.