Sentence examples for engaged the cruiser from inspiring English sources

Thüringen and engaged the cruiser, though both ships failed to score a hit.

Sissoi Veliky started firing at the armoured cruisers and and later engaged the armoured cruiser, hitting her with a single 12-inch shell.

Lützow engaged the light cruiser and hit her several times.

The first, the Battle of Coronel, took place in November, and Dresden engaged the British cruiser.

There, she saw action at the Battle of Jutland, where she engaged the British cruiser.

During her first operation, the two ships engaged the auxiliary cruiser in a short battle.

On 6 July, she engaged the German cruiser and German shore batteries, during the Battle of Rufiji Delta.

Dresden saw action in the Battle of Coronel in November, where she engaged the British cruiser, and at the Battle of the Falkland Islands in December, where she was the only German warship to escape destruction.

At the decisive Battle of Tsushima on 27 May 1905, Vladimir Monomakh was positioned to the right side of the Russian line of battle, guarding the transports and so avoided the pounding that the other vessels of Second Pacific Squadron received, although she engaged the Japanese cruiser.

They engaged the British light cruiser, reportedly scoring one hit on the cruiser, during Operation Archery in 1941, but saw no other combat during the war.

Nino Bixio saw service during World War I and briefly engaged the Austro-Hungarian cruiser in 1915.