Sentence examples for groups of ships from inspiring English sources

During the bombardment Undine twice opened fire on small groups of ships which were probably fishing boats.

Following the Japanese defeat in the Battle of Leyte Gulf in late October 1944, the remnants of the IJN were concentrated into two groups of ships.

Those aboard the British ship saw the torpedo's track, but incorrectly concluded that a U-boat was positioned on the opposite side of the British line (away from the German battlecruisers) and was firing towards both groups of ships.

It was logistically possible and economically worthwhile to provide this kind of escort for a group of ships.

In naval usage a division is a group of ships, usually four, forming part of a squadron or task force.

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.

But as early as last week, that group of ships, which included the Rose and the Danmark, was scheduled to turn around at 79th Street to catch the slack water at the South Street Seaport and Pier 36, he said.

In 2010, a group of ships and boats sailed from Turkey in an effort to break the Israeli naval blockade of Gaza, and Israeli commandos boarded the vessels to stop them.

Also on Tuesday, North Korea said it had put its military on high alert, warning the United States of "disastrous consequences" for moving a group of ships, including an aircraft carrier, into a South Korean port for a military exercise.

Prosecutors charge that in 2001, Hassan Abujihaad, 31, of Phoenix, then a signalman aboard the guided missile destroyer Benfold, sent a document detailing the planned movements and vulnerabilities of a group of ships in the Persian Gulf to Babar Ahmad, the owner of the Web site, who ran it in Britain through an Internet hosting company in Connecticut.

The US will be watching developments in Bahrain anxiously as it is the headquarters of the US navy's fifth fleet, which operates at least one aircraft carrier in the Gulf at all times, along with an amphibious group of ships with marines aboard.