Sentence examples for gunnery duel from inspiring English sources
Even before being boarded, Chesapeake had lost the gunnery duel by a considerable margin.
After a fierce gunnery duel, Sydney caused serious damage to Emden and forced her to beach on North Keeling island.
The battle began as a long-range gunnery duel, during which the Russian ships hit the Japanese ships numerous times and forced Tōgō to temporarily disengage.
In a boarding action, the French frigate's crew of 409 men would have had an advantage over the American ship's 309, but in a gunnery duel the Americans were superior.
The rest of the British and French rearguard did not participate in this close combat; HMS Montagu fought a long range gunnery duel with Neptune which damaged neither ship severely, although the British captain James Montagu was killed in the opening exchanges, command devolving on Lieutenant Ross Donnelly.
Instead they pulled along the near side of Éole and America respectively and brought them to close gunnery duels.
On 10 August 1904, the Imperial Russian Navy engaged the Imperial Japanese Navy in one of the longest-range gunnery duels to date, over 8 mile during the Battle of the Yellow Sea.
"Rest In Peace Gunnery SGT.
Does the gunnery sergeant do housekeeping?
Graduate of Harvey School, The Gunnery, and Franconia College.
