Sentence examples for instigated ship from inspiring English sources
King Alfred is thought to have instigated ship construction there as early as the 9th Century, but the first recorded warship, the Sweepstake, was built there in 1497 in what is thought by some to be the UK's first dry dock.
Now, between 1818 and 1845 the British Admiralty instigated ten ship-borne Arctic and Antarctic expeditions, three of which Sir John Franklin was part of.
Later in the day, three ships of the squadron launched their ship's boats and instigated a boarding action against the anchored ships, in defiance of Genoese neutrality.
But Japan's Fisheries Agency claimed the Sea Shepherd boats instigated the contact and hit the Japanese ships on purpose.
Since Thomas's retreat was instigated by the early arrival of three ships of the fleet carrying only a few hundred troops, he was unaware of the true size of the British army.
"Instead, it instigated the situation".
Their publication instigated their divorce.
Worse, she had instigated it.
The protests they instigated gathered force.
He instigated it and it failed".
