Sentence examples for main anchorage for from inspiring English sources

Scapa Flow provided the main anchorage for the British Grand Fleet throughout most of the First World War, but in the interwar period this passed to Rosyth, more conveniently located further south in the Firth of Forth.

The force reached the main anchorage of the Home Fleet, Scapa Flow, on 4 April.

Kinloch is at the head of Loch Scresort, the main anchorage.

Afterwards, with sea fog gathering as on the day of the battle, the dignitaries moved to lay wreaths at the Lyness naval cemetery on the island of Hoy, overlooking Scapa Flow, the enormous natural harbour that became the main wartime anchorage for the British navy.

The bridge measures 8,344 feet (2,543 m) between the main anchorages.

The two main channels, Boston and Lynn deeps, provide anchorage for small vessels trading to Boston and King's Lynn.

This village is slowly becoming ours, our safe anchorage for a long time to come.

It noted that "the anchorage for the new windows appears inadequate as compared to the size of the window".

The ancient seafaring Phoenicians used the bay as an anchorage for their ships.

Completed in 1960, it can provide unrestricted anchorage for oceangoing ships.

The village is quiet and beautiful, and has a nice sheltered anchorage for Dalaï.