Sentence examples for naval contingent from inspiring English sources

Germany has pledged a total of 3,900 troops for the anti-terror campaign, including the naval contingent deployed off the Horn of Africa, troops in Afghanistan and about 100 in neighbouring Uzbekistan.

I was in the Navy's Fleet Air Arm minding my own business and an officer told me I'd been picked to be part of the naval contingent marching behind the Queen at her Coronation.

Starting in December 1902, Vineta participated in the German naval contingent in the Venezuela Crisis of 1902 1903.

The naval contingent, under the command of Captain O'Callaghan, came ashore within fifteen minutes of being requested to deal with any rioting caused by the general population.

Bremen was also recalled to reinforce the German naval contingent; after arriving, she was tasked with transferring European nationals to German HAPAG liners.

In September 1925, she provided fire support for the Al Hoceima landings, a decisive Franco-Spanish operation; there, she served as the flagship of the Spanish naval contingent.

During Xerxes I's invasion of Greece in 480 bc, the Cypriot kings, like the Ionians, contributed naval contingents to his forces.

Montevideo, with its Spanish military and naval contingents, was a royalist stronghold when a movement for independence broke out in Buenos Aires in 1810.

Large numbers of these exiles returned in the next few years and formed land and naval contingents and, by the end of 1573, had secured the maritime provinces of Holland and Zeeland against Spanish attack.

Although some Canadians were reluctant to join the effort to assist South Korea in resisting the North Korean invasion, Saint Laurent's government decided to commit Canadian military and naval contingents to serve with the U.S. and UN forces in what was called a "police action".

Key US allies Britain, Canada and Australia also committed forces, although these were initially limited to naval contingents and were largely viewed as token efforts in the US.