Sentence examples for on convoy from inspiring English sources

He served on convoy and did patrol duty in the North Atlantic and the Mediterranean.

During the second world war he worked on convoy ships to Murmansk.

Starting in late 1941, DFs were installed on convoy escort ships, as well as at shore stations.

By 1942 he was flying Fairey Fulmars on convoy escort through "bomb alley", between Sicily and north Africa.

In the same year, his father died and his favourite brother, Roy, drowned on convoy duty in the North Atlantic.

During World War II, he served as a Navy physician on convoy duty in the North Atlantic.

At this point, he had already travelled to Syria on one convoy.

At dawn lookouts aboard Stronghold reported two unidentified ships closing on the convoy.

Some have gone on convoys of lorries.

Much of that business has come north because of attacks on convoys through Pakistan, he added.

Some 46 Kellogg Brown & Root employees have died in Iraq, including 16 while on convoys.