Sentence examples for seas force from inspiring English sources

While Lark Force was regarded as inadequate by the Australian military, it was not possible to reinforce it before the Japanese South Seas Force landed at Rabaul on 23 January 1942.

The Japanese South Seas Force of approximately 5,300 men under the command of Major General Tomitarō Horii landed at Rabaul in the early hours of 23 January 1942.

Vice Admiral Shigeyoshi Inoue commander of the Japanese 4th Fleet (also called the "South Seas Force") consisting of most of the naval units in the South Pacific area advocated the seizing of Lae, Salamaua, and Port Moresby in New Guinea and Tulagi in the Solomon Islands.

At the same time, Vice Admiral Shigeyoshi Inoue, commander of the IJN's 4th Fleet (also called the South Seas Force) which consisted of most of the naval units in the South Pacific area, advocated the occupation of Tulagi in the southeastern Solomon Islands and Port Moresby in New Guinea, which would put northern Australia within range of Japanese land-based aircraft.

The whale has not been seen since rough seas forced rescuers to abandon efforts to cut it free on Friday.

They were initially expected in Brindisi down the coast, but rough seas forced a change of plans, officials said.

Racing had been scheduled to begin Monday with a second leg on Wednesday, but unfavorable winds and rough seas forced those races to be postponed.

The Sierra Leone-flagged Ezadeen was the second vessel in four days to be abandoned by its crew in rough seas, forcing the Italian authorities to intervene to prevent a disaster, and possibly the loss of many lives.

As many of the pieces as possible were recovered until increasing winds and choppy seas forced us to stop.

Rough seas forced divers to postpone their search for more than 200 migrants still unaccounted for after their boat sank off southern Italy.

Officials had hoped to sink the ship Tuesday, but windy weather and choppy seas forced a postponement.