Sentence examples for secure anchorage from inspiring English sources

Scapa Flow was thought to be a secure anchorage but, under the command of Günther Prien, the submarine U47 had slipped undetected through its defences.

More than 800 men and boy sailors died when the ship was torpedoed in October 1939 by U47, which had slipped through the defences of the Royal Navy's supposedly secure anchorage.

The Hansson hook pin is a smooth 6.5-mm-diameter pin with a central hook that offers secure anchorage in the epiphysis and the smooth pin allows the femoral neck to continue to grow.

Alceste required some repairs after an arduous journey in less than clement weather so Maxwell wasted no time in petitioning the viceroy of Canton for permission to travel up the Tigris to a secure anchorage, unaware that Amherst's mission had been less than successful.

Coflex F has a secure anchorage to the spinous processes through rivet fixation.

Bourbon provided a number of secure anchorages and plentiful supplies for the British frigate squadron, becoming Rowley and Keating's new headquarters.

After regaining some engine power, the ship was able to move to a safe anchorage at Dungeness, according to the Maritime and Coastguard Agency, and the focus is now on moving it to a more secure port of refuge.

Returning to Lenz's gewürztraminer more or less annually is like revisiting a familiar, dependable anchorage.

Four sharp contact struts designed to cut through remaining femoral cartilage allowing for secure bony anchorage.

We believe that our favorable results may be due in part to the threads at the end of the pins, securing sufficient anchorage within the femoral head during the residual growth.

There are no good anchorages.