Sentence examples for ship issued from inspiring English sources

The ship issued distress calls overnight seeking medical help.

Late Sunday afternoon Costa Cruises, which operates the ship, issued a statement saying that there may have been "significant human error" on the part of the vessel's captain, who may have steered too close to the shore and not followed standard safety protocol.

"Midwife" is set in downscale 1950s East London, and parts of the Historic Dockyard, Chatham, once an economic powerhouse from which the British Royal Navy's ships issued, stand in for some of the series' less-than-opulent locations.

Lacking the resources to excavate or secure the Belitung site on its own, Indonesia's National Committee for Salvage and Utilization of Valuable Cargo Objects from Sunken Ships issued a license to Seabed Explorers to excavate the vessel's cargo.

Although French Navy cruisers were periodically stationed on the islands, the majority of ships that preyed on British commerce from the islands were privateers, independently funded armed ships issued with letters of marque giving them permission to attack military and civilian ships belonging to the enemies of France.

New England colonists struck the silver "pine tree" and "oak tree" money from 1652; Charles II had silver rupees coined at Bombay for the East India Company with the company's arms; silver and copper "hog money" (obverse, boar; reverse, ship) was issued for Bermuda; and James II struck tin coins for American plantations.

Realizing that his force was almost surrounded by Japanese ships, Callaghan issued the confusing order: "Odd ships fire to starboard, even ships fire to port" (save that no pre-battle planning had assigned any such identity numbers to reference, and the formation was already chaotic).

A merchant ship that responded to a shipping broadcast issued by RCC Australia on Monday was also expected to arrive in the area this afternoon.

A merchant ship that responded to a shipping broadcast issued by RCC Australia on Monday is expected to arrive in the area about 6pm.

A Norwegian merchant ship, the St Petersburg, has also arrived in the area after responding to a shipping broadcast issued by Australia's rescue co-ordination centre.

Surprisingly the finds included a British Admiralty map of Newfoundland and charts with shipping silhouettes issued by Lloyds of London.