Sentence examples for ship retreated from inspiring English sources

The ship retreated to the Bay of Muskegbukta, where it has been waiting for an icebreaker to arrive and clear its path.

The closest Puglia came to engaging a hostile vessel came on 27 January 1915, when while patrolling off Durazzo, she encountered the Austro-Hungarian scout cruiser, but the Austro-Hungarian ship retreated without either vessel firing a shot.

British ships retreated after seeing a large French force, but sailed around the coast for a few weeks seeking another place to attack.

Another skirmish took place at Bonchurch several days after the battle, when English forces engaged with French men who had disembarked from French ships retreating from Portsmouth looking for water.

Thwarted, the Muslim army burned its ships and retreated over land to the castle of Mineo, which surrendered to them after three days.

After burning his remaining ships, he retreated to Yangzhou, where he was assassinated before he could finish preparations for another crossing.

British forces there amounted to a squadron of nine smaller ships of the line and two frigates under Admiral Lord Howe; in order to avoid battle with the more numerous and powerful French ships, Howe retreated under the protection of the strong defences of New York.

Cao Cao's own thoughts regarding his failure at Red Cliffs suggest that he held his own actions and misfortunes responsible for the defeat, rather than the strategies utilised by his enemy during the battle: "... it was only because of the sickness that I burnt my ships and retreated.

The ship eventually retreats via a slipspace jump, creating a massive shockwave.

It was assumed on Thames that the French ship was retreating, the British crew cheering as the firing ceased.

Agamemnon and came up to assist soon after, and continued firing into the 80-gun French ship until the arrival of more French ships led to Admiral Hotham signalling for the British ships to retreat.