Sentence examples for ships quickly from inspiring English sources

The rules let investors depreciate the value of the ships quickly, allowing them to get a "loss allocation" against taxes of 125% of their investment, while treating charter revenue as tax-free offshore income.

Two or three of the six Chinese ships quickly moved outside of Japanese territory, which extends 12 nautical miles from the islands, Japanese media said, quoting the country's coast guard.

The German ships quickly sank the escorting destroyers and nine of the twelve cargo vessels.

The battle-damaged ships quickly became tourist attractions, and visitors flocked to tour them.

The two ships quickly departed in different directions; Suffolk followed Karlsruhe and other cruisers were ordered to intercept her.

The odd name comes from a special mariner's knot used to hitch ships quickly and securely upon arriving from London's Blackwall Port at docks in Maryland and Virginia.

Part of the rationale for the decision to retain mixed-calibre guns was the need to begin the building of the ships quickly because of the tense situation produced by the Russo-Japanese War.

The captain announced that the engine had stalled, other survivors said, and the ship quickly began filling with water.

The ship quickly dropped anchor in the harbour in order to ride out the typhoon, but the anchor failed against the severity of the storm.

All signs indicate that now is the time for policymakers to rush to the tiller and pilot the ship quickly and decisively back on course.

The ship quickly began to list heavily to starboard as panicked passengers and crew members made pell-mell escapes, evoking images of the Titanic's final moments.