Sentence examples for slipway from from inspiring English sources
The berth or slipway from which the vessel is launched is an assembly area, rather than a ship construction site.
Razorlight's famously egotistical frontman Johnny Borrell has pronounced himself so delighted with the (not, on the face of it, all that impressive) line 'She lives on disillusion row' - from Slipway Fires' lead single 'Wire to Wire' - that he plans to tattoo it on his own skin.
A new car park and slipway were provided from the B4242, and the Clun locks were renovated, to give 6 mile of navigable canal from central Neath to Abergarwen.
Given that she was launched from a slipway here in 1946, there could be few more welcome homecomings.
I can remember being lifted head high from the slipway," said Team GB's Olympic sailing manager Stephen Park, linking his first Olympic gold and his last.
Two-hour boat trips to see seals, otters and other wildlife as well as the scenery are operated by Statesman Cruises (01971 502345; adults £15) from the slipway outside Kylesku Hotel in the little town.
A number of lifeboats and helicopters were sent to the scene, but the report said one rescue boat supposed to leave from a slipway to the west of the airport was delayed due to tidal conditions and instead had to leave from the south of the airport.
The AAIB said Sumburgh Airport's fast rescue craft had been unable to launch from the slipway nearest the crash site because of an unfavourable tide and "became bogged down" in the sand at an alternative launch site, several miles from the airport.
An official opening of the new bridge and facilities took place on 3 July 2010, when three boats were launched from the slipway.
By mid-June the slipway had been deleted from the design and the ship's armament had been revised to consist of eleven 6 inches guns and only a single anti-aircraft gun.
A flexible submerged portion separated the rear section from the rigid forward portion of the slipway to prevent the submerged part from rolling with the ship's motion.
