Sentence examples for vessels off from inspiring English sources

The British got both vessels off and took them into Gibraltar, along with two men wounded during the operation.

Several Motor Torpedo Boats then attacked the ship, but Prinz Eugens destroyer escorts drove the vessels off before they could launch their torpedoes.

His supporters know the capabilities of the vessel off by heart.

In October last year, the British government expressed its "grave concern" over manoeuvres carried out by a Spanish research vessel off Gibraltar.

I tied the vessel off, washed the blood away, and took her back to the recovery room.

A1 Sub Followed Procedures Navy officials said the Greeneville was following standard procedures for detecting surface vessels when it hit a Japanese vessel off Hawaii.

On the fourth day, a coast-guard vessel off the northeastern coast picked up a distress call: "Location unknown — all alive".

Salvage workers used huge jacks, cables, pulleys and specialized equipment, first to ease the vessel off its rocky perch and then to right it.

For those aboard the British mail steamer the Trent, the first sign of trouble came in the form of an unidentified vessel, off in the distance.

The sale followed the Chinese harassment of a U.S. Navy vessel off the China coast in March, which stemmed from a long-standing disagreement over China's "Exclusive Economic Zone".

When the beer bucket was empty, it was time for Lan and his crew to return to mending nets, to hauling a wounded vessel off the beach for repairs.