Sentence examples for warships dance from inspiring English sources
Determined to maintain the pretence of the presence of warships, Dance ordered the ships flying naval ensigns, including his flagship Earl Camden, to chase the French.
Continuing the illusion that he was supported by warships, Dance ordered his ships to pursue Linois over the next two hours, eventually reforming and reaching the Straits of Malacca safely.
Although no warships protected the convoy, Commodore Dance knew that lookouts could, from a distance, mistake a large East Indiaman for a ship of the line.
Dance then chased the French warships until his convoy was out of danger, whereupon he resumed his passage towards British India.
A nice thicket, all the same: the front has a big, windswept, flinty-pebbled feel, and the sea is thronged with ferries, hovercraft, warships, yachts and dinghies all criss-crossing the Solent in a slow dance.
There were more ships in the convoy than he had expected, and taken in by Dance's manoeuvres and the painted gunports, Linois suspected that several warships were escorting them.
Dance hoped to persuade Linois that his ships included some fully armed warships and he therefore ordered the brig Ganges and the four lead ships to hoist blue ensigns, while the rest of the convoy raised red ensigns.
Its warships visit often.
Now Godom warships approach Japan.
