321 examples of warship in sentences

This is no warship, and we ain't got men to experiment on.

There must be a warship somewhere in the vicinity.

Of course, I supposed that such vessels came in unexpectedly, after indefinite years of absence,suddenly as falling stones; and that the great guns roared in their astonishment and delight at the sight of the old warship splitting the bay with her cutwater.

The German warship was now within hailing distance and a voice called: "Who are you?" The German officer acted as spokesman and shouted back: "German officer and three British.

Even on the third day of June, 1916, when the German warship on which Jack, Frank and Harris were prisoners steamed into Bremen the port was alive with activity.

The great warship now was nearing the dock, backing in.

A British warship, which towed an observation balloon, leading the line of seventy German vessels into the Firth of Forth.

December 6Submarine sinks the Jacob Jones, first regular warship of American navy destroyed.

Toward the end of March, 1915, a French warship approached the bay of Haifa and landed an officer with a letter to the commandant of that town giving notice of his intention to bombard the German Consulate at 3 P.M. sharp.

The boy's grandfather had been an old marine; and as long as he had lived, he had talked of Karlskrona every day; of the great warship dock, and of all the other things to be seen in that city.

" "Then you said?" "I said if he did that there wouldn't be any electric lights, and you would bring a warship and shoot Hayti off the map.

"I cable for a warship!

"Monsieur Barlow," he demanded, "do you know that the warship for which you cabled your Secretary of State makes herself to arrive?"

When the Secretary got my message he cabled Guantanamo, and Guantanamo wirelessed the warship nearest Port-au-Prince." "President Poussevain," warned the field-marshal, "is greatly disturbed.

" From his mind President Ham had dismissed all thoughts of the warship that had been sighted and that now had come to anchor.

From every quarter the whimpering wireless brought news of this German warship and that.

A dim light became visible on the warship's deck and then vanished.

To each transport, two bombs, to each warship, two bombstwenty you carry.

It was one of those venomous little torpedo-boats, and she was apparently rushing in at top speed to get within easy range of the large warship.

Then the crew of the exposed warship wait and wonder with a sickening cold fear in their hearts how soon the crash will come, and pray that the deadly submarine torpedo will miss its mark.

The piece of iron in the keel of the British warship probably put back development of submarine boats many years, for Bushnell's boat contained many of the principles upon which the successful under-water craft of the present time are built.

Cannon thundered from the bastions above, and were echoed back by the warship, while ensigns dipped, hats waved, and a swarm of boats and canoes shot out to welcome the new governor, and to convey the soldiers and passengers to shore.

In front of the Golden Gate was Alcatraz Island, like a huge dismantled warship, guarding the entrance to the bay, and before us, San Francisco rested upon undulating hills, its tall buildings piercing the sky at irregular intervals.

Steel frame; hard wood; safe as a warship.

It was entirely in the hands of American army and navy officers, twenty of whom came over on the warship with Assistant Secretary of War Breckinridge.

321 examples of  warship  in sentences