Which preposition to use with convoyed

of Occurrences 82%

Then follow matrons and virgins, babes and children, reformers and mediaeval saints with a convoy of angels, singing as they march.

in Occurrences 20%

It is proposed that in a time of war between this empire and any other state, such a number of ships shall be employed as cruisers or convoys in the Channel, as the admiralty shall judge most proper for that purpose.

to Occurrences 18%

Many merchant ships and transports were convoyed to safety by the destroyers of the three great naval Allies, and by August the fear that Britain could be starved out by means of German submarines had practically disappeared.

for Occurrences 17%

A minute later the merry popping of the two exhausts told that the convoy for the "chuck-wagon," as they called it, was on the way.

from Occurrences 10%

The secretary of the admiralty also presented a list of the names of the merchant ships, and the masters, as have behaved so negligently as to delay the convoys from whom they had taken sailing orders, or that have abandoned the same, or that have been any ways disobedient to the instructions established for good government, with the narration of the facts since the beginning of the war.

at Occurrences 5%

As to the sixth clause, my lords, which regards the nomination of convoys at a certain time, I can discover no reasonable objection to such a provision, or none that can preponderate against the advantages which may arise from it.

on Occurrences 4%

Five thousand five hundred and ninety-three Loyalists sailed for Halifax in the first convoy on the 17th of April with a strong recommendation from Carleton to Governor Parr of Nova Scotia.

between Occurrences 4%

The conference held early in April, 1917, had reported that whilst stronger protection was naturally desirable, the very least force that could give defence to the convoys between Lerwick and the East Coast ports would be a total of twenty-three destroyers and fifty trawlers, whilst for each convoy between Lerwick and Norway at least two destroyers and four trawlers were needed.

with Occurrences 4%

The diagram on p. 107 shows an ideal convoy with six destroyers protecting it, disposed in the manner ordered at the start of the convoy system.

through Occurrences 3%

When it became possible to adopt the system of bringing merchant ships in convoys through the submarine zone under the escort of a screen of destroyers, this system became in itself, to a certain extent, an offensive operation, since it necessarily forced the enemy submarines desirous of obtaining results into positions in which they themselves were open to violent attack by depth charges dropped by destroyers.

against Occurrences 2%

Meanwhile steps had been taken to furnish as much protection as possible from Grand Fleet resources to the convoys against attack by enemy surface vessels.

as Occurrences 2%

Prior to this date we had already had some experience of convoys as a protection against submarine attack.

by Occurrences 2%

There was always the danger that Germany would attack the convoys by means of surface vessels.

without Occurrences 1%

The losses of British merchant steamships per quarter in the Mediterranean during 1917 is shown below: Quarter ending June 30 69 September 30 29 October and November 28 It is impossible to close this chapter describing the convoys without mention being made of the fine work accomplished by those upon whose shoulders fell the task of organizing and working the whole system.

into Occurrences 1%

If there comes a storm or a change of weather, the pilot steers his convoy into some safe creek for the night, and secures it as best he can.

like Occurrences 1%

As has been stated earlier, the speed of a convoy like that of a squadron or fleet is necessarily that of the slowest ship, and in order to prevent delay to shipping, which was equivalent to serious loss of its carrying power, it was very necessary that convoys should be composed of ships of approximately the same speed.

under Occurrences 1%

Moreover, even the troop transports had not crossed the submarine zone in company, but had been escorted independently; and many naval officers who had been in charge of convoys, when questioned, were not convinced that sailing in convoy under the conditions mentioned above was a feasible proposition, nor, moreover, were the masters of the transports.

Unto Occurrences 1%

When night's black mantle overspreads the sky, And day's bright lamp is drenched in the west To-morrow night I think the fittest time, That silent shade[s] may give us safe convoy Unto our wished hopes, unseen of living eye.

after Occurrences 1%

We found the rest of the convoy after a hunt, but even then were not told of the loss, and did not find it out till the next day.

Which preposition to use with  convoyed