Which preposition to use with frigates

of Occurrences 25%

Drake took, at the Cabezas, a frigate of Nicaragua, the pilot of which informed him that there was, in the harbour of Veragua, a ship freighted with more than a million of gold, to which he offered to conduct him, being well acquainted with the soundings, if he might be allowed his share of the prize; so much was his avarice superiour to his honesty.

in Occurrences 16%

At night a frigate in the harbor was set on fire by a shell, and the conflagration for hours lighted up the surrounding scenery.

with Occurrences 8%

A daring outrage having been committed in those seas by the plunder of one of our merchantmen engaged in the pepper trade at a port in Sumatra, and the piratical perpetrators belonging to tribes in such a state of society that the usual course of proceedings between civilized nations could not be pursued, I forthwith dispatched a frigate with orders to require immediate satisfaction for the injury and indemnity to the sufferers.

at Occurrences 8%

There was to be a ball, Miss Jarvis remarked, at L, the following day, which would help to enliven the scene a little, especially as there were a couple of frigates at anchor, a few miles off, and the officers were expected to join the party.

on Occurrences 7%

They remained in the neighbourhood, visiting Ephesus, without poetical result further than a reference to the jackals, in the Siege of Corinth; and on April 11th left by the "Salsette," a frigate on its way to Constantinople.

for Occurrences 7%

" On December 25th the Algerian hero embarked with his family and followers in a French frigate for Toulon.

to Occurrences 4%

We also request you will endeavour to obtain from the English Government, two masts for a frigate, of forty-five feet each, which you will cause to be sent by a frigate to Larache; and all the expense which may occur, will be paid without fail.

out Occurrences 3%

Commodore Rodgers has just hauled a heavy frigate out of the water, and means to put her back again, when he has done with her.

like Occurrences 3%

The Bey told Eaton to get him a frigate like the one built for the Algerines.

into Occurrences 2%

I sent a small squadron of frigates into the Mediterranean, with assurances to that power of our sincere desire to remain in peace, but with orders to protect our commerce against the threatened attack.

from Occurrences 2%

From 1793 to the end of the Trafalgar year the 38-gun frigates increased from 8 to 50, and the 36-gun frigates from 16 to 54.

under Occurrences 2%

Our trade, with little exception, has safely reached our ports, having been much favored in it by the course pursued by a squadron of our frigates under the command of Commodore Rodgers, and in the instance in which skill and bravery were more particularly tried with those of the enemy the American flag had an auspicious triumph.

without Occurrences 1%

We had all left the frigate without taking any food: hunger began to be severely felt; we mixed our biscuit-paste (which had fallen into the sea) with a little wine, and we distributed it thus prepared: such was our first meal, and the best we had the whole time we were on the raft.

as Occurrences 1%

All was as tranquil and calm on the deck of that fine frigate as a moonlight night, a drowsy watch, a light wind, and smooth water could render things in a bay like that of Naples.

near Occurrences 1%

Having reached Cape Race without meeting an enemy, he turned southward, until on the night of August 18th he spoke a privateer, which told him of a British frigate near at hand.

over Occurrences 1%

Of course, eight hours would be necessary to carry the frigate over the intervening space should the wind stand, as it probably would not, at that season of the year.

about Occurrences 1%

She was running in a line that would carry her astern of the frigate about a mile, and she was rather more than thrice that distance to windward.

Which preposition to use with  frigates