Which preposition to use with sloops

of Occurrences 58%

For being in command of a sloop of 158 tons, called the Speedy, with fourteen small guns and fifty-one men, he happened to come across a good-sized Spanish vessel, with thirty-two big guns, and over 300 men.

from Occurrences 19%

Estada knew of my boarding the sloop from the wharf, and would at once connect the fact of my being ashore with the killing of Sanchez.

in Occurrences 17%

" I was alone at the wheel, the sloop in my control, and somehow as I stood there, grasping those spokes, the swift boat leaping forward through the water, leaning recklessly over before the force of the wind, the numbing sense of helpless servitude left me in a new return of manhood and responsibility.

with Occurrences 12%

" With a speaking trumpet, the commodore once more hailed the sloop with: "What sloop is that?" This time he was greeted with a broadside.

at Occurrences 10%

Then Arnold had his own turn, in command of an expedition against the sergeant's guard, cannon, stores, fort, and sloop at St Johns on the Richelieu, all of which he captured in the same absurdly simple way.

to Occurrences 9%

A hundred feet distant, I held the dancing sloop to mere steerage-way, while Fairfax hailed in a voice which went roaring across the water like a gun.

for Occurrences 9%

This he so successfully executed, that twenty-nine men of Maynard's small number were either killed or wounded by the first broadside, and one of the sloops for a time disabled.

on Occurrences 4%

The Pembroke had lost 29 men, but was sufficiently recovered to be able to sail with 3 transports, 2 schooners, and a cattle sloop on 7th June, and arrived off Louisburg on the 12th, four days too late to take part in the landing which had been successfully carried out in the face of great difficulties caused by the roughness of the weather, the rocky coast, and the opposition of the enemy.

under Occurrences 3%

Most of my fellow-voyagers were disposed to be distant and taciturn, and so I enjoyed the grandeurs of the scene in solitary musings, to which the steamers, sloops under sail, and other vessels proceeding up and down the river, gave a pleasant enlivenment.

into Occurrences 3%

That night, when we had rounded Cape Henry in fine weather, we ran the sloop into a little bay below a headland, and made camp for the night beside a stream of cold water.

as Occurrences 3%

He had waited for the tide to lift the sloop as near to the suspended engines as possible, and now the funnel, which he had lowered with the paddle-boxes, prevented the sloop from getting out of the little gorge.

alongside Occurrences 1%

" I took my cue from these last words, and understood that I was not even to bring the sloop alongside the wharf.

down Occurrences 1%

III We left the logs, and walked to Cornwall, and took a sloop down the river.

before Occurrences 1%

" "I have forgotten one thingscuttle the sloop before joining me.

by Occurrences 1%

We were to sail as far as Kaguiac, a small village on the south shore, and were here promised a 30-foot sloop by the company.

Which preposition to use with  sloops