| 单词 | sloop of war |
| 例句 | Wright had also written to Admiral Thomas Graves, Gage’s naval commander, asking for “immediate assistance” and “a sloop of war of some sort.” George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z Mayo spent the next three weeks helping to prepare the Wasp, a sloop of war armed with 18 guns, for coastal patrol, to guard against British seizure of American cargo and impressment of American seamen. Alternate Uncle Sam Spotted in the Mists of New York History 2016-04-19T04:00:00Z Mr. Shubrick being sent on board to take possession, reported that the vessel was the sloop of war, Peacock, and that she had six feet water in the hold. The Second War with England, Vol. 1 of 2 2012-04-05T02:00:39.100Z She at length arrived, but not alone—the Cherub, a sloop of war bearing her company. The Second War with England, Vol. 2 of 2 2012-04-05T02:00:38.213Z Jones was on board the Alfred in this expedition, but subsequently received the command of the sloop of war Providence. Curiosities of Human Nature 2012-04-03T02:00:27.167Z The bargain had hardly been concluded when the British sloop of war, the Racoon, under the command of Capt. The Oregon Territory Its History and Discovery 2012-02-22T03:00:27.207Z The sloop of war, Argus, was prepared for defence against the torpedoes after Fulton had explained his mode of attack. Inventors 2012-02-08T03:00:16.647Z On the 27th May the sloop of war, Little Belt, Capt. History of Halifax City 2012-01-26T03:00:13.263Z In the January previous Captain Morris, commanding the Adams, which had been cut down to a sloop of war, got to sea and took a few prizes. The Second War with England, Vol. 2 of 2 2012-04-05T02:00:38.213Z The British sloop of war Daphne only escaped by making the open sea in time. Narrative of the Circumnavigation of the Globe by the Austrian Frigate Novara, Volume I (Commodore B. Von Wullerstorf-Urbair,) Undertaken by Order of the Imperial Government in the Years 1857, 1858, & 1859, Under the Immediate Auspices of His I. and R. Highness the Archduke Ferdinand Maximilian, Commander-In-Chief of the Austrian Navy. 2012-01-02T03:00:25.873Z Captain Morse replied that he recollected the sloop of war Vandalia was sent down to the straits in search of him. The Captive in Patagonia 2011-12-27T03:00:10.803Z The Chatauqua was a screw steam sloop of war, of the first class. Brave Old Salt or, Life on the Quarter Deck 2011-11-04T02:00:18.377Z On July 6, with the red-white-and-blue ensign streaming proudly from her main truck, the sloop of war Delaware, twenty guns, of Baltimore, under Stephen Decatur, Sr., put to sea to an accompaniment of booming cannon. Gentlemen Rovers 2011-10-22T02:00:27.907Z The British sloop of war Favorite, chosen for her name, arrived at New York under a flag of truce, bearing an American and British messenger, with the treaty already ratified on the part of England. The Second War with England, Vol. 2 of 2 2012-04-05T02:00:38.213Z They knew her to be a British sloop of war. Jack Buntline 2011-08-31T02:01:34.270Z The ship I speak of flies the Brazilian flag: the Esperanza sloop of war, which, providentially, left Lisbon two days since, and may be here at any hour. The Golden Rock 2011-07-05T02:00:22.137Z Still smaller than the frigates were the corvettes, or sloops of war, as they are more commonly called. Four American Naval Heroes Paul Jones, Admiral Farragut, Oliver H. Perry, Admiral Dewey 2011-07-04T02:00:24.047Z She sent a challenge here by an American, the day before we arrived, to any of our sloops of war to fight her. Privateers and Privateering 2011-06-21T02:00:26.477Z Lieutenant Barnard, commanding the neat little sloop of war Sparrow, then on the guard station, laughed. Yankee Ships and Yankee Sailors: Tales of 1812 2011-05-19T02:00:07.643Z He had just enough left to pay for an outfit, when he found himself pressed on board the Tribune sloop of war, fitting out for the East Indies. Jack Buntline 2011-08-31T02:01:34.270Z The squadron, then consisting of the sloops of war Vincennes and Peacock, the store-ship Relief, the brig Porpoise, and tenders Sea Gull and Flying Fish, left Norfolk, Va., August 13, 1838. Explorers and Travellers 2011-05-11T02:00:17.627Z The nations of the world saw at once that there would be no more use for ships of the line and wooden frigates and sloops of war. Four American Naval Heroes Paul Jones, Admiral Farragut, Oliver H. Perry, Admiral Dewey 2011-07-04T02:00:24.047Z A sloop of war, anchored just beyond the reach of cannon-shot, was named as a point of rendezvous. The Knight Of Gwynne, Vol. II (of II) 2011-04-04T02:00:06.657Z On the 28th of the month, two British sloops of war, the Thais and Clypso, came into port, and were immediately sent back to England with the British wounded. Yankee Ships and Yankee Sailors: Tales of 1812 2011-05-19T02:00:07.643Z A similar result followed the attack of the Americans on Fort Ticonderoga, and the capture of the only British sloop of war on Lake Champlain gave them entire supremacy in those waters. The Canadian Portrait Gallery - Volumes 1 to 4 2011-03-23T02:00:23.527Z Cotineau, attacked the British sloop of war and after a severe battle of over two hours compelled her to surrender. Sages and Heroes of the American Revolution In 1822, he sailed for a short time on a sloop of war, that was cruising about the Gulf of Mexico. Four American Naval Heroes Paul Jones, Admiral Farragut, Oliver H. Perry, Admiral Dewey 2011-07-04T02:00:24.047Z A sloop of war was fitted out to carry him to the Bay of Honduras, where he was crowned, and from thence conveyed to his own dominions. Journal of Voyages Containing an Account of the Author's being Twice Captured by the English and Once by Gibbs the Pirate... The big sloop of war, which had been deserted so unceremoniously, kept on making a great hubbub, aiming at the place where she supposed the Yankee frigate yet to be. Yankee Ships and Yankee Sailors: Tales of 1812 2011-05-19T02:00:07.643Z After a contest of two hours, the British ships and several sloops of war fell into the hands of the Americans. Alida or, Miscellaneous Sketches of Incidents During the Late American War. Founded on Fact He was transferred to the privateer Hancock and launched out upon a more extensive cruise and captured the British sloop of war Fox and several other prizes. Sages and Heroes of the American Revolution This was one of the new sloops of war having both steam and sails. Four American Naval Heroes Paul Jones, Admiral Farragut, Oliver H. Perry, Admiral Dewey 2011-07-04T02:00:24.047Z But the battery had not yet arrived, nor was Gen. Taylor able to obtain from the sloop of war St. Mary's, which was on the station, any guns of a suitable calibre. History of the War Between Mexico and the United States, with a Preliminary View of its Origin, Volume 1 It consisted of the President, the United States, and the Congress frigates, and the Argus sloop of war. Yankee Ships and Yankee Sailors: Tales of 1812 2011-05-19T02:00:07.643Z After a contest of two hours, the British ships and several sloops of war fell into the hands of the Americans. Alida or, Miscellaneous Sketches of Incidents During the Late American War. Founded on Fact Crown Point surrendered the same day and shortly after, the only British sloop of war, which gave Col. Sages and Heroes of the American Revolution Then, forging ahead, the Merrimac struck her antagonist with her steel prow, and the sloop of war reeled and shuddered, and through the great rent in her side the black water rushed. Harper's Round Table, May 14, 1895 Three sloops of war and a store ship, manned with only 160 men, were fitted out; for hostility was not the purpose of this expedition. The Lusiad or The Discovery of India, an Epic Poem The Montgomery, Captain Upton of Boston, mounting twelve guns, fought yard arm to yard arm with a fine sloop of war belonging to the English navy, mounting twenty guns. Yankee Ships and Yankee Sailors: Tales of 1812 2011-05-19T02:00:07.643Z After an engagement of two hours and twenty minutes, the British ships were silenced, and one frigate, one brig, and two sloops of war, fell into the hands of the Americans. Alida or, Miscellaneous Sketches of Incidents During the Late American War. Founded on Fact On nearing they proved to be a British frigate, ship, brig and sloop of war. Sages and Heroes of the American Revolution It was early in the morning of that August day that Farragut's signal was given, for the advance of his seven sloops of war. Elsie at Viamede One day Crosby was with a part of that detachment near Teller's Point and the mouth of the Croton River, when they saw a British sloop of war come sailing up the stream. Elsie on the Hudson She proved to be His Britannic Majesty's sloop of war Cyane, under the command of Captain Gordon Falcon, a gallant officer, and one who had earned distinction in the service. Yankee Ships and Yankee Sailors: Tales of 1812 2011-05-19T02:00:07.643Z You have not a single sloop of war. Essays on the Constitution of the United States On their return they fell in with the British sloop of war Race Horse—tender to Admiral Parker's fleet, which he had sent out from Jamaica on purpose to capture these American "small craft." Sages and Heroes of the American Revolution "A few months before—September 1st—the British sloop of war Sophia, commanded by Captain Lockyer, had sailed from Pensacola with despatches for Jean Lafitte, inviting him and his band to enter the British service." Elsie at Viamede Not quite six years after these events, I came home from India, in command of a sloop of war. A Week at Waterloo in 1815 Lady De Lancey's Narrative: Being an Account of How She Nursed Her Husband, Colonel Sir William Howe De Lancey, Quartermaster-General of the Army, Mortally Wounded in the Great Battle As soon as he had placed a prize crew on board the Cyane, Stewart headed the Constitution for the other sloop of war, who was doing her best to get away. Yankee Ships and Yankee Sailors: Tales of 1812 2011-05-19T02:00:07.643Z A fleet of two ships, three snows, and a brigantine, under convoy of the “Baltimore” sloop of war, sailed from Annapolis Royal on the morning of the 8th December. Glimpses of the Past History of the River St. John, A.D. 1604-1784 He was appointed master's mate on the sloop of war Hornet under Capt. Sages and Heroes of the American Revolution Farragut's naval expedition was the largest that had ever sailed under the United States flag, consisting of six sloops of war, twenty-one mortar schooners, sixteen gun-boats, and other vessels, carrying in all two hundred guns. Elsie at Viamede They proved to be the frigate Cyane and the sloop of war Levant. Hero Stories from American History For Elementary Schools There were but three vessels now to pass,—a sloop of war, a large brig, and a forty-four-gun frigate that lay well to the mouth of the harbor. Yankee Ships and Yankee Sailors: Tales of 1812 2011-05-19T02:00:07.643Z The small force was brought in a sloop of war, which remained in the harbor for their protection till the next spring. Glimpses of the Past History of the River St. John, A.D. 1604-1784 Shortly after that brilliant victory the British sloop of war Snow was captured and Lieut. Sages and Heroes of the American Revolution Franklin embarked in the Reprisal, a rapid sailing sloop of war of sixteen guns. Benjamin Franklin A Picture of the Struggles of Our Infant Nation One Hundred Years Ago American Pioneers and Patriots Series At mid-autumn, 1812, Captain Jacob Jones, in the fast-sailing sloop of war Wasp, achieved a notable victory over the British war schooner Frolic, convoying six merchantmen, four of which were well armed. Harper's Young People, August 17, 1880 An Illustrated Weekly His Majesty's sloop of war Frolic was a prize. Yankee Ships and Yankee Sailors: Tales of 1812 2011-05-19T02:00:07.643Z The following day she was joined by a frigate and several sloops of war from Plymouth, when she made sail to the westward. The Surrender of Napoleon Being the narrative of the surrender of Buonaparte, and of his residence on board H.M.S. Bellerophon, with a detail of the principal events that occurred in that ship between the 24th of May and the 8th of August 1815 In October 1776 he arrived in Chesapeake Bay where he was boarded by the officers of the British sloop of war King Fisher and plundered of all his letters and arms. Sages and Heroes of the American Revolution André went up the Hudson in the sloop of war Vulture, which anchored off Teller's Point. A Little Girl in Old Philadelphia Congress, perceiving the necessity of an increase in the force of the navy, authorized the President to have four 74-gun ships, six frigates, and six sloops of war built. Harper's Young People, August 17, 1880 An Illustrated Weekly The man at the oars was doing his best to catch the sloop of war before she should gain headway. Yankee Ships and Yankee Sailors: Tales of 1812 2011-05-19T02:00:07.643Z Monsieur Saint Catharine, a lad about sixteen, nephew to the Empress Josephine, and a native of Martinique, was provided with a passage to that island in one of our sloops of war. The Surrender of Napoleon Being the narrative of the surrender of Buonaparte, and of his residence on board H.M.S. Bellerophon, with a detail of the principal events that occurred in that ship between the 24th of May and the 8th of August 1815 For convenience of escape the British sloop of war Vulture was moved up the river at a distance not to excite suspicion. Sages and Heroes of the American Revolution Captain Hazard of the Providence, a sloop of war of fourteen guns and 103 men, was dismissed from the service, and Jones was put in command of the ship. Paul Jones At twenty years of age he received the appointment of teacher of mathematics, and his long connection with the United States Army had its beginning; his post the sloop of war Natchez. Great Men and Famous Women. Vol. 6 A series of pen and pencil sketches of the lives of more than 200 of the most prominent personages in History That there’s very pretty about his Britannic Majesty’s sloop of war. Hunting the Skipper The Cruise of the "Seafowl" Sloop Some of them were said by the navy officers, to be perfect, as regarded proportion, and exact, as it regarded the miniature representation of a merchantman, sloop of war, frigate, or ship of the line. A Journal of a Young Man of Massachusetts, 2nd ed. Late A Surgeon On Board An American Privateer, Who Was Captured At Sea By The British, In May, Eighteen Hundred And Thirteen, And Was Confined First, At Melville Island, Halifax, Then At Chatham, In England ... And Last, At Dartmoor Prison. Interspersed With Observations, Anecdotes And Remarks, Tending To Illustrate The Moral And Political Characters Of Three Nations. To Which Is Added, A Correct Engraving Of Dartmoor Prison, Representing The Massacre Of American Prisoners, Written By Himself. Robert Morris, then President of the Marine Committee, presented him with a lieutenant's commission and put him in command of the sloop of war Sachem. Sages and Heroes of the American Revolution On June 14, 1777, Congress appointed him to the command of the sloop of war Ranger, eighteen guns, and on the same day the permanent flag of the United States was determined upon. Paul Jones The prow of the British sloop of war looms above his barge. The Treason and Death of Benedict Arnold A Play for a Greek Theatre His first position was that of a midshipman on the sloop of war General Greene, in 1798. The Mentor: The War of 1812 Volume 4, Number 3, Serial Number 103; 15 March, 1916. The rapid destruction of the British sloop of war Peacock, gave Lawrence high reputation; and he felt as if he must act up to his high character. A Journal of a Young Man of Massachusetts, 2nd ed. Late A Surgeon On Board An American Privateer, Who Was Captured At Sea By The British, In May, Eighteen Hundred And Thirteen, And Was Confined First, At Melville Island, Halifax, Then At Chatham, In England ... And Last, At Dartmoor Prison. Interspersed With Observations, Anecdotes And Remarks, Tending To Illustrate The Moral And Political Characters Of Three Nations. To Which Is Added, A Correct Engraving Of Dartmoor Prison, Representing The Massacre Of American Prisoners, Written By Himself. His colleagues were too timid then for such a measure, but so rapidly did their courage increase that his excellency soon retired on board a sloop of war to avoid the popular fury. Sages and Heroes of the American Revolution The two sloops of war were very nearly matched, though the Drake technically rated at twenty guns and the Ranger at eighteen. Paul Jones Our cruise was nearly terminated when the sloop of war, whose captain was senior to myself, made my signal. A Sailor of King George She was towed from Baton Rouge, where the accident happened, to New Orleans, and there turned over to Captain Morris, of the U. S. Navy, commanding the sloop of war Pensacola. Continental Monthly, Vol. 4, No 3, September 1863 Devoted to Literature and National Policy In our passage here, we sailed by the Pelican sloop of war, bound to Malta, on her voyage home. Journal of a Visit to Constantinople and Some of the Greek Islands in the Spring and Summer of 1833 He left two small sloops of war there of 14 and 16 guns. The Diplomatic Correspondence of the American Revolution, Vol. I The Oberon sloop of war arrived with an officer of distinction, who proceeded through Sweden to the Continent, and soon after several Russian noblemen arrived from St. Petersburg with despatches of importance. Memoirs and Correspondence of Admiral Lord de Saumarez. Vol II On one unlucky evening we ran on board the sloop of war, carried away the mainmast, and destroyed a part of her upper works. A Sailor of King George They were the more confirmed in their notion, inasmuch as the appearance of a sloop of war, which had sailed about for some hours in the bay, could not otherwise be explained. Travels in Peru, on the Coast, in the Sierra, Across the Cordilleras and the Andes, into the Primeval Forests Off Mauritius we were chased more than once by a sloop of war, and it would have gone hard with us if we had been captured. Athelstane Ford As an experiment two hundred and fifty boys were enlisted and placed on the frigates "Minnesota" and "Constitution" and the sloops of war "Portsmouth" and "Saratoga," which were commissioned as training-ships. The Naval History of the United States Volume 2 I found him much alarmed at the non-arrival of a despatch which had been sent by an English sloop of war. Diaries of Sir Moses and Lady Montefiore, Volume I Comprising Their Life and Work as Recorded in Their Diaries From 1812 to 1883 We had been cruising along the coast, and sometimes anchoring for about five weeks, when the captain of the sloop of war was promoted from this fleeting world to a better. A Sailor of King George Off the port we fell in with a Peruvian sloop of war, which, on our sailing from Callao, had been sent to watch us, and to stop the prisoners in case they attempted to escape. Travels in Peru, on the Coast, in the Sierra, Across the Cordilleras and the Andes, into the Primeval Forests An officer in the royal navy, commanding a ship of war of under twenty guns, a sloop of war, armed ship, or bomb-vessel. The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc. This was the new sloop of war "Wasp," named after the gallant little craft that had been taken by the British after her capture of the "Frolic." The Naval History of the United States Volume 2 A squadron was immediately fitted out, under the command of Commodore Decater, consisting of the Guerriere, Constellation and Macedonian frigates, the Ontario and Epervier sloops of war, and the schooners Spark, Spitfire, Torch and Flambeau. Thrilling Narratives of Mutiny, Murder and Piracy A weird series of tales of shipwreck and disaster, from the earliest part of the century to the present time, with accounts of providential escapes and heart-rending fatalities. We were shortly after joined by a sloop of war. A Sailor of King George Under these circumstances Rodgers' ship, the "President" frigate, and a British sloop of war, the "Little Belt," sighted each other on May 16, 1811, fifty miles east of Cape Henry. Sea Power in its Relations to the War of 1812 Volume 1 A sloop of war under full sail; a brig, close-hauled, beating out of Plymouth Sound; a tiny gunboat at anchor in a backwater of the Upper Yangtse. A Tall Ship On Other Naval Occasions With the captured plate safe in his vessel, Paul Jones then attacked the twenty-gun British sloop of war, Drake, and after a severe combat succeeded in making her his prize. A Treasury of Heroes and Heroines A Record of High Endeavour and Strange Adventure from 500 B.C. to 1920 A.D. In November, 1769, Captain Hunt of the Tamar, sloop of war, observed a Spanish schooner hovering off this settlement and warned her to depart. The Political History of England - Vol. X. The History of England from the Accession of George III to the close of Pitt's first Administration In 1807 he became commander of the Favourite sloop of war in consequence of the death of her captain, and three months afterwards took the last convoy of slave ships to the West Indies. A Sailor of King George Upon receipt, he at once hastened it to Russell in London, by the sloop of war "Wasp," then lying in a French port. Sea Power in its Relations to the War of 1812 Volume 1 They heard that the Firefly, the sloop of war to which Murray was appointed, had gone to Greece, so they had the prospect of remaining some time longer together. The Three Midshipmen This was done; and on May 10, 1759, James Cook was appointed to the Grampus, sloop of war, and was now in a fair way of gaining the object of his ambition. Captain Cook His Life, Voyages, and Discoveries With her and four smaller vessels he sailed from Brest, and fell in with the homeward-bound Baltic fleet convoyed by the Serapis, Captain Pearson, and a sloop of war. The Political History of England - Vol. X. The History of England from the Accession of George III to the close of Pitt's first Administration As we were the senior officer, and there being several sloops of war and cutters in the harbour, we fired the evening and morning guns. A Sailor of King George Was boarded by the sloop of war "Wanderer," which endorsed on all her papers, forbidding to enter any port belonging to France or her allies, they all being declared in a state of blockade. Sea Power in its Relations to the War of 1812 Volume 1 Onward drove the sloop of war with the three midshipmen on board to certain destruction. The Three Midshipmen A British sloop of war, the Little Belt, had been fired into by the American frigate, President, and, in the rencontre which followed, had suffered greatly in her men and rigging. The Rise of Canada, from Barbarism to Wealth and Civilisation Volume 1 Four 20-gun ships and two sloops of war were sent out, therefore, to the West Indies to cruise for the protection of British trade. How Britannia Came to Rule the Waves Updated to 1900 The father, who was a hearty old farmer, asked me to call in again before I sailed, for at this time I was master’s mate of the Savage sloop of war. A Sailor of King George Tiny as was the United States Navy, the opening of hostilities found it concentrated in a body of several frigates, with one or two sloops of war, which put to sea together. Sea Power in its Relations to the War of 1812 Volume 1 When the sloop of war drew near, she fired a gun as a signal to the Greek vessel to heave-to. The Three Midshipmen At the mouth of the river Canard, a small tributary of the Detroit, the Queen Charlotte, a sloop of war, armed with eighteen twenty-four pounders, lay at anchor, watching every manœuvre. The Rise of Canada, from Barbarism to Wealth and Civilisation Volume 1 The French captain refused to comply, upon which Captain Hollwell ordered the Hawke sloop of war to fire two shots over her, when the Frenchman thought proper to salute. How Britannia Came to Rule the Waves Updated to 1900 After cruising round Porto Rico and Hispaniola for two months, we bore up for the mole, where we found two sail of the line, a sixty-four and two sloops of war. A Sailor of King George It consisted of three frigates, the "President" and "United States," rated of 44 guns, the "Congress" of 38, the ship-rigged sloop of war "Hornet" of 18, and the brig "Argus" of 16. Sea Power in its Relations to the War of 1812 Volume 1 He accordingly sent him to the Mediterranean with three ships of the line, four frigates, and a sloop of war. The Battle and the Breeze As if to counterbalance the effect of this success, another naval engagement occurred at sea, on the 14th of February, between the British sloop of war Peacock and the American brig Hornet. The Rise of Canada, from Barbarism to Wealth and Civilisation Volume 1 On their way they met the Prometheus sloop of war, Captain Dashwood, which had on board the wife, daughter, and infant child of the British consul, Mr McDonnell. How Britannia Came to Rule the Waves Updated to 1900 The sloop of war I now commanded was a fine sixteen-gun brig carrying twenty-four-pound-carronades, with a crew of one hundred and twenty as fine men as any in the fleet. A Sailor of King George The sloop of war Portsmouth sent us a lot of ship's supplies, when we marched down from the mountains to Sutter's Fort, just before the uprising of the Bear War in June, Forty-six. Gold Seekers of '49 All the line-of-battle ships are named after the several states, the frigates after the principal rivers, and the sloops of war after the towns, or cities, and the names are decided by lot. Diary in America, Series One About the exact time of the surrender of General Wadsworth, at Queenston, an engagement occurred between the English sloop of war Frolic, and the American brig of war Wasp, which proved disastrous to the former. The Rise of Canada, from Barbarism to Wealth and Civilisation Volume 1 The stranger was the Phoenix, and which was not only a smaller frigate, but Captain Baker had disguised her to resemble at a distance a sloop of war. How Britannia Came to Rule the Waves Updated to 1900 I felt that I had passed that boundary when I found myself rated as an able seaman on board the Syren sloop of war. Old Jack It consisted of 16 gunboats, 21 mortar-schooners, six sloops of war, and five other vessels. History of the United States, Volume 4 We had reliable information to the effect that the garrison at Johnson's Island was small, and that the United States sloop of war Michigan was anchored off the island as an additional guard. The Narrative of a Blockade-Runner The two captured sloops of war were repaired and made ready for the lake. The Rise of Canada, from Barbarism to Wealth and Civilisation Volume 1 Among men of this class the Honourable Captain Lake, commanding the sloop of war Recruit, must be ranked. How Britannia Came to Rule the Waves Updated to 1900 At length a sloop of war arrived, and they reached England in safety. Paul Gerrard The Cabin Boy November 8th, 250 miles out from Havana, the United States sloop of war San Jacinto, Captain Wilkes, compelled the Trent, by a shot across her bows, to heave to, and took off the commissioners. History of the United States, Volume 4 On the 24th the Childers, sloop of war, brought in two prizes from the west; one of which, an American, she had captured in the midst of the Spanish fleet. Held Fast For England A Tale of the Siege of Gibraltar (1779-83) Early in February, the American sloop of war Frolic, of 22 guns, was captured by the British frigate Orpheus, after two shots had been fired. The Rise of Canada, from Barbarism to Wealth and Civilisation Volume 1 Owing to my being in this affair I was appointed to a Chilian sloop of war, and received a lieutenant’s commission. The Lonely Island The Refuge of the Mutineers The prizes, deeply laden, left the port one after the other, and then the men-of-war brigs, afterwards, the sloop of war, and at length our consort, the frigate. Rattlin the Reefer In his despatches he has given you great praise, and I have added mine to back it; so that if you only keep steady, you will command a sloop of war very soon. Percival Keene The day after the Brilliant returned the Helena, sloop of war--with fourteen small guns--was seen working in towards the Rock. Held Fast For England A Tale of the Siege of Gibraltar (1779-83) Two days after this we were again chased by an English sloop of war; but the Skylark showed a faster pair of heels than she did, and we ran her out of sight. Will Weatherhelm The Yarn of an Old Sailor I belong to a sloop of war, the Gannet, and am away from her on leave.” True Blue Lieutenant Silva was given the option of a court-martial or of exchanging into a sloop of war. Rattlin the Reefer It was a sloop of war; the cut of her sails and rigging evidently English. Percival Keene My friend Monsieur Tallard again interfered, and I was suddenly transferred from prison to the command of a fine sloop of war. The Missing Ship The Log of the "Ouzel" Galley Some time after this I belonged to the ‘Nautilus’ sloop of war, commanded by Captain Farmer. Dick Cheveley His Adventures and Misadventures There’s the Hind sloop of war, with a crew of a hundred and twenty men, and some fifty cutters, large and small, with crews of from fifteen to forty men, on this south coast alone. Captain Mugford Our Salt and Fresh Water Tutors My father was appointed to a sloop of war, which he at once joined, and in which he saw a good deal of hard service. Ben Burton Born and Bred at Sea He had not got far when he fell in with her Majesty’s sloop of war, Dashaway, which had just come from Monte Video, and from her he received despatches from the commodore. The Three Lieutenants “We are expecting a king’s ship every day to visit our harbour—the Champion, 18-gun sloop of war, Commander Olding,” observed one of the gentlemen. The Missing Ship The Log of the "Ouzel" Galley So severe, however, were they, that the “Pallas” could scarcely have escaped from her pursuers, had not a sloop of war hove in sight and taken her in tow. Ronald Morton, or the Fire Ships A Story of the Last Naval War “Uncle Tom always said that a boy should commence life either in a sloop of war or a smart frigate,” said Syd, sharply. Syd Belton The Boy who would not go to Sea This sloop of war is kept here to cruise about the island and keep strangers off. The Ocean Cat's Paw The Story of a Strange Cruise The Reprisal, sloop of war, of sixteen guns, took Dr. Franklin and his grandson on board for the dangerous voyage. Benjamin Franklin “She is a sloop of war—I thought so from the first,” he exclaimed, “and from the cut of her canvas I have little doubt that she is English.” The Missing Ship The Log of the "Ouzel" Galley In front were half a dozen gunboats; next to these came the two sloops of war; followed by the rest of the boats, proceeding in irregular order. On the Irrawaddy A Story of the First Burmese War Fly sloop of war, and the packet from England, came in and brought the news of the war between France and Spain. Journal of a Voyage to Brazil And Residence There During Part of the Years 1821, 1822, 1823 You may just as well speak the truth, for in all probability your schooner will be a prize to his Majesty’s sloop of war Diadem.” The Ocean Cat's Paw The Story of a Strange Cruise In the previous May, Mowat, a naval officer, had been held prisoner for a few hours at Falmouth, now Portland; and we have seen Linzee, in a sloop of war, driven with loss from Gloucester. The Loyalists of America and Their Times, Vol. 1 of 2. From 1620-1816 “You believe that ship out there to be a British sloop of war?” he asked. The Missing Ship The Log of the "Ouzel" Galley Since this exploit, the frigate Ironsides, and the sloop of war Powhattan, have been added to its strength. Three Months in the Southern States, April-June 1863 We left her about one hundred leagues off Cape Sable about a week ago; she had just sunk the British sloop of war Juno, twenty-two guns, after a night action of about forty minutes. For Love of Country A Story of Land and Sea in the Days of the Revolution To these must be added the Druid frigate, the sloop of war, and the Gnat. The Two Admirals Half a mile away was a British sloop of war. Under Wellington's Command A Tale of the Peninsular War “We are British—the officers and men lately belonging to his Majesty’s sloop of war Champion,” answered Mr Foley. The Missing Ship The Log of the "Ouzel" Galley André went up the Hudson in the British sloop of war Vulture, and had a secret meeting with Arnold near Haverstraw. The Land We Live In The Story of Our Country As soon as she drew near the doomed ship, she showed lights like those of the frigate and sloop of war. For Love of Country A Story of Land and Sea in the Days of the Revolution The sloop of war, too, was seen bending low to the force of the wind, with her mere apology of a top-sail thrown aback, in waiting for the flag-ship to cast. The Two Admirals The sloop of war got round them first, and we were not far behind her. Recollections of Europe “A frigate or a large sloop of war; and though it is a difficult matter to judge of her nationality, she looks more like an English ship than a foreigner,” he answered. The Missing Ship The Log of the "Ouzel" Galley The settlers, aided by the British sloop of war "Merlin," had strongly fortified a small island in the harbour, called St George's Cay. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 3 "Brescia" to "Bulgaria" Early evincing a predilection for a seafaring life, he was enabled to enter a sloop of war, with the honorary rank of a midshipman. The Modern Scottish Minstrel, Volume IV. The Songs of Scotland of the Past Half Century Perhaps, if the sloop of war which lay there had known who was lying in the boat under her guns, I might not be writing these words to-day. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 20, No. 117, July, 1867. A sloop of war was pointing her head in towards this bluff, and all the vessels in sight now began to take new forms, varying and increasing the picturesque character of the view. Recollections of Europe When that sloop of war lured us under her guns she finished her task; she did not leave a single thing undone. The Sun Of Quebec A Story of a Great Crisis In addition to these twelve powerful steam sloops of war had been commissioned—the Hartford, Brooklyn, Lancaster, Richmond, Narragansett, Dakota, Iroquois, Wyoming, and Seminole. The Victim A romance of the Real Jefferson Davis "You are on the United States sloop of war, the Adams, homeward bound," replied the officer. Ralph Granger's Fortunes "But if I see an opportunity to do anything for the benefit of my country"— "Such as the capture of a sloop of war," interposed the commander with a suggestive laugh. A Victorious Union To complete the objects of the expedition, it was necessary to obtain the command of the lakes, which could be accomplished only by seizing a sloop of war lying at St. Johns. The Life of George Washington, Vol. 1 Commander in Chief of the American Forces During the War which Established the Independence of his Country and First President of the United States The sloop of war, heaving at her anchorage, stood up sharp and clear, and it seemed to Robert that there was something familiar in her lines. The Sun Of Quebec A Story of a Great Crisis On the 23d he invited the missionaries aboard, and shewed them the arrangement in a sloop of war. The Moravians in Labrador On the 1st of May, 1746, being then in command of a small sloop of war, he was severely wounded in action with a superior enemy's force off the coast of Scotland. Types of Naval Officers Drawn from the History of the British Navy She was commissioned as the Victor, to replace a sloop of war of that name, which in the preceding year had been the scene of one of the most extraordinary and tragical events on record. The Life of Admiral Viscount Exmouth He also advised that a number of troops, sloops of war, and revenue cutters would be needed at Charleston to enforce the collection of duties on foreign importations. General Scott The captain's wish to meet a French sloop of war of his own size was not granted. The Sun Of Quebec A Story of a Great Crisis Dewey's patriotic blood was at the boiling point, and one week later, having been commissioned as lieutenant and assigned to the sloop of war Mississippi, he hurried thither to help in defence of the Union. Dewey and Other Naval Commanders A sloop of war was sent out to capture his vessel, and finding that it was impossible to remain in the vicinity where he had been discovered, Kidd sailed northward and entered Long Island Sound. Buccaneers and Pirates of Our Coasts On the 12th of January, 1807, she sailed from Madras, in company with the Java frigate, and the Harrier sloop of war. The Life of Admiral Viscount Exmouth Then come the alacrity of the Vincejo, Captain Long, and other sloops of war. The Life of the Right Honourable Horatio Lord Viscount Nelson, Volume 2 But the sloop of war, tacking, let go her other broadside. The Sun Of Quebec A Story of a Great Crisis The British sloop of war Drake, which the gale prevented him from attacking, was still at Carrickfergus, and Jones sailed thither in the hope of inducing her to come out and fight him. Dewey and Other Naval Commanders The sloops of war, two bombs, and several transports that were with the fleet, were more successful; as they got under weigh, and reached the anchorage under the protection of the fort of Aboukir. The Life of the Right Honourable Horatio Lord Viscount Nelson, Volume 1 On the 20th of July, 1806, the Greyhound frigate and Harrier sloop of war fell in with two large armed Indiamen, richly laden with spices, and protected by a frigate and a corvette. The Life of Admiral Viscount Exmouth Next morning, Lord Nelson sent for Mr. Flin; and, presenting him with a lieutenant's commission, appointed him to the Bittern sloop of war, and afterwards procured the Admiralty's confirmation of his appointment. The Life of the Right Honourable Horatio Lord Viscount Nelson, Volume 2 He knew now that while they had escaped the sloop of war their danger was yet great and imminent. The Sun Of Quebec A Story of a Great Crisis It consisted of 5 frigates, 6 sloops of war and 1 schooner—all carrying 360 guns, which exceeded those of the American squadron by 50 per cent. Dewey and Other Naval Commanders He goes in the Maryland, a sloop of war, which will wait a few days at Havre to receive his letters, to be written on his arrival at Paris. Memoir, Correspondence, And Miscellanies, From The Papers Of Thomas Jefferson, Volume 3 He had, before that, been commander of the Rattlesnake sloop of war, and had much annoyed the British trade; Being bred a seaman, he has returned to that vocation. Memoir, Correspondence, And Miscellanies, From The Papers Of Thomas Jefferson, Volume 1 At the same time, two frigates and a corvette entered Seakonnet; whereupon the British abandoned and burned a sloop of war, the Kingfisher, 16, and some galleys there stationed. The Major Operations of the Navies in the War of American Independence Fortune once more favoured the Godfrey family, at Annapolis Royal there they found a British sloop of war. Young Lion of the Woods A Story of Early Colonial Days She proved to be the British sloop of war Levant, of 21 guns. Dewey and Other Naval Commanders The squadron allotted for this expedition consisted of five men-of-war, a sloop of war, and two victuallers. A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels, Volume 11 Arranged in Systematic Order: Forming a Complete History of the Origin and Progress of Navigation, Discovery, and Commerce, by Sea and Land, from the Earliest Ages to the Present Time On arrival at Macao, Mr. Jones was ordered a passage, with his surviving shipmates and crew of the Providence, to England, in the Swift, sloop of war, selected to convoy a large fleet of Indiamen. Narratives of Shipwrecks of the Royal Navy; between 1793 and 1849 It was on the 15th of December, 1790, that Captain George Vancouver received his commission as commander of his Majesty's sloop of war the Discovery. The Log School-House on the Columbia The "Jamestown," a sloop of war lent by the government for the voyage, was freighted by the people of Massachusetts with 8,000 barrels of flour. The History of the Great Irish Famine of 1847 (3rd ed.) (1902) With Notices of Earlier Irish Famines The Wasp hauled to the windward and closely watched their movements until daylight next morning, when it was found that they were six large merchant vessels under convoy of a sloop of war. International Weekly Miscellany - Volume 1, No. 8, August 19, 1850 Mawman, whom Rutherford met with at Kiperra, had, it will be recollected, made his escape, according to his own account, from a sloop of war. John Rutherford, the White Chief SIR,—It becomes my duty to complain of the continued violation of the neutrality of this port, and of my right of asylum, by the enemy's steam sloop of war the Iroquois. The Cruise of the Alabama and the Sumter It happened fortunately, that the Otter sloop of war was required to go there immediately with despatches; and the commodore having satisfied himself that no engagement of the commissary opposed it, complied with my request. A Voyage to Terra Australis — Volume 2 Instead of that I must now call upon tiresome serene Highnesses and read endless figures about German sloops of war and cannon-yawls which are rotting at Bremerhaven and devouring cash. The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, Volume 10 Prince Otto Von Bismarck, Count Helmuth Von Moltke, Ferdinand Lassalle Later on, he signed an agreement with Paterson to leave the colony for England in a sloop of war then bound home. The Naval Pioneers of Australia While he resided here, he was also employed as an interpreter by Captain Peachy, of the "Blossom" sloop of war, then engaged in surveying those islands. John Rutherford, the White Chief Here were loud threats of resistance, organized and even legal means to effect it, and yet the laws were respected, when sustained by only a sloop of war and two companies of artillery. A Residence in France With an Excursion Up the Rhine, and a Second Visit to Switzerland In the evening we anchored in thirty-six fathoms water, the Loo Rock bearing N. by E. We found a Portuguese sloop of war and several small merchant vessels lying here. A Voyage Round the World, Volume I Including Travels in Africa, Asia, Australasia, America, etc., etc., from 1827 to 1832 But he pretended not to perceive the return of the sloop of war, who tired of waiting to no purpose put out to sea and disappeared. The Pirates Own Book That hint was enough, for an English sloop of war lay within sound of their voices. The Chase of Saint-Castin and Other Stories of the French in the New World "The Pocahontas, sloop of war from Charleston bar," said a man in the crowd. Ailsa Paige The construction of twenty sloops of war; 3. Washington and his colleagues; a chronicle of the rise and fall of federalism The Chief Justice and his family left Porto Praya, for Fuego, in a Portuguese sloop of war, on the day we entered it, the Governor having previously left for the same destination. A Voyage Round the World, Volume I Including Travels in Africa, Asia, Australasia, America, etc., etc., from 1827 to 1832 Two British sloops of war scoured the coast. The Pirates Own Book In that age such craft were very common, sloops of war having that construction quite as often as that of the more modern deep-waisted vessel. The Crater About five hours after we were boarded by the Spitfire, british sloop of war; we informed the lieutenant of the exact course of the prize, and he immediately gave chace. Travels in the United States of America Commencing in the Year 1793, and Ending in 1797. With the Author's Journals of his Two Voyages Across the Atlantic. The difficulty of reducing the Castle of San Juan de Ulloa led to the collection of some gun-boats, a couple of sloops of war, and two or three armed schooners. The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 13, No. 376, June 20, 1829 The young men associated for defense, the people in the seaports built frigates or sloops of war, and gave their services to erect forts and earthworks. A School History of the United States Percy, captain of the sloop of war Hermes, directed to Lafitte. The Pirates Own Book He is now commander of the Porcupine, one of the sloops of war in the St. Lawrence. Canadian Notabilities, Volume 1 After the news received from the sloop of war, it may be supposed we did not venture to anchor anywhere on English ground. Ned Myers or, a Life Before the Mast The first of the new heavy sloops of war that got to sea was the Frolic, Master Commandant Joseph Bainbridge, which put out early in February. The Naval War of 1812 Or the History of the United States Navy during the Last War with Great Britain to Which Is Appended an Account of the Battle of New Orleans I have collected some observations on the present state of the Cape Verd Islands, which I will send home by the sloop of war. The Journal of a Mission to the Interior of Africa, in the Year 1805 A British sloop of war, about the same time, captured a pirate schooner off St. Domingo, with a crew of 60 men. The Pirates Own Book A second one was proposed on board the sloop of war the Vulture, which Clinton sent for that purpose, on the 16th, to Teller's Point, about fifteen or twenty miles below West Point. Memoirs, Correspondence and Manuscripts of General Lafayette There was a sloop of war lying in-shore of us, a mile or so, and just as we stretched out from under the land, she began to telegraph with a signal station ashore. Ned Myers or, a Life Before the Mast The Driver sloop of war, in which I went, was built at Bermuda of cedar, and is accounted an excellent sea-boat. The Complete Poems of Sir Thomas Moore Collected by Himself with Explanatory Notes We carried the brig into Antigua, where we immediately repaired, and were ordered in company of the Vulture, sloop of war, to convoy a sloop of merchantmen into New York. American Prisoners of the Revolution Presently one of the sloops of war fired a gun, and before the smoke blew off, she was under weigh, with her topsails, spanker, and fore—topmast—staysail set. Tom Cringle's Log I succeeded, however, by persuading the officers of a French sloop of war, stationed in the harbour, to assist me. The Purple Land Mr. Irish soon pronounced her a sloop of war. Ned Myers or, a Life Before the Mast As a defense, therefore, against an attack from such vessels extensive works would be altogether unnecessary either at Mobile Point or at Dauphine Island, since sloops of war only can navigate the deepest channel. A Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the Presidents Volume 2, part 1: James Monroe Being out thirteen days we spoke the Hazard sloop of war, who informed that the French fleet was then cruising in the English Channel. American Prisoners of the Revolution For the benefit of the uninitiated, let me describe a gunroom on board of a sloop of war. Tom Cringle's Log A yet more recent appropriation the last two years, for building ten sloops of war, has nearly restored the original appropriation of 1816 of a million for every year. A Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the Presidents Volume 2, part 2: John Quincy Adams I have been in a ship of the line, two frigates, three sloops of war, and several smaller craft; and such is the result of all my experience in Uncle Sam's navy. Ned Myers or, a Life Before the Mast Under neither of the reports of the Board of Engineers and Naval Commissioners could any but sloops of war enter the bay or the anchorage between Dauphine and Pelican islands. A Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the Presidents Volume 2, part 1: James Monroe There was in this place a Captain Travis of Virginia, and Captain of a sloop of war. American Prisoners of the Revolution "There is only one sloop of war, sir"—and I spoke the truth. Tom Cringle's Log Here they found the United States ship Constellation, Commodore Kearney, and the sloop of war Boston, Captain Long, forming the East India squadron. The Former Philippines thru Foreign Eyes While I was in the Neversink, the Captain of an American sloop of war, from undoubted motives of personal pique, kept a seaman confined in the brig for upward of a month. White Jacket or, the World on a Man-of-War In neither case could frigates enter, though sloops of war of larger size might. A Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the Presidents Volume 2, part 1: James Monroe The last were instructed to conduct the cortege by the outskirts of London to Harwich, where a frigate and two sloops of war were waiting for the coffin. Life of Her Most Gracious Majesty the Queen — Volume 1 So away we pulled, the tide being now nearly on the turn, and presently we were so near the opening that we could see the signal lights in the rigging of the sloop of war. Tom Cringle's Log Early in the century sloops of war had orders "to cruise between Beechy and the Downs to Impress men out of homeward-bound Merchant Ships," and in 1755 Rodney's lieutenants found the Channel "full of tenders." The Press-Gang Afloat and Ashore The First Lieutenant of an English sloop of war, a severe disciplinarian, was uncommonly particular concerning the whiteness of the quarter-deck. White Jacket or, the World on a Man-of-War But before they met the Governor at his table, a sloop of war arrived from the fleet with despatches from the commander-in-chief. Mr. Midshipman Easy "A British sloop of war in the offing," he remarked to his lieutenant, Dominique You, standing beside him. The Junior Classics — Volume 7 Stories of Courage and Heroism He quitted England for Bombay in October 1856, and crossed to Zanzibar in the Elphinstone sloop of war, Speke, who was to be his companion in the expedition, sailing with him. The Life of Sir Richard Burton The fleet, I am accurately informed, consists of the warship Baltic, three sloops of war and two tenders. The Guns of Bull Run A Story of the Civil War's Eve This is sometimes illustrated in the case of sloops of war and armed brigs, which are not allowed a regular chaplain. White Jacket or, the World on a Man-of-War On 5th December, 1869, we brought up the rear, and left Suez on board an Egyptian sloop of war, the Senaar. Ismailia In the Harwich boat-shed, nearly fifty years before, he had contracted—in defiance of prophesied failure—to build the Hastings sloop of war for His Majesty King George the Third's Lords of the Admiralty. For the Term of His Natural Life She was, in fact, more like a sloop of war. The Old Merchant Marine; A chronicle of American ships and sailors Then, to his intense disappointment, Rodgers learned that his adversary was not the Guerriere but the British sloop of war Little Belt, a craft greatly inferior to his own. Jefferson and His Colleagues; a chronicle of the Virginia dynasty Months passed away, and nothing was heard of Jack; till at last, the frigate came to anchor on the coast, alongside of a Peruvian sloop of war. White Jacket or, the World on a Man-of-War On the 20th of September the Vulture, sloop of war, sailed up the Hudson from New York and anchored at Stony Point, a few miles below West Point. Washington and His Comrades in Arms; a chronicle of the War of Independence At length, he saw the sloop of war again make her appearance; but, without approaching the shore, she stood away to the westward with all her sails set, and was soon out of sight. Guy Mannering Several of the smaller British cruisers had been sending parties ashore to plunder estates along the southern shores, and one of them, the sloop of war Savage, had even raided Washington's home at Mount Vernon. The Old Merchant Marine; A chronicle of American ships and sailors After that, there will be a sloop of war on the station, and I need not say your condition will then become perilous.' Redgauntlet Gaining the sloop of war, the lieutenant was received with the customary honours; but by this time the tall, bearded officer had disappeared from the Quarter-deck. White Jacket or, the World on a Man-of-War They boarded two sloops of war, the Compass and the Astrolabe, which were never seen again. Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea According to the account of that officer, the frigate Phoebe, and two sloops of war Cherub and Raccoon, had sailed in convoy of the Isaac Todd from Rio Janeiro. Astoria, or, anecdotes of an enterprise beyond the Rocky Mountains Before the rebels had a chance to make a third attack, a sloop of war arrived in the Basin with four hundred men to reinforce the garrison. The Chignecto Isthmus and its first settlers The Nautilus was built to rest on the ocean floor, and I don't need to undertake the arduous labors, the maneuvers d'Urville had to attempt in order to float off his sloops of war. Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea The vessel proved to be the British sloop of war Raccoon, of twenty-six guns, and one hundred and twenty men, commanded by Captain Black. Astoria, or, anecdotes of an enterprise beyond the Rocky Mountains |
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