Petrel

American ship, the "Petrel," leave the line of battle and make a rapid run right past the Spanish fleet for the village of Cavite.

The Woman with a Stone Heart A Romance of the Philippine War

Not a very powerful fleet -- not a battle-ship nor even an armored cruiser among them -- but the ships carried crews of as sturdy Yankee blue-jackets as ever trained a gun, and when the time came for daring an enemy's fire the little "Petrel" was as dashing and defiant as the stoutest of steel-clads could be.

The Naval History of the United States Volume 2 (of 2) Willis J. Abbot 1898

After two hours 'fighting the fleet withdrew for breakfast, returning to action in about two hours, and after the Spanish surrender the little "Petrel" was sent in to destroy, by boats' crews, the ships in the inner harbor.

The Naval History of the United States Volume 2 (of 2) Willis J. Abbot 1898

In the course of the next few moments, while the little vessel was being got under way, and while the Ridgeways '"Petrel" gleamed off into the blue distance, Wilbur made certain observations.

Moran of the Lady Letty Frank Norris 1886

The "Petrel" had been in the harbor but a few days, and on this evening

Moran of the Lady Letty Frank Norris 1886

Ridgeway, of San Francisco, who had brought down from the city, aboard his elegant and sumptuously fitted yacht "Petrel," a jolly party, composed largely of the season's debutantes.

Moran of the Lady Letty Frank Norris 1886

"Petrel" came on -- drew nearer -- was not a hundred feet away from the schooner's stern.

Moran of the Lady Letty Frank Norris 1886

The captain of the 'Petrel' has just come in, saying that the French are coming along the coast from the west, and that I must be on board before it is dark.

At Aboukir and Acre A Story of Napoleon's Invasion of Egypt 1867

"So Petrel ruled his world of fog, where hate and sin and death were his servants, and thus it happened that a Petrel is the sign of storm and trouble and blinding mist, but the Raven is known to be wise and patient for it knows where its Light dwells.

Girl Scouts in the Adirondacks Lillian Elizabeth Roy 1900

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