men-o'-war

It seems that in December, 1904, Admiral Rozhdestvenski, commanding a fleet of 42 Russian men-o'-war, steamed into the South-West African port of L'deritzbucht.

Gravity's Rainbow Pynchon, Thomas 1978

_ About six weeks afterwards, three men-o'-war were sent to Ponapé with infantry, artillery, a mountain battery, and

The Philippine Islands John Foreman

Rowing between the sunken vessels, whose masts showed above water, he took soundings and found that with careful handling the men-o'-war might safely pass.

In Clive's Command A Story of the Fight for India Herbert Strang

They played havoc with several other vessels, and advanced with six men-o'-war and five fireships as far as Upnor Castle, where they burned three more.

The Hero of Garside School

If they were indeed British men-o'-war he would be caught between two fires, for there was not a doubt that they would support the Company's vessels.

In Clive's Command A Story of the Fight for India Herbert Strang

These vessels could easily have carried many more hands; indeed, the newest type of Nile men-o'-war, the twin-screw steamers, were built to convey a thousand soldiers.

Khartoum Campaign, 1898 or the Re-Conquest of the Soudan Bennet Burleigh

They were far out of the course of steamers, and saw no craft of any kind, save fleets of "Portuguese men-o'-war," as Joe Swanson and the others called the jellyfish squadrons.

The Pirate Shark Elliott Whitney

However, three days were squandered (perhaps intentionally) in trivial formalities, and although two Spanish men-o'-war -- the _Manila_ and the _San Quintin_ -- were already anchored in the Port of Yap, the German warship _Iltis_ entered, landed marines, and hoisted their national flag, whilst the Spaniards looked on.

The Philippine Islands John Foreman

If, that is to say, the commanders of the convoying men-o'-war had not forestalled them, or the ships 'companies were not composed, as in one case we read of, of men who were all

The Press-Gang Afloat and Ashore

So for five weary weeks _The Duff_ anchored in the roadstead of Spithead till, as one of a fleet of fifty-seven vessels, she could sail down the channel and across the Bay of Biscay protected by British men-o'-war.

The Book of Missionary Heroes Basil Mathews