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Sentence Examples Most remarkable of all, perhaps, is that Lennon arrived at Bermuda on a yacht, having sailed 700 miles from the United States. It was the name of the ship that Jason and the argonauts sailed in to liberate the Golden Fleece against impossible odds. And the following day Cobblers Cove is filled from end to end with tanned Sydneysiders, wearing as few clothes as the Aboriginals when Captain Cook first sailed in. It used to carry livestock but sailed its final voyage with a hold full of Syrian men, women, and children. His great grandfather sailed from Cape Verde and was involved in the whaling industry of Nantucket Island, Mass. Soon, the Portuguese sailed further eastward, to the valuable Spice Islands in 1512, landing in China one year later. Using a small brigantine and ten native canoes, they sailed along the coast and made landfalls. On October 31 of 1527 Saavedra sailed from New Spain, crossing the Pacific and touring the north of New Guinea, then named Isla de Oro. Pizarro's main pilot sailed south and, after crossing the equator, captured a raft from Tumbes. With three ships and one hundred and eighty men they landed near Ecuador and sailed to Tumbes, finding the place destroyed. He sailed down the Amur and finally discovered the mouth of that great river from land. A small group led by Dezhnyov reached the mouth of the Anadyr River and sailed up it in 1649, having built new boats from the wreckage. However, Dio says the Romans sailed east to west, and a journey from Boulogne to Richborough is south to north. The last named sailed around Hadrian's Wall and initially penetrated far into the south of the country. We sailed full and by for quite a while before getting down to serious navigation. We watched the ship gradually fade from view as it sailed away. Lady Elizabeth as usual passed by without a contribution, but made a formal courtsey to the elder at the plate, and sailed up the aisle. The Dutch admiral Maarten Tromp sailed to the isles and on arriving on 30 May 1651 demanded compensation. A Byzantine fleet sailed to Venice in 807 and deposed the Doge, replacing him with a Byzantine governor. In 1411, a smaller fleet, built in Jilin and commanded by another eunuch Yishiha, who was a Jurchen, sailed down the Sungari and Amur Rivers. Show More Sentences The treasure fleet sailed to Champa, Java, Malacca, Aru, Semudera, Lambri, Ceylon, Qiulon, and Calicut. From Lambri, the treasure fleet sailed straight through the Indian Ocean rather than follow the Bay of Bengal coastline to Ceylon. From Palembang, the fleet sailed down the Musi River, through the Banka Strait, passing the Lingga and Riau archipelagos. In Luo's work, Admiral Zheng He sailed the oceans in search for a sacred imperial seal to restore harmony in the Middle Kingdom. They sailed to Acre, and then rode on camels to the Persian port of Hormuz. In November, they sailed into the treacherous waters that separate Korea and Japan by 110 miles. The other ship then sailed without him only to be seized by a local Sumatran king a few months later. De' Conti first crossed the desert to reach Baghdad and from there sailed down the Tigris to Basra. He then sailed through the Persian Gulf and went to Iran where he learned Persian. In 1959 a group of Catalan men, led by Jose Maria Tey, sailed from Hong Kong to Barcelona on a junk named Rubia. In 1968, Bill King sailed off on a junk schooner in the controversial Sunday Times Golden Globe Race. These charts, actually rough maps, were based on accounts by medieval Europeans who sailed the Mediterranean and Black Sea coasts. The thirteenth century Genovese navigators Vandino and Ugolino Vivaldi may have sailed as far as Cape Non before being lost at sea. Having sailed a little on, the next day, the Portuguese captured two young local women collecting shellfish by the shore. Columbus sailed around the island of Hispaniola on Christmas Eve of 1492, during his first voyage. In 1531 Diego de Ordaz, starting at the principal outlet in the delta, the Boca de Navios, sailed up the river to the Meta. Antonio de Berrio sailed down the Casanare to the Meta, and then down the Orinoco River and back to Coro. After making landfall Vespucio decided to separate from the flotilla and he sailed south towards Brazil. On reaching the coast of Brazil, they sailed south along the coast of South America to Rio de Janeiro's bay. The admiral of the ship that sailed to Brazil sent Nicolau Coelho out to interact with the natives. Show More Sentences Juan de la Cosa sailed with Christopher Columbus on his first three voyages to the New World. Coelho again sailed from Lisbon on 10 May 1503, this time with a fleet of six sail. He sailed from Kalinga 690 nautical miles on 100 large ships with a 24,000 strong army. He then sailed to Malacca against orders and despite the protest of Diogo Mendes, who claimed command of the expedition. After a false start towards the Red Sea, they sailed to the Strait of Malacca. On 10 September 1512, Afonso sailed from Cochin to Goa with fourteen ships carrying 1,700 soldiers. In February 1513, while Mateus was in Portugal, Afonso sailed to the Red Sea with a force of about 1000 Portuguese and 400 Malabaris. In April 1511 Albuquerque sailed to Malacca in Malaysia, the largest spice market of the period. The Portuguese admiral Afonso de Albuquerque sailed to Muscat in 1507, in an attempt to establish trade relations. The galleons sailed once or twice a year, between the 16th and 19th centuries. Gomes was born in Porto, northern Portugal, and probably sailed in Portuguese ships during his youth. In 1519, Gomes sailed with Magellan in the First Circumnavigation of Earth, as the captain of the San Antonio. Trinidad was sailed back to Ternate where her sails and rigging were removed. Elcano and his fleet sailed west and returned to Spain in 1522, completing the first circumnavigation of the world. The name of the galleon changed to reflect the city that the ship sailed from. In 1521, a Spanish expedition led by Ferdinand Magellan sailed west across the Pacific using the westward trade winds. Cabrillo sailed far up the coast, becoming the first European to see present day California, United States. For over three centuries the Spanish Navy escorted the galleon convoys that sailed around the world. Soon, the Portuguese sailed further eastward, to the Spice Islands in 1512, landing in China one year later. The Trinidad sailed east from the Philippines, trying to find a maritime path back to the Americas, but was unsuccessful. Show More Sentences After leaving Puerto Rico, they sailed northwest along the great chain of Bahama Islands, known then as the Lucayos. From these islands they sailed southwest in an apparent attempt to circle around Cuba and return home to Puerto Rico. He arrived at the mouth of the River May on June 22, 1564, sailed up it a few miles, and founded Fort Caroline. Rodrigo de Bastidas sailed westward from Venezuela in 1501 in search of gold, and became the first European to explore the isthmus of Panama. Before leaving, however, Pizarro and his followers sailed south along the coast to see if anything of interest could be found. He and his party sailed along the Atlantic coast until reaching Cubagua Island, near the coast of Venezuela. The ships then sailed east to Madura, but were attacked by pirates on the way. Huyghen sailed for Goa on 8 April 1583, arriving five months later via Madeira, Guinea, the Cape, Madagascar and Mozambique. He then sailed along Long Island and entered Narragansett Bay, where he received a delegation of Wampanoag and Narragansett people. They sailed westward into the Bay and reached the mouth of Hampton Roads, stopping at a location now known as Old Point Comfort. Late the next year, the remaining 45 sailed home, and the Plymouth company fell dormant. In 1540 the fleet sailed from Acajutla, El Salvador, and reached Navidad, Mexico on Christmas Day. He sailed up the Hudson River, which was later named for him, and thereby laid the foundation for Dutch colonization of the region. On 4 August the ship was at Cape Cod, from which Hudson sailed south to the entrance of the Chesapeake Bay. Hudson sailed into the upper bay on 11 September, and the following day began a journey up what is now known as the Hudson River. Lawrence River and Chesapeake Bay, so he sailed south to the Bay then turned northward, traveling close along the shore. In 1642, Abel Tasman sailed from Mauritius and on 24 November, sighted Tasmania. He was turned back by the ice of the Arctic in his second attempt, so he sailed west to seek a northwest passage rather than return home. The Edward Bonaventure likewise sailed around North Cape and along the Kola Peninsula, entering the White Sea in August. In 1553, Richard Chancellor sailed to the White Sea and continued overland to Moscow, where he visited Ivan's court. Show More Sentences They sailed south, passing Isfjorden and Bellsund, which were labelled on Barentsz's chart as Grooten Inwyck and Inwyck. In 2011, four ships sailed the length of the Northern Sea Route and Northeast Passage, from the Atlantic to Pacific Oceans. The northern sea route proved ice free and the three Norwegians sailed into the Bering Strait on 24 September. Two vessels sailed from Amsterdam on 10 May 1596, under the command of van Heemskerck and Jan Rijp. They sailed northwards, and on 9 June discovered Bear Island in the Barents Sea. He sailed out again the following year in a combined fleet of thirteen ships with Admiral Wolphert Harmensz. Much later, James Cook sailed around most of New Zealand in 1770, showing that even it could not be part of a large continent. The expedition then sailed to the Gulf of Papua, exploring and charting the coastline. On 5 May 1601, he again sailed for the East Indies as master of the Lam, one of three ships in the fleet of Joris van Spilbergen. On 18 November 1605, the Duyfken sailed from Bantam to the coast of western New Guinea. In a combined fleet they sailed to Manila to prevent Chinese merchants dealing with the Spanish. On 4 December 1628, he sailed for Holland and on 16 July 1629, reported on the state of the Indies at The Hague. In 1596, a ship named Duyfken sailed in the first expedition to Bantam, the crew was captured by the islanders on Pulau Enggano. On 23 April 1601, Duyfken sailed from Texel as the jacht, or scout, under skipper Willem Cornelisz Schouten to the Spice Islands. In 1607 Van der Hagen sailed to Mauritius, there he met with Cornelis Matelieff and ate a dodo, whose taste he noted was rather disgusting. He then left for the Red Sea for negotiations, and in 1615 sailed to the Straits of Malacca. This was 164 years before Lieutenant James Cook sailed up the east coast of Australia. On 14 June 1615 Jacob le Maire and Willem Schouten sailed from Texel in the United Provinces. The Eendracht sailed on to Java and reached Batavia on 28 October with a remarkable 84 of the original 87 crew members of both ships on board. The convicts then sailed the Cyprus to Canton, China, where they scuttled her and claimed to be castaways from another vessel. Show More Sentences One of them, Richard Chancellor, sailed to the White Sea in 1553 and continued overland to Moscow. He sailed from Turukhansk up the Lower Tunguska with many men on several strug boats. After the ice on Lena had cracked and floated down the river, Pyanda followed it and for several days sailed through rocky banks. He sailed up Lena until it became too rocky and shallow, and then journeyed westward through the steppes inhabited by nomadic Buryats. On the first of October he and 20 men sailed east for three days and reached the Okhota River where the town of Okhotsk was later built. In late April or early May 1640 he sailed southwest as far as Uda Gulf at the southwest corner of the Sea of Okhotsk. In late May 1865, the Confederate States Navy steamer Shenandoah sailed into the Sea of Okhotsk to hunt Union whaling ships. Finding little fur and hostile natives in 1642 or 43 they built a koch and sailed down the Indigirka to the sea. The united group sailed east to the Kolyma River and built winter quarters, probably at Srednekolymsk. Next spring he went by sled to the Indigirka, built a koch and sailed to the Kolyma. After the thaw he built a boat, sailed west along the coast and wintered at the mouth of the Gizhiga River. The story that he sailed completely around the peninsula is probably a legend. He spent the next winter there, built boats and sailed down the Indigirka and east to the Alazeya where he met Zyryan. In June 1647 he sailed down the river to the Arctic with 50 men in four koches but they were forced to turn back due to thick ice. In 1648 he sailed from the Kolyma River on the Arctic Ocean to the Anadyr River on the Pacific. Bering heard a story that some Russians had sailed from the Lena to Kamchatka. He then sailed down the Amur River to its mouth and then north along the Okhotsk coast, returning to Yakutsk three years later. Once the ice on the Amur broke in the spring of 1652, Khabarov's people destroyed their fort and sailed away. French Jesuits who sailed along the Ussury and the Amur in 1709 prepared the first more or less precise map of the region. In 1555, Turgut Reis sailed to Corsica and ransacked Bastia, taking 6000 prisoners. Show More Sentences He sailed from Lisbon, Portugal in March 1578 and arrived in Goa, a Portuguese Colony, the following September. Following the route of that time, he sailed from Cadiz in February 1594, arriving in Mexico in May. The Spanish also had two ships, and one sailed off in pursuit of one of the Dutch ships. His squadron sailed through the Bocas and anchored off the coast of Chaguaramas. The shield bears three ships, representing both the Trinity, and the three ships that Columbus sailed. Others sailed with the British to England or were resettled as freedmen in the West Indies of the Caribbean. Crijnssen sailed back to the Caribbean in horror only to find the French fleet destroyed and the English back in possession of Suriname. Walker sailed from San Francisco on May 3, 1855, with approximately 60 men. Ships from New York entered the San Juan River from the Atlantic and sailed across Lake Nicaragua. From the 8th to the 11th century, the Vikings and Varangians traded as they sailed from and to Scandinavia. Barry then travelled on to Cyprus, Rhodes, Halicarnassus, Ephesus and Smyrna from where he sailed on 16 August 1819 for Malta. Barry then sailed from Malta to Syracuse, Sicily, then Italy and back through France. Owen and his son, William, sailed to America in October 1824 to establish an experimental community in Indiana. Finally, on 10 November 1849 the Cornish Diamond sailed up the River Thames to London with Engels on board. When he initially sailed for South Carolina, among his shipmates were the widow and family of the Revolutionary hero Gen. He sailed for England on 7 February 1799 with a letter of introduction to the Navy Minister, and on 7 March his ship, Halifax landed at Falmouth. Davy's party sailed from Plymouth to Morlaix by cartel, where they were searched. Wedgwood marketed his Queen's Ware at affordable prices, everywhere in the world British trading ships sailed. At the close of the month, Constitution sailed south, now under the command of Captain William Bainbridge. In January 1813, the American frigate Essex, under the command of Captain David Porter, sailed into the Pacific to harass British shipping. Show More Sentences One force burned Washington but failed to capture Baltimore, and sailed away when its commander was killed. On the Ransomes return to England, Racundra was sold to the yachting author Kaines Adlard Coles who sailed her back to England. But a Norwegian player rifled off a point shot that sailed into the back of the net. The ball sailed into the end zone for a touchback and the Eagles had possession on the 20-yard line. At last, in despair, we turned tail, ran out to sea, and sailed clear round Bassakanna. Richardson's wrister sailed past Roloson, whose view might have been partially obstructed by an Islanders defenseman in front of the net. In 879 a Viking fleet that had assembled in the Thames estuary sailed across the channel to start a new campaign on the continent. In 1064 Harold sailed from Bosham, from where a storm cast him up in Normandy. Margaret, by now seven years of age, sailed from Norway for Scotland in the autumn of 1290, but fell ill on the way and died in Orkney. On 12 August 1415, Henry sailed for France, where his forces besieged the fortress at Harfleur, capturing it on 22 September. On 22 June 1340, Edward and his fleet sailed from England and arrived off the Zwyn estuary in the next day. In August 1415, Henry V sailed from England with a force of about 10,500 and laid siege to Harfleur. How many Frenchmen actually sailed is unknown, but the historian Chris Skidmore estimates over half of Henry's armed fleet. Adventurers such as John Lok and William Towerson sailed south in an attempt to develop links with the coast of Africa. Tiger sailed through Ocracoke Inlet on June 26, but it struck a shoal, ruining most of the food supplies. White sailed for England in late 1587, although crossing the Atlantic at that time of year was a considerable risk. Similarly, the Earl of Mornington, an East India Company packet ship of only six guns, also sailed under a letter of marque. The first fleet sailed in 1596 and returned in 1597 with a cargo of pepper, which more than covered the costs of the voyage. Hinchinbrook sailed from Jamaica in February 1780, as an escort for Dalling's invasion force. The Golden Hind sailed north along the Pacific coast of South America, attacking Spanish ports and pillaging towns. Show More Sentences He finally reached England on 22 July, when he sailed into Portsmouth, England to a hero's welcome. In September 1588 the Armada sailed around Scotland and Ireland into the North Atlantic. Shortly after a proxy marriage in Copenhagen in August 1589, Anne sailed for Scotland but was forced by storms to the coast of Norway. William intended to land at Torbay but due to fog the fleet sailed past it by mistake. King Charles II sailed down from Whitehall in the Royal barge to inspect the scene. Argyll sailed to Scotland and, on arriving there, raised recruits mainly from his own clan, the Campbells. Instead, the cash crops were transported mainly by a separate fleet which only sailed from Europe to the Americas and back. She sailed on 16 May, arrived on 19 July, and after reprovisioning, carried out several cruises in Caribbean waters. Hinchinbrook sailed from Port Royal on 5 October 1779 and, in company with other British ships, proceeded to capture a number of American prizes. At Nelson's request, Hood transferred him to his fleet and Albemarle sailed in company with Hood, bound for the West Indies. Nelson put to sea in pursuit of a French frigate, but on failing to catch her, sailed for Leghorn, and then to Corsica. After making repairs, Nelson and Agamemnon sailed again on 26 October, bound for Tunis with a squadron under Commodore Robert Linzee. On 4 July Agamemnon sailed from St Fiorenzo with a small force of frigates and sloops, bound for Genoa. On 28 March 1798, Nelson hoisted his flag and sailed to join Earl St Vincent. He sailed again, intending to search the seas off Cyprus, but decided to pass Alexandria again for a final check. Napoleon then left his army and sailed back to France, evading detection by British ships. The evacuation got under way on 23 December and sailed through heavy gales before reaching the safety of Palermo on 26 December. Nelson joined Admiral Sir Hyde Parker's fleet at Yarmouth, from where they sailed for the Danish coast in March. We sailed landwards, hoping to gain the shelter of the cove before the storm hit. One sailing boat unique to the Thames is the Thames Rater, which is sailed around Raven's Ait. Show More Sentences In 1768 Banks sailed with Captain James Cook to the South Pacific, and took with him green glass earrings made at Soho to give to the natives. In 1891, German businessman Albert Ballin sailed the ship Augusta Victoria from Hamburg into the Mediterranean Sea. They sailed for the Bay of Honduras, where they added another ship and four sloops to their flotilla. Teach probably sailed toward Havana, where he may have captured a small Spanish vessel that had left the Cuban port. They then sailed to the wrecks of the 1715 Spanish fleet, off the eastern coast of Florida. He took two French ships leaving the Caribbean, moved one crew across to the other, and sailed the remaining ship back to Ocracoke. On 1 July 1822, Percy Shelley, Edward Ellerker Williams, and Captain Daniel Roberts sailed south down the coast to Livorno. Between 1785 and 1791 Cobbett was stationed with his regiment in New Brunswick and he sailed from Gravesend to Halifax, Nova Scotia. He sailed this for some years around the coasts of England, with the help of younger men. He sailed for India on 20 September 1882, and arrived in Bombay on 18 October. In October 1922 he sailed on board SS Herefordshire via the Suez Canal and Ceylon to join the Indian Imperial Police in Burma. They sailed in an easterly direction, first to Ceylon and then on to Australia. In April 1939 Britten and Pears sailed to North America, going first to Canada and then to New York. In 1965 he sailed his William Atkins design ketch Suhaili from Bombay to England. In June 2000, MacArthur sailed the monohull Kingfisher from Plymouth, UK to Newport, Rhode Island, USA in 14 days, 23 hours, 11 minutes. He sailed the last fifty miles with a tiny sailplan to keep the boat upright. On his first visit he negotiated satisfactory treaties and sailed for home. Trade ships sailed from Europe to the African coast, trading manufactured goods and weapons in exchange for slaves. Sent as such to New York on the sloop Duxbury, they seized the vessel and sailed it back to Bermuda. In 1708, James Stuart, the Old Pretender, sailed from Dunkirk with 600 French troops in nearly 30 ships of the French navy. Show More Sentences After spending a few days with his close associates, Stuart sailed for the island of Benbecula in the Outer Hebrides. Napoleon sailed from Toulon to Alexandria, taking Malta on the way, and landing in June. Since two or three of the group would usually be in dock repairing weather or battle damage, the groups typically sailed with about six ships. It took Campania and Plym eight weeks to make the voyage, as they sailed around the Cape of Good Hope instead of traversing the Suez Canal. In 1610, all but three of the survivors of the Sea Venture sailed on to Jamestown. Vessels sailed the normal shipping routes, but were required to engage an enemy vessel no matter the size or strength. Three hundred and sixty ships sailed in seven columns, each steamer towing two sailing ships. Sir Tristram sailed on the night of 6 June and was joined by Sir Galahad at dawn on 7 June. In late 1858 Robert sailed with some friends to Alexandria, where he stayed on board Titania or at Shepheard's Hotel in Cairo. Soon afterwards Mary Campbell left her work in Ayrshire, went to the seaport of Greenock, and sailed home to her parents in Campbeltown. In October 1786, Mary and her father sailed from Campbeltown to visit her brother in Greenock. Wilde was released from prison on 18 May 1897 and sailed immediately for France. Harried by the intrusive attentions of the press, Shaw was glad when his ship sailed from New York harbour. Timorese origin myths tell of ancestors that sailed around the eastern end of Timor arriving on land in the south. The initial Pilgrim settlers sailed to North America in 1620 on the Mayflower. They sailed back from Point Cook to Portarlington and landed again, where they were met by aboriginals. He sailed west, towards the edge of the known world, and was shipwrecked on the coast of Fife, Scotland. Samuel Skelton, curate of Sempringham, sailed to Massachusetts Bay in 1628 with the first group of Puritan settlers, who landed in Salem. However, due to bad weather Edward's army had not yet sailed and he quickly cancelled the French campaign to deal with the Welsh uprising. Traders sailed along the coast to Bristol and Ireland and further afield to France, Spain and Portugal. Show More Sentences There were navigation schools in the town and many of the last square riggers that sailed the world were captained by New Quay men. On 13 August 1649 the Cromwellian conquest of Ireland began when its forces sailed from Milford Haven. Cruise ships sailed from Langton Dock, part of the enclosed north docks system. In 1912, the RMS Titanic sailed down the lough from Belfast to the Irish Sea for her sea trials. It sailed vast areas of the Pacific, from Cape Horn to Alaska, Guam and the Philippines, New Zealand, Australia, and the South Pacific. Using the money raised with the concert, the Don't Make a Wave Committee chartered a ship, the Phyllis Cormack owned and sailed by John Cormack. Christopher Columbus sailed across the Atlantic Ocean to the West Indies in 1492, sparking a period of European exploration of the Americas. According to the saga of Erik the Red, when Erik was exiled from Iceland he sailed west and pioneered Greenland. James Hepburn, 4th Earl of Bothwell sailed to Shetland after the Battle of Carberry Hill. Starting on 10 August 2016, the ship sailed from Vancouver to New York City with 1,500 passengers and crew, taking 28 days. In 1791 Alessandro Malaspina sailed to Yakutat Bay, Alaska, which was rumoured to be a Passage. He headed north along the coastline, charting the lands and searching for the regions sailed by the Russians 40 years previously. McClure started out from England in December 1849, sailed the Atlantic Ocean south to Cape Horn and entered the Pacific Ocean. He sailed the Pacific north and passed through the Bering Strait, turning east at that point and reaching Banks Island. Coast Guard icebreakers Northwind and Staten Island also sailed in support of the expedition. Two months later she sailed into the Davis Strait to become the first British yacht to transit the Northwest Passage from west to east. In August and September 2016 a cruise ship was sailed through the northwest passage. At the bow the cut water was especially strong, as longboats sailed in ice strewn water in spring. For example, in the Vinland sagas we see long voyages to North America, the majority sailed at over 60 degrees north. This was the approximate latitude that the Vikings would have sailed along to get to Greenland from Scandinavia. Show More Sentences The device was tested successfully, as a sun compass, during a 1984 reenactment when a longship sailed across the North Atlantic. The British fleet had sailed but the German ships escaped in stormy seas and low visibility, assisted by British communication failures. The dreadnought Battle Fleet, with which he sailed, formed the main force and was composed of 24 battleships and three battlecruisers. This Semitic origin may be a relic of the Phoenician traders who sailed to Britain from the Mediterranean as part of the ancient tin trade. When he finally decided to turn for a shot, he did it too late and sailed past the Tromp's poop. Then she sailed to watch over American interests among the Marquesas, Society Islands, Navigators Islands, and Fiji Islands. On President Harrison's orders, she sailed to Navassa Island in 1891 to investigate labor conditions there. She then sailed south, arriving in the West Indies where she raised more havoc before finally cruising west into the Gulf of Mexico. She has also been sailed by a rowing club team, testing her manoeuvrability and speed. Two days later the Spanish Armada sailed from Lisbon but was forced back into port by bad winds. In summer 1759, the French Toulon fleet under Admiral La Clue slipped through the blockade and sailed out through the Straits of Gibraltar. Only three ships ever sailed again, a devastating setback to the French Channel fleet. A privateer, Francois Thurot, sailed from Dunkirk with five ships to provide diversionary support to the invasion. Having sailed for home, the Royal Navy killed Thurot and destroyed his squadron in the Irish Channel. She met Hawke the next day and he sailed hard for Quiberon into a SSE gale. However, Villeneuve took his fleet through the Strait of Gibraltar, rendezvoused with the Spanish fleet, and sailed as planned for the Caribbean. The allied van, after long remaining quiescent, made a futile demonstration and then sailed away. When merchant ships sailed independently, a privateer could cruise a shipping lane and capture ships as they passed. As a result of the convoy system's effectiveness, wartime insurance premiums were consistently lower for ships that sailed in convoys. The first opportunity for the raid was early April 1918 and on 2 April the fleet sailed and Zeebrugge was bombed by 65 Squadron from Dunkirk. Show More Sentences Demolition parties sailed in the ships but it was hoped that supplies and equipment could be embarked as well as troops. In September 1944 a ship sailed from France to Guernsey under a white flag. The Germans refused to discuss surrender terms and the American sailed away. Part of the Falklands task force sailed from Portland in 1982 during the Falklands War. She sailed up the Seine and arrived in Paris on 28 March, becoming a popular sensation. Together they sailed to the South Orkneys where sealing proved disappointing. He sailed along a huge wall of ice that was later named the Ross Ice Shelf. The oldest processed gold in the world was found in Varna, and the Black Sea was supposedly sailed by the Argonauts. The team sailed across the Chukchi Sea and recorded meteorological and astronomical data in addition to taking soundings of the seabed. Just hours later, an unknown steamer sailed near the lightship along the track of Deering, and ignored all signals from the lightship. This document mentions an island that Cabot sailed past to go ashore on the mainland. Bristol was also the port from which John Cabot sailed in 1497, crewed mostly by Bristol sailors. In 1004, Leif's brother Thorvald Eiriksson sailed with a crew of 30 men to Vinland and spent the following winter at Leif's camp. On his first visit, Lord Exmouth negotiated satisfactory treaties and sailed for home. He sailed to Arzila on the Moroccan coast to rescue Portuguese soldiers whom he had heard were under siege by the Moors. Instead, while Columbus's ships sheltered at the mouth of the Rio Jaina, the first Spanish treasure fleet sailed into the hurricane. He sailed to Arzila on the Moroccan coast to rescue the Portuguese soldiers who he heard were under siege by the Moors. Instead, while Columbus's ships sheltered at the mouth of the Jaina River, the first Spanish treasure fleet sailed into the hurricane. It sailed onward to Cape Verde, a Portuguese colony situated on the West African coast, which was reached on 22 March. The fleet resumed its voyage on either 2 or 3 May 1500 and sailed along the east coast of South America. Show More Sentences They gathered into two formations consisting of three ships each, and Cabral's group sailed east, past the Cape of Good Hope. Pirates were mostly former merchant seamen, or at least men who had sailed on vessels legitimately before turning to piracy. Roberts was converting a group of French ships that he had captured for his own use when the Swallow sailed up to engage. In 1614 he sailed his fleet to Newfoundland, saying that the region was the best in which to recruit a pirate crew and reprovision his ships. He sailed with three ships for the Caribbean via Sierra Leone, hijacked a Portuguese slave ship and sold the 300 slaves from it in Santo Domingo. Nearly two decades later, he sailed to South America for Spain to repeat Ferdinand Magellan's voyage around the world. Otto's army was unable to break the fortification, so he changed tactics and sailed around it, landing in Jutland with a large fleet. In 988, Olaf sailed to England, because a thing had been called by Queen Gyda, sister of Olaf Cuaran, King of Dublin. In the summer of 1218, he left the lawspeaker position and sailed to Norway, by royal invitation. They showered gifts upon him, including the ship in which he sailed, and he in return wrote poetry about them. Porte sailed for England on 4 August 1914 and rejoined the Navy, as a member of the Royal Naval Air Service. With Hardrada's aid, Tostig sailed up the Humber and defeated Morcar and Edwin at Gate Fulford. The fleet sailed home and the Mary Rose berthed for the winter in Dartmouth. A British naval force of 9,000 sailed from Portsmouth in November 1758 under the command of Peregrine Hopson. Instead they moved to protect Antigua for any possible attack by Bompart, before the bulk of the force sailed for home in late July. With the army commander Sir John Mordaunt refusing to attempt a landing, the force sailed for home. On 7 September, a month after they had been scheduled to depart, the force sailed from Britain heading for the Bay of Biscay. In 1770, James Cook sailed along and mapped the east coast, which he named New South Wales and claimed for Great Britain. The term typically describes racing events of rowed or sailed water craft, although some powerboat race series are also called regattas. The barbarians sailed along the Black Sea coast to Tomis in Moesia Inferior, which they tried to take by assault without success. Find more words! 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