ships-of-war

• “He had captained two ships-of-war before being given command of the Serapis, a new, fast warship that carried forty-four guns on two decks.”

  Simon & Schuster: John Paul Jones

• “American ships-of-war in the north, French ships-of-war working from the Lesser Antilles, and his own busy squadron based on Jamaica had made the business both unprofitable and dangerous.”

  Hornblower In The West Indies

• “Once, in November, Norby came sailing into the harbor with five ships-of-war; but the Swedish fleet, consisting of fifteen vessels, drove him off, and, were it not for the half-heartedness of the”

  The Swedish Revolution Under Gustavus Vasa

• “In 1857 England had 300 steam ships-of-war, carrying some 7,000 guns, nearly as many more sailing ships, carrying 9,000 guns, an equal number of gun-boats and smaller craft, besides a respectable navy connected with her East Indian colonies: a grand sum-total of more than 900 vessels and not less than 20,000 guns.”

  The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 12, No. 69, July, 1863

• “She has excluded our ships-of-war from her ports, refusing to allow them to coal at places at which she had granted us the privilege, in time of peace, of establishing stations for fuel!”

  The Continental Monthly, Vol. 1, No. 4, April, 1862 Devoted To Literature And National Policy

• “Belisarius commanded five bowmen to remain in each ship for the purpose of a guard, and that the ships-of-war should anchor in a circle about them, taking care that no one should come against them to do them harm.”

  History of the Wars, Books III and IV (of 8) The Vandalic War

• “A chief-engineer on board one of Her Majesty's ships-of-war, and an engine-driver of a locomotive, are two very different personages.”

  Wilton School or, Harry Campbell's Revenge

• “While in command of the frigate Constitution he fought and captured, February 20, 1815, the two British ships-of-war, Cyane,”

  The Medallic History of the United States of America 1776-1876

• “British ships-of-war in the East Indies; also several officers, passengers, going out on promotion.”

  The Medallic History of the United States of America 1776-1876

• “Britannic Majesty's two ships-of-war, the Cyane and Levant, (p.  247) and brought them to action about 6 o'clock in the evening, both of which, after a spirited engagement of 40 minutes, surrendered to the ship under my command.”

  The Medallic History of the United States of America 1776-1876

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