Examples of 'fire ship' in a sentence
Meaning of "fire ship"
fire ship - A ship that is intentionally set on fire and used as a weapon or as a part of a military strategy to cause destruction to enemy ships or port facilities
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- A wooden ship set alight and then sent floating into an enemy flotilla, with the aim of spreading the fire among them.
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We will go under the bows of the fire ship.
A fire ship attack drove the Spanish ships from their safe anchorage.
All larboard guns to bear on the fire ship.
The Tyrians used the fire ship in attempt to destroy Alexander 's mole.
Constantine soon distinguished himself as a fire ship captain.
Notable fire ship attacks include, Alexander the Great 's Siege of Tyre in 332 BC.
Steer for the fire ship.
The role of incendiary vessels changed throughout the age of the modern fire ship.
A Spanish fire ship.
The militia also improvised a small flotilla of ships, which even included a fire ship.
At sea, a well-handled ship could evade a fire ship and disable it with cannon fire.
In desperation, the Dutch finally sent out their remaining fire ship.
She was gone ♪ she was a fire ship ♪ my watch she stole ♪.
It 's the first time I have seen the Spanish use a fire ship.
The last lightship Sandettié was the last manned French fire ship that was decommissioned.
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That day, Lieutenant Richard Somers assumed command of the fire ship.
We are going for that fire ship.
Mr. Ponsonby, we will go under the bows of the fire ship.
Ponsonby, aim for the fire ship.
He returned to England in early 1790, when appointed commander of the fire ship Vulcan.
Turns out she was a fire ship ♪.
She was renamed HMS Pluto when she was converted into a fire ship in 1777.
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Folks are bound to ship cotton down river
The ship is now attached to it by a single cable
Examples of using Fire
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I can not fire any of these people
I wish that we could build a bigger fire
Fire was returned and three men were injured
