Examples of 'gunboat' in a sentence
Meaning of "gunboat"
gunboat (noun) - a small naval vessel equipped with heavy guns, typically used for coastal defense or river patrols
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- Any of the various types of small armed vessels.
- A couple of large shoes shoes.
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I was first mate on a gunboat in the persian gulf.
The gunboat was burned to prevent her recapture.
They were actually gunboat and escort ships.
Gunboat captains will tell it by radio.
It could fulfill the role of gunboat diplomacy.
That gunboat that pulled into.
The revolutionists surrender the gunboat parana.
Also a gunboat to secure your port.
Do not worry about the gunboat.
They sank one gunboat and one escaped.
Gunboat diplomacy was typically conducted by cruisers or smaller warships.
Rambo destroys the gunboat with a rocket launcher.
A gunboat was stationed permanently to keep a check on arms smuggling.
Vixen was an armoured gunboat of the breastwork type.
Gunboat diplomacy is considered a form of hegemony.
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To assault the gunboat took courage.
A gunboat had been sent out for this purpose.
I also offer you a gunboat to secure your port.
Tell her majesty to send a gunboat.
A river gunboat is a type of gunboat adapted for river operations.
But he can not outsail my gunboat.
It was time for gunboat diplomacy on a pleasingly uneven playing field.
Oppenheimer rejected the idea of nuclear gunboat diplomacy.
Finnish gunboat matti kurki.
Soon they were joined by a third gunboat.
Finnish gunboat klas horn.
I tell you that was a gunboat.
The end of gunboat diplomacy.
Firing of a number of rounds on the high sea by an enemy gunboat.
We could be in irons aboard his gunboat this very minute.
Due to its small size it is sometimes classified as a corvette or gunboat.
The gunboat stopped her engines and began rescue operations.
Your whole bunch leave this morning on big gunboat.
Imperialism and gunboat diplomacy were part of the ugly side of globalization.
This type of vessel overlaps with the river gunboat.
It is called gunboat exploitation.
The trio then escape by boat but are attacked by a gunboat.
Yellow fever broke out in the gunboat late in the summer.
I am tired sitting here waiting for your mythical gunboat.
A gunboat is passing by.
Romanian river torpedo gunboat.
But gunboat diplomacy was not necessarily a part of the resolution of debt problems.
Soviet armored motor gunboat.
The gunboat was soon joined by a sub chaser and then by a freighter.
English boathouse and gunboat.
Keep the gunboat light in case we got to get out of here fast.
Halcyon class torpedo gunboat.
The advantage over gunboat diplomacy is that contract diplomacy legitimizes domination.
Dryad class torpedo gunboat.
The gunboat did not fire a single shot because its gun ports were sealed.
