Examples of 'ships sank' in a sentence

Meaning of "ships sank"

This phrase refers to the event of ships sinking, which means that they have gone down or submerged in water. It is commonly used when describing nautical disasters or accidents involving ships

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No lives were lost when the ships sank.
Both ships sank almost immediately.
One of their merchant ships sank six months ago.
They find a great place in which many ships sank.
Most of their ships sank and many soldiers drowned.
They only ground for a short while before the ships sank.
Both ships sank quickly.
Following the explosion both ships sank at its moorings.
More ships sank after the country entered the war.
Numerous incidents of torpedoing took place and large numbers of ships sank.
Many of the returning ships sank that night due to the storm.
The flames spread to the Regent and both ships sank.
These ships sank close enough to land for the horses to have made the shores.
Aircraft from Independence and other ships sank the battleship Musashi and disabled a cruiser.
Both ships sank about noon in the Visayan Sea after numerous air attacks.

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Both Vicente and his brother Brás died when the ships sank during a storm.
The Russian ships sank all four transports without losing a ship.
On reaching the mouth of the river, two ships sank in a storm.
A lot of their ships sank in the Caribbean and still remain there.
After a furious battle and a violent storm, both ships sank.
Almost half of the ships sank in stormy weather or while fighting the British navy.
She heard that one of Morten 's ships sank.
Thousands of ships sank while traversing the Great Lakes.
Scharnhorst shifted fire to Ardent while Gneisenau engaged Acasta ; both ships sank their targets.
These ships sank a small number of merchant ships and the Australian light cruiser HMAS Sydney.
During the night Manrique 's and Coutinho 's ships sank after they collided with each other.
Two ships sank in Chittagong Port.
There was a battle, and both ships sank.
One of their ships sank and the other 's ship was rescuing the survivors.
But on that long voyage, in severe storms, overloaded ships sank to the bottom.
Port! Both ships sank almost immediately.
During the journey back to Spain, 3 Spanish ships and 9 Portuguese ships sank in storms.
Many of these ships sank or were caught, such as the Patria, Struma and Bulgaria.
As the storm brushed eastern New England, four ships sank near Nantucket, causing 41 fatalities.
Both ships sank almost immediately… though, fortunately, all hands were saved.
People were left homeless and 83 ships sank when Gilbert struck the Yucatán Peninsula.
Both ships sank almost immediately . Though, fortunately, all hands were saved, save one.
During the next 48 hours, the two ships sank four merchant ships off the undefended island.
Ships sank on its mines, including minesweepers, 4 small warships, and submarines.
About 170 sailors died when their ships sank in the Ozama River.
A total of 18 ships sank or ran aground, including five battleships.
During the war, RCN ships sank or shared in sinking a total of 29 enemy submarines.

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