battle-fleet

Sturka knew that Gorkon could easily defeat him in mortal combat, which is why he had cultivated the former battle-fleet commander as an ally, ever since the day Gorkon had first hinted at his political ambitions.

Harbinger DAVID MACK 2005

Sturka knew that Gorkon could easily defeat him in mortal combat, which is why he had cultivated the former battle-fleet commander as an ally, ever since the day Gorkon had first hinted at his political ambitions.

Harbinger DAVID MACK 2005

The drums gave the rowers the stroke, and we breasted the flow of the river as the whole battle-fleet raced southwards.

River God Smith, Wilbur, 1933- 1993

But his Intelligence Staff must have noted the change in our tactics and the inexplicable presence of a liner in the heart of our battle-fleet.

Expedition to Earth Clarke, Arthur C. 1953

Frederick, too, saw the advantage of possessing a fleet, but he had his hands full with France and Russia, and reluctantly had to decline the offer of the French naval hero, Labourdonnais, to build him a battle-fleet.

William of Germany Stanley Shaw

It may, of course, be urged that a strategical plan designed for the double purpose of surveying the movements of a hostile battle-fleet and of guarding the trade-routes, must of necessity cover the coasts of

Against Home Rule (1912) The Case for the Union Various

Scarborough and elsewhere, but we battle-fleet fellows have seen nothing, and done nothing.

The Diary of a U-boat Commander With an Introduction and Explanatory Notes by Etienne Stephen King-Hall 1929

It has, indeed, been asserted that the airplane and the submarine have relegated the battleship to the limbo of desuetude: but as to that the continued control of the seas by Great Britain with her immense battle-fleet, supplemented by our tremendous engines of war, certainly argues for no such theory.

Our Navy in the War Lawrence Perry 1914

Petrograd, in the course of his distinguished service he had ample opportunities for the study of European naval conditions, and later he was intrusted with the important duty of developing gunnery practice and marksmanship in our battle-fleet.

Our Navy in the War Lawrence Perry 1914

Frederick, too, saw the advantage of possessing a fleet, but he had his hands full with France and Russia, and reluctantly had to decline the offer of the French naval hero, Labourdonnais, to build him a battle-fleet.

William of Germany Shaw, Stanley 1913