gunboats

It is very satisfactory to be able to state that the torpedoes have been removed and that six of our gunboats are at the present time lying off the

Foreign and Colonial News 1865

In June 2000, its rig was chased out of Guyana's waters by Suriname gunboats as it was about to embark on drilling a well in the most promising area.

Stabroek News 2009

The gunboats were a total failure and historians have been highly critical of Jefferson's policy.

Conservapedia - Recent changes [en] 2009

Had one-twentieth the sum frittered away in useless iron-clads, and worse than useless "gunboats," been put into saucy and swift wasps like the "Sumter," their stings must have driven northern commerce from the sea; and the United States ports would have been more effectually blockaded, from a thousand miles at sea, than were those of the southern fleet-bound coast.

Four Years in Rebel Capitals An Inside View of Life in the Southern Confederacy from Birth to Death T. C. DeLeon

Ken Robinson, a former Army Special Forces officer, recalled meeting Mr. Bonk during a patrol against Iranian gunboats that were attacking Western shipping in the Persian Gulf in 1987 and 1988.

Obituary: Ben Bonk, 56, CIA official helped stem Libya's development of destructive weapons 2011

World-Wide *** The Syrian military killed at least 21 people in the port city of Latakia, with gunboats deployed to shoot at a residential neighborhood, a rights group said.

What's News 2011

Ken Robinson, a former Army Special Forces officer, recalled meeting Bonk during a patrol against Iranian gunboats that were attacking Western shipping in the Persian Gulf in 1987 and 1988.

Ben Bonk, CIA analyst who dealt with Libya, dies 2011

A Syrian military campaign in the port city of Latakia killed at least 21 people, with gunboats deployed to shoot at a residential neighborhood from the sea, a rights group said.

What's News— 2011

Human rights and activist groups said gunboats in the Mediterranean are taking part in the offensive, firing heavy machine guns.

Syrian gunboats fire on coastal city; 19 killed 2011

The resident said at least three gunboats were taking part in the offensive, and that many people have been killed and wounded.

Syrian gunboats fire on coastal city; 19 killed 2011