Six miles separated the two lines, and at half-past eight they went to Action Stations, the leading ships of the High Seas Fleet having been picked up an hour before by the easternmost British units.
This was christened "the stalls" and seems to have been well patronized till half-past one when they went to Action Stations again.
This was at a spot thirty-five miles east of Harwich, all the British crews being at Action Stations, and the German submarines accompanied by two transports that were to take their crews back to Germany.
The alarm bell clanging for 'Action Stations' was the first intimation I had that anything was afoot.
The alarm was rung, and as the men rushed to action stations a signal was made to the Smack asking what was wrong.
Nearing the rendezvous at nine the bugles sounded Action Stations!
Instantly all hands ran to "action stations," when the gunner saw, to his delight, that the periscope had been broken off and so the submarine was blind.
I ordered 'Action Stations' to be sounded, and the course of the ship to be altered toward the point where I figured the smoke of the pursuing pirate would begin to smudge the sky-line as she came swooping down upon her prey.
They went down eagerly enough when 'Action Stations!
He had not heard the order of "action stations," that came from the periscope position, but he knew well the only possible order that could send men rushing past him to man the bow tubes.
He turned and dived at half-speed towards them, calling his crew to "action stations" at once.
As he fumbled for his matches he froze suddenly still as a bugle blared "Action stations!
That's an end to 'Action Stations' for the time being.
In the warm glow, with his mind fully occupied with thoughts of home and distant friends, Greenwood forgot completely the rigorous period of "Action Stations" in the fore-top.
The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "action stations" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.
