A fire was opened by the latter from a few field-pieces on the river bank, upon a squadron of small, armed vessels, which had been intended to co-operate with the French fleet against Portsmouth.
The act is limited to armed vessels; but why was this, if general war existed?
Armed Vessels, public and private, encouragement of, resolution relative to, 711.
Were we not to resist Great Britain because of her 1,130 sail of armed vessels?
In the course of my observations, I think I forgot to mention that when the United States kept forty sail of armed vessels afloat, and employed 8,000 seamen, we had no navy-yards at all.
Thomas Cushing on the building of armed vessels in Mass.
Other emergencies have arisen since, and modern ingenuity supplies means for the organization of hostilities without open resort to armed vessels or to filibustering parties.
But supposing there are yet a number of them, what better use can our public armed vessels be put to than to go after them?
To large ships, if constructed in moderation and applied to special purposes, he was not averse; but he set a far higher value upon small and well-armed vessels, able to pass rapidly from place to place and to navigate shallow seas.
The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "armed vessels" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.
