The strange sail rose rapidly, and the lifting of her hull discovered her to be a line-of-battle ship.
I am doubtful if there are many men in the Navy to-day who would stand bolt upright upon the royal truck of a line-of-battle ship.
The southern line-of-battle ship is then to steer so as to bring the south end of Kinburn Fort bearing E.
Even a line-of-battle ship's powder magazines and shot and shell rooms are not illimitable.
It destroys their great quality, speed; and it exposes them with an inadequate power to the line-of-battle ship.
The two vessels at anchor immediately prepared to follow, and the line-of-battle ship made a movement so as completely to obstruct the course.
The question was now whether to leave the attempt incomplete, or to run the hazard of passing the French line-of-battle ship.
The wreck of the yard having been cleared away, sail was once more made on the frigate, and she steered towards the line-of-battle ship.
At length the frigate's boat reached the line-of-battle ship.
He commanded the fleet the first year of the Revolution, and to him is due the introduction of fire-vessels, by which he destroyed the first Turkish line-of-battle ship at Mytelene.
Admiral, "Lord Cochrane's line-of-battle ship in the very midst of our fleet!
Our captain had been watching all that took place, and, though we had no line-of-battle ship to support us, we made all sail in chase.
In a line-of-battle ship, with the perfection of discipline, there is less demand for individual enterprise, and fewer of the opportunities which fit crews for exploits where all depends on rapidity and daring.
If this difference made her a line-of-battle ship, then the Endymion was doubly a line-of-battle ship compared to the Congress or Constellation.
All the rest have top-yards hoisted except Spanish rear-admiral and one line-of-battle ship.
Our only hope was to knock away some of the spars of the line-of-battle ship, and then fight our way past the two frigates.
You cannot cope with a line-of-battle ship alone, independent of two frigates, each of which is a match for the Liffy.
On returning on deck, he reported that one was a line-of-battle ship, and the other two frigates.
A large ship, sir, line-of-battle ship, I should say.
Many Commodores know that they have seldom taken a line-of-battle ship to sea, without feeling more or less nervousness when some of the Lieutenants have the deck at night.
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