Assignment to duty and operation of naval vessels to increase the force in home waters.
On the deck of the largest battleship were gathered the officers of the fleet not only, but nearly every officer on active duty in home waters.
There are, it is true, some disadvantages involved in a close and sustained concentration of naval forces, especially in home waters.
The vessel that hitherto has been cruising in home waters only is sure to have a great deal more ballast in her than is necessary or advisable for his purpose.
It is further interesting as a pure case of naval defence, with no ulterior object other than control of home waters.
This memorable despatch was written when an acute difference of opinion had arisen as to whether it were better to hold our fleet back in home waters or to send it forward to the coast of Spain.
His task was to prevent the coalition obtaining such a command of home waters as would place our trade and coasts at their mercy, and it was not likely to prove a light one.
It was in the year 1690, when, in alliance with the Dutch, we were at war with France, and though really superior, had been caught in a situation which placed us temporarily at a great disadvantage in home waters.
Great Britain had in home waters 74 submarines and 14 others on duty in the outer seas.
The statement that the headquarters of the various submarine flotillas in home waters are at Chatham, Portsmouth, and Devonport, must not be taken as indicating that these are the only points along the coast protected by submarines.
Between the enemy and their base, the Japanese could wait quietly in home waters, while the Russian fleet was worn out by its eight months' cruise.
Great Britain's foreign agreements, already noted, had as a primary aim the concentration of her fleet in home waters.
The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "home waters" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.
