Presently the helmsman is shot down, and the ship, coming up in the wind, loses headway and falls off with her stern and quarter exposed to a raking fire.
The flames were now coming up from all the hatchways, the hull was riddled, the enemy was still keeping up a raking fire, and the men were falling at every shot.
This would have been of minor consequence in a steady yard to yard-arm fight, but in the constant manoeuvering of the two vessels, either to get or prevent a raking fire, it was a serious inconvenience.
As Hull passed his antagonist he wheeled short round her bows to prevent a raking fire.
After an hour spent in overhauling his ship he returned, and finding the enemy's ensign still flying, he passed directly across her bows, and was about to deliver a raking fire, when she struck.
As soon as the guns ceased to bear, the Englishman wore, in order to get a raking fire on the Hornet.
The British shot, entering the stern and quarter of her opponent, swept diagonally along the after parts of the spar and main decks, a half-raking fire.
This describes a semi-raking fire, which lasted four minutes, from 5.
When the object was apparent, the Kearsarge was steered across the bow of the Alabama, for a raking fire, but before reaching this point, the Alabama struck.
In the meantime, the vessels were changing positions, the stranger endeavoring to gain a desirable position for a raking fire.
The British, as the attacking party, suffered likewise a raking fire as they bore down.
The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "raking fire" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.
