sloop-of-war

The Phoenix had at this time been altered to resemble from a distance a large sloop-of-war.

The British captured her in 1800 and commissioned her as a sloop-of-war.

From his cramped vantage point he began to make out a few men walking the decks of the Union sloop-of-war.

A few moments later the torpedo detonated and sank the sloop-of-war.

Pelican was an Osprey-class sloop-of-war, with a composite hull design.

The sloop-of-war cruised along the South American coast until mid-summer.

Three days later, the sloop-of-war was ordered to proceed some 150 miles up the coast to blockade Tuxpan.

Brev Drageren was re-rated as a sloop-of-war so that he could continue in command.

The last hurdle was Oneida, a big sloop-of-war, mounting ten guns, two of them huge eleveninchers.

Later that year Rowley captured two French frigates and a Sloop-of-war.

One in a scout ship with three volunteers a month later, then a twelve-man team in a converted sloop-of-war."

A sloop-of-war was smaller than a sailing frigate and was (by virtue of having too few guns) outside the rating system.

Neva was a Russian sloop-of-war, bought in Britain.

The 400-ton vessel was classified as a sloop-of-war and was propelled by steam-powered paddles.

The term "corvette" was originally a French name for a small sailing warship, intermediate between the frigate and the sloop-of-war.

Although she was rigged as a sloop-of-war, the new Spanish owners converted her to a square-rigged brig sloop.

During the age of sail, the ship categories were divided into the ship of the line, frigate, and sloop-of-war.

The Mexican sailors sighted the American sloop-of-war and immediately began to flee towards Sacraficios.

However, after rounding Cape Horn, the sloop-of-war ran into a fierce storm which caused severe damage and forced her to turn back toward home.

In the rating system of the Royal Navy 'cutter' was the lowest classification, coming below the sloop-of-war as an 'unrated' vessel.

It was a sloop-of-war under the command of Commander George Musalas Colvocoresses.

The American sloop-of-war towed Silence to Syros, where she left her in care of Lexington.

USS Fairfield was a sloop-of-war in the United States Navy.