Astern in a sentence

Naturally, they would back to port going astern with a right-handed propeller.

He swooped in from astern and came within 600 yards of one bomber before opening up with a staccato of fire that ripped away the cowling from one of the target’s engines.

Above deck, one or more quick-firing guns were mounted in the bows, in front of the bridge; several more were mounted amidships and astern.

A ghostly vessel appearing astern is dashed against Daland's vessel by the sea and the grappling irons hold the two ships together.

At 11:00 a.m., Jervis gave his order: Form in a line of battle ahead and astern of Victory as most convenient.

At 4:39 the fleet was ordered to take station in line astern of Victory.

Disadvantages of this set-up included an inability to back the vessel astern, limited maneuverability and the deafening noise of the engines which would have made voice commands problematic.

During the battle, 74 Squadron under Squadron Leader Adolph "Sailor" Malan adopted a variation of the German formation called the "fours in line astern", which was a vast improvement on the old three aircraft "vic".

Hipper's position deteriorated somewhat by 16:15 as the 5th Battle Squadron finally came into range, so that he had to contend with gunfire from the four battleships astern as well as Beatty's five remaining battlecruisers to starboard.

Moltke-class battlecruisers were constructed, adding an extra turret on the centre line astern, raised above the aft turret, but still using 28 cm guns.

Observing that the Victory was about to pass close astern, the Salvator del Mundo, which had more or less been disabled, judiciously hauled down her flag as soon as some of Victory's bow guns came to bear.

Once the desired scope is laid out, the vessel should be gently forced astern, usually using the auxiliary motor but possibly by backing a sail.

On the left are several additional reaction stages (on two large rotors) that rotate the turbine in reverse for astern operation, with steam admitted by a separate throttle.

Since ships are rarely operated in reverse, efficiency is not a priority in astern turbines, so only a few stages are used to save cost.

The 262s approached from astern and about convert than the bombers.

The preferred method of attack was to come in from astern, with the aim not of creating a single hole, but of rupturing as big a length of the enemy vessel as possible.

The ships had ten 30.5 cm guns, losing two of the centre side turrets but gaining an additional turret astern on the centre line.

The U-boat submerged and closed with Dunraven before surfacing astern at 11:43 am and opening fire at long range.

Thus in 941, when the Byzantines were facing the vastly more numerous Rus' fleet, siphōns were placed also amidships and even astern.sfn Projectors The use of tubular projectors (σίφων, siphōn) is amply attested in the contemporary sources.

U-72 was forced to abandon its mission without laying any mines when an oil leak meant it was leaving a visible surface trail astern.