British Fleet in a sentence

Heading towards the German fleet's position, the Zeppelin was forced to climb above the cloud cover by fire from the British fleet: its commander then decided that it was his duty to cover the retreating German fleet rather than observe British movements.

Germany's High Seas Fleet's intention was to lure out, trap and destroy a portion of the Grand Fleet, as the German naval force was insufficient to openly engage the entire British fleet.

The French fleet, which was in a better state of repair than the British fleet, outnumbered the British in the number of ships and total guns, and had heavier guns capable of throwing more weight.

The British fleet operated from its bases in the islands and harbors at the northern end of Britain, and the German fleet was based on Germany’s North Sea coast.

By the time the fleet had regrouped, the British fleet had realised the diversion that had deceived them and had retaken their position in the Channel.

However, the Germans had failed in their objective of destroying a substantial portion of the British Fleet, and no progress had been made towards the goal of allowing the High Seas Fleet to operate in the Atlantic Ocean.

Rodger pp.268–269 The centrepiece of the campaign in North America, an expedition to capture Louisbourg was aborted due to the presence of a large French fleet and a gale that scattered the British fleet.

The German fleet withdrew to port after two short encounters with the British fleet.

Tirpitz’s ultimate goal was a fleet capable of rivaling the British fleet.

Some were already in British harbors, or in the great British fleet harbor of Alexandria, Egypt. Some sailed from southern France to West and North Africa.

The British army under Cornwallis marched to Yorktown, Virginia where they expected to be rescued by a British fleet.

The mismanagement of the British fleet in the battle, by arousing deep anger among the people, led to a drastic reform of the British navy.

HMS Repulse of the British fleet enters Sydney Harbour in 1924.

SHE is the crowning jewel of the British fleet and is soon to set sail with the Royal Navy for the first time - but the £3.1 billion vessel has already faced a massive setback.

Aberdeen ordered the British Fleet to Constantinople and later into the Black Sea.

Additionally, once the Franco-Spanish line had been broken, their ships would be relatively defenceless against powerful broadsides from the British fleet, and it would take them a long time to reposition to return fire.

As planned, the British fleet was approaching the Franco-Spanish line in two columns.

Brueys also hoped to lure the British fleet onto the shoals at Aboukir Island, sending the brigs Alerte and Railleur to act as decoys in the shallow waters.

By 18:00, the British fleet was again under full sail, Vanguard sixth in the line of ten ships as Culloden trailed behind to the north and Alexander and Swiftsure hastened to catch up to the west.

Clowes, p. 363 Surrender of the French van At 19:00 the identifying lights in the mizzenmasts of the British fleet were lit. By this time, Guerrier had been completely dismasted and heavily battered.