30 he had sighted the lofty ranges of the Andes, and the " Prinz Eitel Friedrich," an armed merchantman, had been sent into Valparaiso to coal, while the squadron cruised at slow speed out of sight of the port. [Please select]
Thence Porter headed up the coast, disguising the trim frigate so that she looked like a lubberly, high-pooped Spanish merchantman. [Please select]
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Your old friend Natty there had become the first mate to a merchantman, and helped to support his grandmother. [Please select]
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The setting is that of a merchantman carrying passengers whose discomforts rather amuse the 'schippemenne.' [Please select]
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Throughout ancient and medieval times the 'long ship' was the man-of-war while the 'round ship' was the merchantman. [Please select]
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At first I thought that Germany would approach the resumption of ruthless submarine war _via_ the armed merchantman issue. [Please select]
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The gunners there, intent upon their business, and now within range of the merchantman, had fired the three forecastle culverins. [Please select]
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He was master of a merchantman in Boston and commander of armed vessels which supplied marine posts with provisions. [Please select]
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Already, one enemy submarine--a merchantman--had passed the allied ships blocking the English channel and had crossed to America and returned. [Please select]
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Elsewhere, looming through the murk, a ponderous merchantman, her mainmast and mizzen gone, and just enough of the foremast left to support the bellying foresail that bears her to destruction. [Please select]
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