Navy List
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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After being struck off Britain’s Navy List because of a financial scandal in 1814, he began a new career as a mercenary.
From Textbooks ● Dec. 14, 2022
These numbers are drawn from the official Navy List of latest date.
From The Sea: Its Stirring Story of Adventure, Peril, & Heroism. Volume 1 by Frederick Whymper
"So!" he exclaimed triumphantly, as he thumbed the pages of a British Navy List.
From With Beatty off Jutland A Romance of the Great Sea Fight by Percy F. (Percy Francis) Westerman
This island is entered in the British Navy List as a commissioned ship.
From The Land of the Kangaroo Adventures of Two Youths in a Journey through the Great Island Continent by Thomas Wallace Knox
In the first half of the last century the Navy List contained officers of four grades only.
From The Armed Forces Officer Department of the Army Pamphlet 600-2 by United States. Dept. of Defense
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