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
In the English Navy List, not long ago, one of our gallant admirals used to figure as "Billy Douglas."
From Stories from the Italian Poets: with Lives of the Writers, Volume 1 by Dante Alighieri
It had been decided that before being definitely placed on the Navy List I must pass my public examination as a first- class pupil at Brest.
From Memoirs (Vieux Souvenirs) of the Prince de Joinville by Lady Mary Sophia (Hely-Hutchinson) Loyd
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
I reflected a short time, and not knowing there was such a ship on the Navy List, turned to the first lieutenant and asked him if he had heard of such a man-of-war.
From A Sailor of King George by A. Beckford Bevan
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