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sea fight

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noun

  1. a fight between ships at sea.


Etymology

Origin of sea fight

First recorded in 1590–1600

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For the filming of Jones's most famed sea fight, the Serapis and the Bonhomme Richard were rebuilt timber for timber.

From Time Magazine Archive

Of the running sea fight that began next day, Historian Mattingly observes: "No naval campaign in previous history, and none afterward until the advent of the aircraft carrier, involved so many fresh and incalculable factors."

From Time Magazine Archive

Britain had won the first significant sea fight of World War II.

From Time Magazine Archive

For two acts it stirs in a good deal of miscellaneous material, from a comically brief sea fight to a farcical midshipman out of Mister Roberts.

From Time Magazine Archive

In the wardroom on the little stone pier a silent toast was given that night to those who had gone aloft in the greatest sea fight since Trafalgar.

From Submarine Warfare of To-day How the Submarine Menace was Met and Vanquished, With Descriptions of the Inventions and Devices Used, Fast Boats, Mystery Ships by Domville-Fife, Charles W. (Charles William)

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