sloop of war
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of sloop of war
First recorded in 1695–1705
Example Sentences
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For an obscure Scottish sailor newly arrived in America, Jones did well enough: he successively commanded the sloop Providence, ship Alfred and sloop of war Ranger.
From Time Magazine Archive
On the clear, cold, moonlit night of February 17, 1864, John Crosby, the officer of the deck aboard the Union’s mightiest sloop of war, the USS Housatonic, stood gazing across the waters of Charleston Harbor.
From "Shipwrecked!" by Martin W. Sandler
Wright had also written to Admiral Thomas Graves, Gage’s naval commander, asking for “immediate assistance” and “a sloop of war of some sort.”
From "George Washington, Spymaster" by Thomas B. Allen
On July 6, with the red-white-and-blue ensign streaming proudly from her main truck, the sloop of war Delaware, twenty guns, of Baltimore, under Stephen Decatur, Sr., put to sea to an accompaniment of booming cannon.
From Gentlemen Rovers by Powell, E. Alexander (Edward Alexander)
His Majesty's sloop of war Frolic was a prize.
From Yankee Ships and Yankee Sailors: Tales of 1812 by Barnes, James
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