The General said, "A frigate is already ordered by the Admiral.". From Wordnik.com. [The Autobiography of Liuetenant-General Sir Harry Smith, Baronet of Aliwal on the Sutlej, G. C. B.] Reference
"They must be, I suspect, from your account of them, Walter, cormorants, or rather that species of them known as the frigate-bird.". From Wordnik.com. [In the Eastern Seas] Reference
'Squirrel,' which was called the frigate, 10 tons. From Wordnik.com. [Short Studies on Great Subjects] Reference
The frigate was the one which had escaped from us. From Wordnik.com. [James Braithwaite, the Supercargo The Story of his Adventures Ashore and Afloat] Reference
'T was of the Stag frigate, that ship of great fame. From Wordnik.com. [Kelly the Pirate] Reference
Here's a health to Stag frigate and all of her crew!. From Wordnik.com. [Kelley the Pirate III] Reference
During the age of sail, a frigate was a fast, medium. From Wordnik.com. [Conservapedia - Recent changes [en]] Reference
She was, however, what would now be called frigate-built. From Wordnik.com. [How Britannia Came to Rule the Waves Updated to 1900] Reference
That's a right smart frigate, that is; and I guess she's a Yankee. From Wordnik.com. [The Pirate Island A Story of the South Pacific] Reference
The bird called the frigate is ever soaring round its rugged summit. From Wordnik.com. [Wanderings in South America] Reference
South Africa says the frigate is a support vessel with no military purpose. From Wordnik.com. [ECOWAS: S. Africa Undermining Ivory Coast Mediation] Reference
The last action of the frigate was a fruitless struggle against fearful odds. From Wordnik.com. [The Light of Scarthey] Reference
It's just a heavy armed frigate, which is the limit Tranest is allowed to build. From Wordnik.com. [Legacy] Reference
Following his frigate were a host of fire-ships, which at once grappled with the defenders. From Wordnik.com. [When London Burned : a Story of Restoration Times and the Great Fire] Reference
Hinde and the Swallow, 40 tons each; and the Squirrel, which was called the frigate, 10 tons. From Wordnik.com. [Froude's Essays in Literature and History With Introduction by Hilaire Belloc] Reference
The frigate was the most glamorous ship in the British navy during the era of Napoleonic seapower. From Wordnik.com. [Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en]] Reference
The same observations will apply to the flour on board this frigate, which is also public property. From Wordnik.com. [The Diplomatic Correspondence of the American Revolution, Vol. XI] Reference
Three or four cables 'length from the frigate is another ship, over whose taffrail floats the flag of. From Wordnik.com. [The Flag of Distress A Story of the South Sea] Reference
In the first sentence, the ship is described as a frigate, which has a pretty strong military connotation. From Wordnik.com. [Superhero Nation: how to write superhero novels and comic books » The Five Page Challenge!] Reference
The last caretaker government, however, had re-commissioned the frigate, which is now one of two crucial ships for the navy, he said. From Wordnik.com. [The Daily Star] Reference
American squadron of the lake station boast a craft of sufficient armament to be termed a frigate, until the war was nearly at an end. From Wordnik.com. [The Naval History of the United States Volume 1 (of 2)] Reference
Er … the frigate is above right. From Wordnik.com. [The Beeb strikes again] Reference
It may be observed that the U.S. used the term "frigate" rather strangely between. From Wordnik.com. [Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en]] Reference
Henry Wise, master of the Independence frigate, that we had left at. From Wordnik.com. [Memoirs of the Union's Three Great Civil War Generals] Reference
Two navy cruisers, a frigate and 11 coast guard cutters cut through the heavy swells. From Wordnik.com. [Troubled Waters] Reference
A civil appeals committee has ruled the frigate can be sunk if it is thoroughly decontaminated. From Wordnik.com. [Australian Warship to Create Artifical Reef Despite Contamination Fears] Reference
After mines nearly sank a U.S. guided-missile cruiser, U.S. planes destroyed an Iranian frigate. From Wordnik.com. [New Worlds: How The $200 Oil Scenario Could Change Everything] Reference
In the port city of Durres, thousands stormed a Greek frigate that had come to evacuate diplomats. From Wordnik.com. [A Case Of Alarming Anarchy] Reference
Things improved after Western navies agreed to escort aid ships, and a Canadian frigate currently keeps the thieves at bay. From Wordnik.com. [The Scourge of Somalia’s Seas] Reference
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