gunboat

The gunboat might as well have been a million miles away.

Two more gunboats came up with the first and opened fire.

The gunboats on the river could take no part in it.

No one knows how many gunboats are still up there, or in whose hands.

The last three gunboats in the column were turned back.

But the gunboats were not coming on as he had hoped.

She was still among the 13 gunboats there in November 1812.

Moving down was no real problem since we were taking only the gunboats and the administrative staff.

The Confederate troops began coming under fire from the gunboats.

All 28 of the gunboats' crew members were believed to have been killed.

He turned and glanced up at the open bridge of the gunboat.

This class are also referred to as "large China gunboats".

A second gunboat slammed across in the wake of the first.

The gunboat and the speedboat were not to be seen either.

The order to retreat was given and the gunboats retreated.

He took part in several battles as commander of gunboats.

The Prussian gunboats were too far away to play a role.

The armament of the other four gunboats is not certain.

But the fire from the gunboats was fast and deadly accurate.

She was bringing up the rear of the British line together with some gunboats.

All three of the Union gunboats were disabled or destroyed.

Small for a protected cruiser, she was often called a gunboat by 1898.

Mist was converted into a gunboat during the first 4 months of 1865.

The copy provides a feel for life on a Colonial gunboat.

It was as if a small-sized gunboat had moved in.