Only two tenths of a mile (322 m) from Portsmouth's busy wharves, the island's gradual slope into the deep channel between was ideal for launching vessels.

A waterfront pontoon for launching light watercraft and other vessels has been scheduled for development in 2008.

Had not the joint resources of both $1ah and Fregwil been applied to launching vessels into space, it is beyond a doubt that by this time we'd be extinct.

In the 80s, Nenaco launched its containerization program and ushered a new industry trend on the use of roll-on roll-off ("RORO") vessels.

He launched robotic vessels in a full-scale defensive cordon to prevent the League warships from breaking through to Earth.

At 2:51 hours the Stardust and the Terra observed that the other ships of the group launched small auxiliary vessels that transferred the survivors from the badly damaged warship.

There is a well-maintained concrete slipway in Dungarvan town, suitable for launching vessels up to eight metres in length.

By 1775 shipyards from Maine to Connecticut were launching vessels at the rate of one a day.

"The Graziunas have now launched retaliatory vessels," Worf informed him.

Great Yarmouth Coastguard launched rescue helicopters and other vessels arrived on the scene that night, but no survivors or further bodies were recovered from the surface of the sea.