narrow seas

In 1591 he commanded the Swallow in the narrow seas.

Elsewhere too, river estuaries and narrow seas were interconnected by cable.

Now I would need silver to reach the coast and get across the Narrow Seas.

The sea below them was more turbulent than before as they reached the broken water of the Narrow Seas.

There was no room in these narrow seas for multiple layers of defenses or for elaborate maneuver.

The battle of the narrow seas.

They were Aspasia's few and narrow seas.

There was every reason to fear such an engagement in these narrow seas, in which pirates could ply their trade without risk.

The war endorsed its every word for me, underlined each warning indication of the gigantic dangers that gathered against our system across the narrow seas.

I was looking for a business venture worthy of my silver, some trade across the Narrow Seas or perhaps commerce with the Baltic.

A ship of the West Country could scarce meet with one from the Narrow Seas without blood flowing.

Two Sides of the Narrow Seas.

a ship of rich lading wrecked on the narrow seas;

In 1587-9 he commanded the queen's ship Tramontana against the Spanish armada and in the narrow seas.

An instrumental version was included on Oakenshield's first album, Across The Narrow Seas in 1983.

If Hell exists, it must consist of being eternally sick on a ship which crosses the Narrow Seas but never reaches shore.

In 1590, still in the Tramontana, he was admiral, or, as it would now be called, senior officer, in the Narrow Seas.

'It is the custom of the Narrow Seas,' said they: 'Today for them; to-morrow for us.'

Through the next year he continued to command in the Narrow Seas, and in September convoyed the army across to Normandy.

Later in his career Gloag wrote historical fantasy novels; Caesar of the Narrow Seas (1969),

Now the French had taken a great English ship the year before when they came over and held the narrow seas and burned the town of Southampton.

He asked for a margin of at least 30% over the German fleet on account of expected losses in the passage through the narrow seas off Denmark.

In 1604 he was appointed Admiral of the Narrow Seas, the equivalent of the Channel Fleet of modern times.

In 1600, with the style of 'admiral of the narrow seas,' he commanded a squadron sent towards the Azores to look out for the Spanish treasure-ships.

In 1631 Penington, with his flag in the Convertine, was admiral 'for the guard of the Narrow Seas.'