In the afternoon the speed of the ship was increased, and by night they had covered several hundred miles.

That proved nothing-at least nothing about the actual speed of the ship.

His mind was humming along at the speed of the ship, but far less unobtrusively.

During the next half hour or so he asked his sailing master if he was happy with the speed of the ship.

By using this system it is possible to improve the speed of the ship and reduce fuel consumption.

In that time it increased the speed of the ship by rather more than a mile per second.

In the following morning the wind turned north and began to pick up, reducing the speed of the ship.

The forward speed of the great ship would have been deceptive to any monitor observing its approach.

The steel doors would have held but for the speed of the ship, she was travelling to fast in that weather.

The speed of the ship in nautical miles per hour (still called "knots") would then be known.