in about 3 minutes, the smoke clearing away, we found ourselves abreast of their
headmost ship, the sternmost ship luffing up for our
Kaynak: Capture of HMS CyaneThe Prince Frederick was the
headmost ship, and Lord Aubrey hailed the ship he came up with, desiring her to heave to. As she neither
Kaynak: Lord Aubrey BeauclerkDolphin of 300 tons was
headmost and she was Captain Stafford's flagship , carrying ninety-eight men into battle. When the British came
Kaynak: Battle of Rappahannock River"as we opened the reach above Pig Point, I plainly discovered Commodore Barney's broad pendant in the
headmost vessel, a large sloop and
Kaynak: Chesapeake Bay FlotillaIn the ensuing Battle of the Mona Passage , Valiant found herself the
headmost ship, and with most of the other British ships becalmed or
Kaynak: Samuel GoodallAt noon their two
headmost frigates opened a fire upon the brig, which she returned with her stern-chasers. About half an hour afterwards
Kaynak: Gardiner Henry GuionWhen the
headmost pair bring up at the stern or bow, they part, and the two streams flow back to the starting-point, outside the following
Kaynak: Sea shanty