line-of-battle ship

How to use line-of-battle ship in a sentence

• On April 28 a heavy line-of-battle ship was sighted, and gave chase.

  The Naval History of the United States | Willis J. Abbot.

• Soon after this Sir Sidney passed within hail of a line-of-battle ship at anchor.

  How Britannia Came to Rule the Waves | W.H.G. Kingston

• The stranger appeared high out of the water, and we could not be certain whether she might not be a line-of-battle ship.

  How Britannia Came to Rule the Waves | W.H.G. Kingston

• At this crisis, for an instant, as the smoke cleared off, another line-of-battle ship was seen approaching the Brunswick.

  True Blue | W.H.G. Kingston

• The Constitution was probably the heaviest frigate afloat, and able to withstand a cannonade as well as any line-of-battle ship.

  Twelve Naval Captains | Molly Elliot Seawell