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Sailed

Meanings and phrases

then sailed

Pronunciation American British Australian Indian
E.g.
  • The two vessels then sailed in company to Canton.
  • She then sailed for North America on 9 September.
  • He then sailed from London on 4 July, bound for India.

ship sailed

Pronunciation American British Australian Indian
E.g.
  • Three of her crew deserted before the ship sailed from Lourenço Marques.
  • The ship sailed to Singapore for major repairs, which lasted until late 1941.
  • The ship sailed into Biscay in 1936 and was anchored off Santurce for some time.

when she sailed

Pronunciation American British Australian Indian
E.g.
  • "Prince Henry" remained in the Mediterranean Sea until March, when she sailed for Gibraltar.
  • She completed her second tour of duty in Korea on 3 July 1952, when she sailed from Yokosuka.
  • The transport remained off the beaches until the 24th when she sailed to Eniwetok and Pearl Harbor.

sailed back

Pronunciation American British Australian Indian
E.g.
  • "Varuna" sailed back to Calcutta on 24 August 1801.
  • The submarine sailed back to Kiel in July 1944.
  • She sailed back to Lunenberg empty, to her new owners.

sailed up

Pronunciation American British Australian Indian
E.g.
  • Gen. Henry Prince sailed up the Tar River.
  • From there she sailed up to Surat, which she reached on 2 April.
  • They also sailed up the Nile as far as Luxor in three local boats.

fleet sailed

Pronunciation American British Australian Indian
E.g.
  • On March 15, 1606 this fleet sailed from Pintados.
  • The fleet sailed back towards Genoa, with Clement unable to pay it.
  • Eventually, the Persian fleet sailed to Halicarnassus, in order to establish a new defense.

sailed north

Pronunciation American British Australian Indian
E.g.
  • Billings then sailed north.
  • In June the expedition sailed north along the west coast of Whidbey Island.
  • The following year, he sailed north to Italy where he hoped to instigate a revolt amongst the Ligures people.

ships sailed

Pronunciation American British Australian Indian
E.g.
  • Union ships sailed south and blocked off one port after another.
  • The ships sailed from there to Corsica, Spain, Italy and Algeria.
  • Also in 1602 two merchant ships sailed from the Philippines to New Spain.

sailed south

Pronunciation American British Australian Indian
E.g.
  • Col. Laurence who had sailed south from Sandy Hook.
  • "Wasp" sailed south from New York on 1822.
  • Union ships sailed south and blocked off one port after another.

sailed through

Pronunciation American British Australian Indian
E.g.
  • The ships sailed through the San Vicente Strait, then west into the Pacific.
  • On 6 June 1966 "Holder" sailed through the Panama Canal on her way to the Pacific Fleet.
  • Clavijo sailed through the Mediterranean, passing Majorca, Sicily and Rhodes to Constantinople.

sailed again

Pronunciation American British Australian Indian
E.g.
  • She may have sailed again on 17 February 1798.
  • But at the age of thirty, he collapsed and never sailed again.
  • By the time "Britannia" sailed again war with France had broken out.

sailed around

Pronunciation American British Australian Indian
E.g.
  • The task force then sailed around Euboea to the first major target, Eretria.
  • They sailed around Cape Horn and made landfall on the Juan Fernández Islands.
  • From 1979 to 1983, Declan Mackell sailed around the world alone in a Contessa 32 named "Sean-Ois".

sailed away

Pronunciation American British Australian Indian
E.g.
  • The would-be captors then gave up and sailed away.
  • "Black Joke" pursued for two hours, and then sailed away.
  • The village women then sang as the delegation sailed away.

sailed via

Pronunciation American British Australian Indian
E.g.
  • She had sailed via Africa, which she had left on 6 June.
  • "Susan" sailed via Madeira and arrived at Sydney on 8 July.
  • Dillon sailed via Resolution Bay at Tanna, in the New Hebrides.

sailed across

Pronunciation American British Australian Indian
E.g.
  • Departing on Christmas Day, they sailed across the Atlantic Ocean on a honeymoon trip to Europe.
  • He also sailed across the Atlantic Ocean several times to visit Anticosti Island that he owned in the Gulf of St. Lawrence.
  • After gaining her American work visa, Madhur sailed across the Atlantic on the "RMS Queen Mary" to join Saeed at Winooski, Vermont.

sailed down

Pronunciation American British Australian Indian
E.g.
  • She again sailed down to Assab and held the same exercises as before.
  • The ship sailed down the Shannon River and on the 17th, anchored at Carrigaholt for the night.
  • When the Portuguese first sailed down the Atlantic coast of Africa in the 1430s, they were interested in gold.
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