gunboat in the PONS Dictionary

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Ships of the class were also known as 90-day gunboats due to their rapid construction.
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Driving the enemy from their positions, the gunboats followed their retreat up the river, shelling the woods.
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His soundings were the only significant guide for the gunboat as it threaded its way through the tortuous channel.
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The seventh and final sea-going craft to bear the name was a river gunboat, commissioned in 1934.
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The, one of these 190ft m gunboats, was the first ship launched by the company.
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The canal was completed in two weeks, but it was not deep enough to provide passage for the gunboats.
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There they found three gunboats and 28 transports.
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They have been keeping track of the gunboat's habits, and choose a night when it will be anchored close to them.
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Men from the gunboats and, along with some war volunteers, joined them aboard the new auxiliary cruiser.
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A gunboat could carry one or two masts or be oar-powered only, but the single-masted version of about 15m ft length was most typical.
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