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A pen for livestock such as chickens or pigs
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The Manx shearwater.
Examples of crews in a Sentence
In many instances the German submarine crews were unaware of the effect of their operations.
In 1870 the crews numbered 6900 men, in 1907 they numbered 29,536.
They have a reputation for treachery, and for assaults on shipwrecked crews.
It was a difficult operation, for the French and Spaniards had in all 46 line-of-battle ships to his 33, and in the exhausted state of the country it was impossible to fit his ships properly or to supply them with good crews.
Three-fourths of the Turkish and Egyptian vessels were sunk by the assailants, or fired by their own crews.
Four boats and their crews are featured on the show.
The administration of the navy, called upon as it was to deal with a war of unprecedented magnitude, was overtaxed by the obligation to refit ships, raise crews, and provide for the numerous sick or wounded.
Numbers of Scotch sailors and of English deserters served in the Dutch fleet in this war - the bad administration of the navy and the constant ill-treatment of the crews having caused bitter discontent.
This squadron never reached Egypt, for the crews, composed as they were of Polycrates' political enemies, suspecting that Cambyses was under agreement to slay them, put back to Samos and attacked their master.
But the increase of tonnage in the eleven years was from 614,000 tons to 1,243,000; while the crews rose from 20,000 to 32,500.
Having been appointed naval commander-in-chief he put his crews through a course of training, until he felt in a position to meet the fleet of Pompeius.
At Arginusae (406) he fought as a simple ship's captain, but after the battle was commissioned by the generals to rescue some drowning crews, an order which, with his ill-trained and exhausted troops, in a heavy storm, he was unable to carry out.
The Turkish fleet, "adrift in the Archipelago" - as the British seamen put it - though greatly superior in tonnage and weight of metal, could never be a match for the Greek brigs, manned as these were by trained, if not disciplined, crews.
In addition to a large income from rentals, the Santa Casa receives the product of certain port taxes in return for opening its wards to the crews of all vessels in port.
As the ship commenced to make stern way he blew the charges, and the crews got into two cutters which were picked up by the "Whirlwind" and a motor launch.
Although the outbreak of war had been preceded by years of angry diplomatic dispute, the United States were absolutely unready, while Great Britain was still hard pressed by the hostility of Napoleon, and was compelled to retain the greater part of her forces and her best crews in European waters, till the ruin of the Grande Armee in Russia and the rising of Germany left her free to send an overwhelming force of ships to American waters.
The superior quality of the veteran British crews was more than enough to counterbalance a mere superiority in numbers.
At about 2.30 the fire from the Danish hulks had been much beaten down, but as their crews fell, fresh men were sent from the shore and the fire was resumed.
On the other hand the Peloponnesian armies were unpaid, while Athens had to spend considerable sums on the payment of crews and mercenaries.
Such supplies might be obtained by forcible raiding or as tribute of conquered countries, or perhaps as the free offerings of simple savages awed by the arrival of ships and civilized well-armed crews, or again by royal missions in which rich gifts on both sides were exchanged, or lastly by private trading.
From 1577 onwards, Venice endeavoured to crush the pirates without offending Austria, enlisting Albanians in place of their Dalmatian crews, who feared reprisals at home.
He selected his generals without respect of politics, sending Moriones to the Basque provinces and Navarre at the head of 20,000 men, Martinez Campos to Catalonia with several thousand, and Lopez Dominguez, the nephew of Marshal Serrano, to begin the land blockade of the last stronghold of the cantonal insurgents, Cartagena, where the crews of Spain's only fleet had joined the revolt.
Early in 1850 more than 500 vessels were lying in the bay, most of them deserted by their crews.
By the treaty of 1816 with Sweden the United States government agreed that the consuls of the two states respectively should be sole judges in disputes between captains and crews of vessels.
Before it reached the coast of Ireland, however, the French fleet had already suffered serious losses, owing partly to the attacks, of British frigate detachments, partly to the bad seamanship of the French crews and the rottenness of the ships.
One by one the mutinous crews surrendered; and the arrest of the ringleader, Richard Parker, on board the Sandwich, on the 14th of June, brought the affair to an end.l The seamen regained their reputation, and those who had been imprisoned their liberty, by Duncans victory down.
It was attended by deputations from the National Guards in every part of the kingdom, from the regular regiments, and from the crews of the fleet.
By the time Anson reached the island of Juan Fernandez in June 1741, his six ships had been reduced to three, while the strength of his crews had fallen from 961 to 335.
On the Hudson here is the course for the intercollegiate boat-races in which the American college crews (save those of Yale and Harvard, which row on the Thames at New London) have rowed annually, beginning in 1895, except in 1896, when the race was rowed at Saratoga.
He was ordered to winter on the coast of Istria, where his crews suffered from exposure and disease.
Stalin was asked that Allied air crews be allowed to use Russian air bases.
The crews are mostly two people, and mostly amateur rowers, who alternate between two hour shifts of rowing.
How about a word of praise for the crews who tackled the blaze at the London factory.
They were mostly small cargo vessels, called brigs and schooners, with crews of seven to ten men each.
At the scene, ambulance crews treated four patients in total.
Thereafter, British ships with Chinese crews which called at US ports faced large-scale desertions.
All crews should ensure that they do not drift downstream of their marshaling position.
Their first race was also quite eventful with the crews clashing down the embankment.
Entries must be verified by the club concerned and in the case of crews outside Britain, verified by the relevant national rowing federation.
Other crews were having problems with water being forced into their cars through the gear change gaiters.
Crews must have a capable helmsman and a good degree of sailing ability.
During the supposedly impromptu visit, Lady Thatcher was accompanied by Sky TV crews, which broadcast the proceedings live.
In general, you passengers have stopovers, we airline crews have layovers.
The Leander squad had eight crews in the top sixteen places winning five pennants!
Both crews had beaten the British boat in Lucerne at the final pre-Olympic regatta.
If there had been sufficient time before henley regatta, there would doubtless have been another big reshuffle between the two crews.
Both clubs entered two J18 double sculls crews which then came together to make quad scull crews.
Following a rescue boat, which stops its engine without warning, certainly sharpens the reaction of boat crews.
Crews use signboards or small gunpowder charges detonated by an oncoming train's front wheels to warn of blockages ahead.
Novice crews made a splash at the event, with two crews lifting the silverware.