floating battery in a sentence

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1. Between February and May 1794 " Nonsuch " was at Chatham, being cut down and fitted as a floating battery.
2. The British destroyed three of the floating batteries, which blew up as the'red-hot shot'did its job.
3. In addition, several British and French warships in the canal served as floating batteries and there were several aircraft available for reconnaissance.
4. During the Napoleonic Wars, the Royal Navy commissioned several vessels of the Musquito-class floating battery and Firm-class floating battery.
5. During the Napoleonic Wars, the Royal Navy commissioned several vessels of the Musquito-class floating battery and Firm-class floating battery.
6. The armada was supplemented by several canal boats converted into floating batteries, mounting boat howitzers and protected by sandbags and bales of hay.
7. In January 1941 " Rorqual " attacked the tug " Ursus " and a floating battery mounted on a lighter.
8. The British made limited use of floating batteries during the " Firm "-class floating batteries, and some individual vessels.
9. The British made limited use of floating batteries during the " Firm "-class floating batteries, and some individual vessels.
10. Experimental ironclad vessels that proved too cumbersome or were underpowered were often converted into floating batteries and posted for river and coastal waterway control.