destroyer

Example Sentences

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It did, however, find a 15,000-ton to 20,000-ton ship, larger than a destroyer, would be valuable.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 12, 2026

Under the plan, HMS Dragon - the air defence destroyer that is already on its way to the Middle East - will also "be ready for any mission" to secure the strait, the MoD said.

From BBC • May 12, 2026

France has sent its nuclear-powered aircraft carrier, the Charles de Gaulle, to the region, and the UK on Saturday said it was sending a destroyer, HMS Dragon.

From Barron's • May 10, 2026

Shelley was a seaman gunner on the destroyer HMS Milne on D-Day and guarded troops going ashore during the Normandy landings in June 1944.

From BBC • Mar. 31, 2026

The phrases “Mr. Shaw” and “back to work” were a warning that the USS Shaw, a damaged destroyer, would soon be ready for action again.

From "The Woman All Spies Fear" by Amy Butler Greenfield