Most ancient naval battles were fought by fast ships using the battering ram to sink opposing fleets or steer close enough for boarding in hand-to-hand combat.

Most other nations replied with similar larger ships.

Most of these creations themselves contained hidden surprises such as clock-work birds, or miniature ships.

Most numerous among those using the islands were British and American sealers, where typically between 40 and 50 ships were engaged in exploiting fur seals.

Most of the voyages sent out by Henry consisted of one or two ships that navigated by following the coast, stopping at night to tie up along some shore.

Most of these ships were placed along the Cinque Ports, but Portsmouth was also enlarged.

Most slave ships that transported slaves from Calabar were English, and around 85 % of these ships being from Bristol and Liverpool merchants.

Most commonly they are used for generating electricity and for the propulsion of ships.

Most U-boats, the most powerful arm of the, were meant for destroying ships, not supporting an invasion.

Most pollution is from ships ; land generated pollution counts as the second most common source of pollution, ranging from mercury, to acidic or basic toxins.

Most important waterway is the river Danube used both by passenger, cargo and freight ships.

Most interplanetary communication is handled by courier ships, most commonly " X-boats ", which are small Imperial vessels with long-distance jump drives that travel between systems transmitting and receiving vital data.

Most Russian submarines as well as all US surface ships since Enterprise are powered by two or more reactors.

Most often vehicles are manufactured, such as bicycles, cars, motorcycles, trains, ships, boats and aircraft.

Most of the ships and other equipment were scrapped or sold.

Most historians now agree that at least 12 million slaves left the continent between the 15th and 19th century, but 10 to 20 % died on board ships.

Most historians regard the foundation of Sussex with Ælle landing with three ships and three sons as a myth.

Most of the 1. 5 million Japanese who had been left in Manchukuo at the end of World War II were sent back to their homeland in 1946-1948 by U. S. Navy ships in the operation now known as the Japanese repatriation from Huludao.

Most of these exports, such as grapes, apples, and peaches, go by refrigerator ships, but some, such as berries, go by air freight.

Most of the ships in the American fleet under the command of Benedict Arnold were captured or destroyed by a British force under the overall direction of General Guy Carleton.

Most of the American ships were damaged or sinking, and the crews reported around 60 casualties.

Most of the Allied ships, however, were still veteran Napoleonic-era warhorses ( e. g. HMS Albion ).

Most carvings show men, and ships.

Most memorable revenge that was visited on the British navy was when some ships were trapped in the creek by the ebb tides.

Most Romans departed from Britain around the year 410, which began the sub-Roman period ( 5th – 6th centuries ), but the legacy of the Roman Empire was felt for centuries in Britain.

Most significantly, many former slaves rapidly departed the plantations.

Most of the settlers departed for an English fishing post on Monhegan Island.

Most of the residents departed, but the town survived.

Most of them have departed our galaxy to points unknown ; the few who remain ( including Ylum's eponymous Merk ) may or may not be typical of their race.

Most of 5th Brigade were moved back to Fitzroy and the Scots Guards were subsequently moved to West Falkland to await the arrival of the first garrison troops and eventually departed the Falklands for Ascension on Norland on 19 July.

Most UPCNA-heritage congregations entered into the present Presbyterian Church ( USA ) ( which succeeded the UPCUSA in 1983 ), but some of more evangelical conservative orientation departed in the 1970s to denominations such as the Presbyterian Church in America ( founded 1973 ) and the Evangelical Presbyterian Church ( 1981 ).

The style of truss-bridge shown is typical of Royal Engineer design. Most foot traffic from Lillooet to the Cariboo however, went by the " River Trail ", far below the wagon road, which departed the Fraser Canyon at Pavilion for the steep climb over Pavilion Mountain to Clinton, where it merged with the newer Cariboo Road via Yale and Ashcroft ( once the latter route was completed, that is ).

Most of Billy Haughton's 2-year-olds have worked from 2:40 to 2:35.

Most of the sights lie in the old section across the Golden Horn from the modern hotels.

Most counties also have maps available from the county engineer showing roads and other features and from the assessor's office showing ownerships of land.

Most of the data used are from Groth's Chemische Krystallographie.

Most come from the root cellar or from the freezer.

Most of them have been assimilated, but sometimes a man in Miyagi or Akita prefectures is much more hairy than the average Japanese, and occasionally a girl will be strikingly lovely, her coloring warmed and improved by a little of the tawny honey-in-the-sun tint of the invaders from the South.

Most babes survived the techniques of pituitary manipulation that kept their bodies small, eliminating the necessity of transfers from smaller to larger shells.

Most alphabetic scripts of India and Eastern Asia are descended from the Brahmi script, which is often believed to be a descendant of Aramaic.

Most of the craft detailed are from the 1980s or earlier, but the navy acquired new boats from Spain and France in the 1990s.

Most of the basins take their names from cities or towns located at their rims.

Most of the analog systems also suffer from generation loss.

Most of Armenia is drained by the Araks or its tributary, the Hrazdan, which flows from Lake Sevan.

Most coastal stations have offshore anchorages, and supplies are transferred from ship to shore by small boats, barges, and helicopters.

Most of the pilings that form the foundation of Venice were made from alder trees.

Most notably, Ajax is not wounded in any of the battles described in the Iliad, and he is the only principal character on either side who does not receive personal assistance from any of the gods who take part in the battles.

Most of our information about him is derived from Herodotus ( 2. 161ff ) and can only be imperfectly verified by monumental evidence.

Most commercially collected ambergris comes from The Bahamas in the Caribbean, particularly New Providence.

Most details of his life come from the fragments left from Porphyry's writings.

Most notably, Carnegie believed that the future leaders of society would rise from the ranks the poor.

Most of the ACLU's cases came from the Communist party and Jehovah's Witnesses.

Most were from Italy and Spain.