While the battle raged in the bay, the two straggling British ships made strenuous efforts to join the engagement, focusing on the flashes of gunfire in the darkness.

While both types of gun were effective against wooden ships, neither had the capability to pierce the armour of ironclads ; due to reports of slight problems with the breeches of the Armstrong gun, and their higher cost, the older muzzle-loaders were selected to remain in service, instead.

While the matter is being discussed, the Saxons board their ships, and, leaving their wives and children behind, set sail back to Germania.

While Ibn Battuta visited a mosque on shore, a storm arose and one of the ships of his expedition sank.

While most large, modern cruise ships cannot pass through this canal due to clearance limits under bridges, MS Norwegian Dream has special funnels and masts that can be lowered for passage.

While most longships held a length to width ratio of 7: 1, the Karvi ships were closer to 4. 5: 1.

While earlier times had seen larger and taller longships in service, by this time the authorities had also gone over to other types of ships for warfare.

While the ports of Burlington, Vermont ; Port Henry, New York ; and Plattsburgh, New York are little used nowadays except by small craft, ferries and lake cruise ships, they had substantial commercial and military importance in the 18th and 19th centuries.

While under his leadership Naval construction yards produced fewer ships than the 1970s, greater emphasis was placed on technology and qualitative improvement.

While a diplomatic conference is hosted by Earth on the planet Babel, Romulans, using drone ships with holographic emitters ( mimicking any ship ) stir up trouble with the Andorians and Tellarites.

While the battleship had evolved primarily around engagements between armoured ships with large-caliber guns, the torpedo allowed torpedo boats and other lighter surface ships, submersibles, even ordinary fishing boats or frogmen, and later, aircraft, to destroy large armoured ships without the need of large guns, though sometimes at the risk of being hit by longer-range shellfire.

While reactor accidents have not sunk any US Navy ships or submarines, two nuclear-powered submarines, and were lost at sea.

While battles at sea were rare, they would occasionally occur when Viking ships attempted to board European merchant vessels in Scandinavian waters.

While the ships were lying offshore between St Andrews and Dundee, the spires of the parish church where he preached appeared in view.

* While trying to enter by surprise in the harbor of Ceuta to sink Muslim ships, the Portuguese admiral D. Fuas Roupinho is spotted and killed.

While paddles and sails are still used on some smaller boats, most modern ships are propelled by mechanical systems consisting a motor or engine turning a propeller, or less frequently, in jet drives, an impeller.

While the ships first appear with a red and grey Republic color scheme, the Venator at the movie's end is gray and white ; this lack of color signifies the Empire's rise to power.

While Bell had hoped his new Photophone could be used by ships at sea and to also displace the plethora of telephone lines that were blooming along busy city boulevards, his design failed to protect its transmissions from outdoor interferences such as clouds, fog, rain, snow and such, that could easily disrupt the transmission of light.

While this technique makes the assumption that artists scaled the models appropriately, it is useful to get some sense of how large these ships and boats may have been in real life.

While Roberval waited for artillery and supplies, he gave permission to Cartier to sail on ahead with his ships.

While this put Thrawn in a strong position, he was confronted by the Imperial Navy's lack of ships.

While political intrigues on Coruscant delayed a Republic response, Thrawn seized all but 21 of the ships, and crewed them with his massive new army of clones.

While waiting for the other ships, Grenville established relations with the Spanish there while simultaneously engaging in some privateering against them, and also built a fort.

While Moses was receiving his education at the Egyptian royal court, and during his exile among the Midianites, Aaron and his sister Miriam remained with their kinsmen in the eastern border-land of Egypt ( Goshen ).

While 2 November remained the liturgical celebration, in time the entire month of November became associated in the Western Catholic tradition with prayer for the departed ; lists of names of those to be remembered being placed in the proximity of the altar on which the sacrifice of the mass is offered.

While in Washington, Doubleday remained a loyal Republican and staunch supporter of President Abraham Lincoln.

While this opinion has remained popular, other views have been expressed as well.

While Arnulf remained alive, the Magyars refrained from any overt acts of pillage, but with Arnulf ’ s death, they proceeded to invade Italy in 900.

While the government and parliament moved to Berlin, as a compromise, some of the ministries ( such as Defence and Agriculture ) largely remained in Bonn, with only the top officials in Berlin.

While the Danes remained majority shareholders, board members included Philippe Kahn, Tim Berry, John Nash, and David Heller.

While many ancient boroughs remained as municipal boroughs, they were disenfranchised by the Reform Act.

While this prohibition remained in force in general throughout the middle and early modern ages, this is no longer the case and Western women are often seen wearing trousers, ties, and men's hats.

While unemployment remained at 20 % in 2000, GDP growth recovered to 3. 1 %.

While Axbridge grew in importance as a centre for cloth manufacturing in the Tudor period and gained a charter from King John, Cheddar remained a more dispersed mining and dairy-farming village.

While the presence of a long-term professional minister has sometimes created " significant de facto ministerial authority " and led to conflict between the minister and the elders, the eldership has remained the " ultimate locus of authority in the congregation ".

While ratings for Coronation Street remained consistent throughout the decade, EastEnders regularly obtained higher viewing figures.

While much of the urban areas were now under the control of the KMT, much of the countryside remained under the influence of weakened yet undefeated warlords and Communists.

While his parents and older siblings left for England in April and May that year, Charles remained in Scotland, with his father's friend and the Lord President of the Court of Session, Alexander Seton, Lord Fyvie, appointed as his guardian.

While the term has remained in use amongst scientific authors when referring to modern evolutionary theory, it has increasingly been argued that it is an inappropriate term for modern evolutionary theory.

While Heman remained in Salisbury, where he ran a general store until his death in 1778, Ethan's movements over the next few years are poorly documented.

While his family remained in Arlington, he spent most of his time either in Bennington or on the road, where he could avoid his wife's nagging.

Prof. Spiegelberg writes, " While outward religious practice never entered his life any more than it did that of most academic scholars of the time, his mind remained open for the religious phenomenon as for any other genuine experience.

While the game engine itself remained relatively similar between all games in the series, the interface went through many changes.

While Greek fire remained a potent weapon, its limitations were significant when compared to more traditional forms of artillery: in its siphon-deployed version, it had a limited range, and it could be used safely only in a calm sea and with favourable wind conditions.

While Qutb's ideas became increasingly radical during his imprisonment prior to his execution in 1966, the leadership of the Brotherhood, led by Hasan al-Hudaybi, remained moderate and interested in political negotiation and activism.

While Judit remained in Hungary, the rest of her family eventually emigrated: Sofia and her parents to Israel and later to Canada, and Susan to the United States.

While Jane remained a devout Presbyterian her entire life, Samuel ( whose father, Ezekiel Polk, was a deist ) rejected dogmatic Presbyterianism.

While this ended their 23-year romantic relationship, the two men remained friends.