Four of the English three-deckers have gradually closed round the "Bucentaure," whose bowsprit still sticks fast in the gallery of the "Santisima Trinidad.
In the ensuing action, fought in foggy weather, two of the Spanish were captured and one of Calder's three-deckers was so injured that it had to be detached.
Moreover his ships were heavier, as he had five 3-deckers to the French one, and about 200 more guns.
The only marked break in the gradual descent is that between the 40-gun two-deckers and the 20-gun cruisers.
With the addition of the Brest ships the combined fleet numbered forty of the line, while all Howe could muster was twenty-two, but amongst them were seven three-deckers and three eighties, and he would soon be reinforced.
We landed blue-jackets and marines, and heavy ordinance from the Fleet, and threw up a few batteries on the flank of the largest fort; and on a given day our smallest 2-deckers and paddle frigates were sent in to demolish the place.
Two others were launched next year, and by the close of 1813 there were twenty-two, of which six were three-deckers of the largest size.
This squadron lay up for the enemy under all sail, with every appearance of being able to cut off the rear ships, the Wagram of 130 guns, with four two-deckers and four frigates.
The two-deckers not 'fit to lie in a line' were at the end of the Trafalgar year about half what they were when the first period of the 'Great War' began.
The tactical condition which the naval architects of the Trafalgar period had to meet was the employment of an increased number of two-deckers of the medium classes.
The 64-gun ships and smaller two-deckers had greatly diminished in number, and repetitions of them grew more and more rare.
The two-deckers just mentioned were looked upon by the date of Trafalgar as forming an unnecessary class of fighting ships.
Of two-deckers third-rate there was one 80-gun ship in commission and one under repair.
There were at that period three-deckers of sixty-four guns, and two-deckers of only thirty guns.
On the other hand Rodney had more three-deckers and seventy-fours than his opponent.
The beer was not given up, the habit grew stronger and stronger, and steadily, though at first slowly, the Deckers went down.
None of them had planned to give a reception that evening, yet I do not know but such an unusual state of things as was found at the Deckers about eight o'clock, is worthy of so dignified a name.
The sun shone brilliantly; a trifle too warm, you might have thought it, for comfort; but the little Deckers did not notice it.
I think it is real mean; they say the Smiths keep him at work all the while, fishing; he about supports them, and the Deckers too, with fish and things.
The circumstances of the Deckers were changing steadily, but when a man has tumbled to the foot of a hill, and lain there quite awhile, it is generally a slow process to get up and climb back to where he was before.
There was a great deal to do if theDeckers were to get back to the place from which they began to roll down hill; so extra expenses for cranberries, or even milk, were not to be thought of, if they must be drawn from the family funds.
Then Mrs. Smith at just the right moment had a present of two pumpkins from her country friends; as they could never make away with two pumpkins before they would spoil, of course the Deckers must take part of one, at least.
THE day came at last when the front room at the Deckers was put in order.
The Deckers seem to be quite a centre of interest in town.
At the same time there was no denying that the Deckers needed a hundred other things worse than they did a carpet.
She did not know that the Deckers had not used such an article in months.
It was beautiful; as any of the Deckers will tell you with eager eyes and voluble voice if you call on them, and start the subject.
The two littleDeckers who had played and quarreled together all day had left their work to come and stare at the new comer out of astonished eyes.
It was then that the Deckers decided to make a reckless plunge into society and invite every boy in Norm's shop to a three o'clock dinner, with turkey and cranberry sauce and pumpkin pie and turnip, and all the rest.
The Deckers were very poor, and Mr. Decker drank, you know, and Norm was sort of a loafer, and we thought they were real low people.
That's why two-deckers won't buy a whore's chastity on a day like this.
And you'd leave it all hove to in this piss crock of a bay, whilst the Portugals are doubtless crewin' up a dozen two-deckers down the coast in Goa.
All our two and three deckers are to be called after states; the frigates after rivers; and the sloops after towns.
To-day three large two deckers dropped down into the Sound, from Ammoors, bound to Spithead, to join the fleet that is bound to sea, for the purpose of watching the motions of the French.
To nail large cleats under the trucks of the lower-deckers in bad weather, to insure their not fetching way.
The admiral's cabin on the middle deck of three-deckers has been called the steerage.
Such were our 80-gun three-deckers and 44's on two decks, happily now no more.
They all resemble floating barns more than anything else," grumbled the old sailor, bewailing the gallant frigates and three-deckers of the past.
The admirals and their three-deckers were observed at noon entering into action in splendid order, French and English advancing in line under steam, and approaching close into the land.
Nothing of a grander or more imposing effect could be witnessed than the three-deckers veering round to deliver their fire, their jibs set to bring their guns to bear.
Why, the five two-deckers of his own division, to be sure, besides the Ranger and the Gnat.
The double-deckers of which I have spoken had, with all their evils, at least this to their credit, that their death-rate was not nearly as high as that of the old houses.
The double-deckers of which I have spoken had, with all their evils, at least this to their credit, that their death rate was not nearly as high as that of the old houses.
The Tenement House Committee found that the double-deckers yield the landlord an average of ten per cent.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "deckers" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
