Examples of British ship in a sentence
The text described the case of a “fugitive” accused of crimes aboard a British ship.
Based on a British ship in the English Channel, resistance activists broadcast to Germany in an attempt to enlighten the German population about the "true nature of the NSDAP".
The National Humanitarian Affairs Committee, Seychelles, 2004) [3] The crew of the British ship “Ascension” became the first Europeans to set foot in Seychelles when they anchored off the coast of Mahé in 1609.Pirates later used the islands as safe havens, as their remoteness made them of little interest to other seafarers.
Under section 10 of the Offences Against the Person Act 1861, the courts have jurisdiction in a case of homicide if the injury causing death is inflicted in England and Wales, or in a place where the English courts have jurisdiction (such as on a British ship), even if the death does not.
Where a ship has ceased to be registered as a British ship by reason of having been wrecked or abandoned, or for any reason other than capture by the enemy or transfer to a person not qualified to own a British ship, the ship shall not be re-registered until she has, at the expense of the applicant for registration, been surveyed by a surveyor of ships and certified by him to be seaworthy.