port bow

collocation in English

meaningsofportandbow

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port
noun
uk
/pɔːt/us
/pɔːrt/
a town by the sea or by a river that has a harbour, or the ...
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bow
noun[C]
uk
/baʊ/us
/baʊ/
the movement of bending your head or body forward, especially as a way of showing someone respect or expressing thanks to people who have watched ...
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(Definition ofportandbowfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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While in the course of her homeward voyage, at 1913 on the 4th, she sighted red signal rockets off herportbow.
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He crashed theportbowon the waterline.
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His warnings came too late however when the yawlsportbowstruck the mast and the boat was ripped apart.
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Spotting a large painters raft nearby, he untied it and pushed it into a position near the shipsportbow.
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As she steamed closer, seven small boats under sail came into sight on theportbowabout 5mi nmi km away.
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Two were direct hits and a third a near miss close aboard theportbowcausing severe underwater damage.
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At dawn the next day, she spotted two sails far off herportbow.
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The submarines were each armed with two 450 mm torpedoes in muzzle-loading tubes one above the other on theportbow.
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At 04:14 on the 18th, searchlights were sighted revealing land 2 points on theportbow.
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On the 15th, a day of heavy enemy air attacks, she splashed an enemy bomber as it dived for the ship from theportbow.
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However, only the name on theportbowwas changed.
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During the dive, a large rupture was discovered on theportbowarea, suggesting a depth charge as the catalyst to her sinking.
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Three torpedo bombers closed her on theportbow.
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She was hit on theportbowand settled 2 ft down by the bow.
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Plane 5 strafed the starboard side and crashed on theportbow.
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Gunfire from the ships, however, splashed the kamikaze 1500yd m off theportbow.
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During the bombardment she was anchored off theportbowof, whilst the other sloops kept under way.
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At 07:44, she engaged a third aircraft and splashed it 600 yards off theportbow.
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On the 28th, one of those attackers splashed about 25ft m from herportbowshowering her with debris and gasoline.
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