grappling iron造句

• In the end, they hung them with butchers grappling irons.
• A ghostly vessel appearing astern is dashed against Daland's vessel by the sea and the grappling irons hold the two ships together.
• Captain Gunderson landed at the site on 17 August 1875 and collected a grappling iron, two maps and a handwritten translation of Pet and Jackman's voyages.
• If ramming was not possible or successful, the on-board complement of soldiers would attempt to board and capture the enemy vessel by attaching to it with grappling irons.
• By the 1950s, forced entry to shops was being effected by using cars and grappling irons to pull window bars off windows, a precursor to the 1980s phenomenon of ram-raiding.
• Barrels of powder were placed in the ship and grappling irons laced into the ships rigging, to catch the ropes and sails of " Magdalen " and ensure the vessels would become entangled.
• The Brazilian navy had patrol boats out rowing in three shifts, including nights, which tried to spot the floating torpedoes; if they did, they attempted to hook their floats with grappling irons on long lines.
• Just as the beak was about to strike, " Nightingale ", by a clever stroke of the helm, evaded the galley and turned her broadside to it, so close that the galley's oars were broken . " Nightingale " secured " La Palme " with grappling irons, and fired a broadside of grapeshot; at the same time a hail of grenades came from aloft . " Nightingale " then sent fifty men aboard, to deal with any men still alive.