Examples of using Were sunk in English and their translations into Russian
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Five ships were sunk.
Both were sunk in surface combat during the Guadalcanal Campaign.
Four Japanese carriers were sunk during the battle.
Of these, 17 British andone French Flowers were sunk.
Sixteen ships were sunk during the battle.
All eight transports andfour of the escorting destroyers were sunk.
All three were sunk by American submarines in 1943-1944.
Some of the ships carrying the war booty back to Japan were sunk in combat.
Five ships were sunk, but Caio Duilio was not hit in the attack.
From the mid-19th century, steam coal pits were sunk to the south of the town.
The rest were sunk at sea after decontamination efforts failed.
Of the decommissioned vessels, three were sunk as targets, and five sold for scrap.
Three transports(Kongō Maru,Tenyō Maru, and Yokohama Maru) were sunk.
The attack again failed as the transports were sunk too far away from the entrance to the harbor.
In the ensuing action, known as the Battle of Blackett Strait,both Japanese destroyers were sunk.
In Rostov during October revolution were sunk in public toilets of one hundred priests.
The French vessels, the oiler Rhône andthe submarine Sfax belonged to Vichy France and were sunk in error.
Almost all the Genoese galleys were sunk and 1,700 fighters and sailors were killed.
On 24 August 1944,Lascăr Catargiu and Mihail Kogălniceanu were sunk by Soviet aircraft.
Seven ships were sunk during this patrol; two French, two Swedish, two British and one Spanish.
Two of the class(Sheffield and Coventry) were sunk in action during the Falklands War of 1982.
Seven ships were sunk during this voyage; five of which were British, one Norwegian, and one Greek.
No weapons were lost, and the British vessels that were sunk were not carrying nuclear weapons.
During the following two days, machinery was destroyed, chimneys were torn down, andthe large steam boilers were sunk.
In addition to the losses I have described,three vessels were sunk and many others sustained serious damage.
In three months she caught fifteen ships, two of which were sent, with cargo andprisoners, to port as prizes; the rest were sunk.
I have reason to believe that not less than ten sail of coasters were sunk or forced to run aground during this encounter.
Another destroyer plus a submarine were sunk and two destroyers damaged by American PT boat and CAF air attacks during subsequent resupply missions from 3-12 December.
Out of 101 destroyers assigned to radar picket stations,10 were sunk and 32 were damaged by kamikaze attacks.
Many Axis merchant vessels seeking shelter within the neutral waters around Iceland were sunk by Allied warships.