black prince in English

noun
1
( 1330–76 ) , eldest son of Edward III of England; name given to Edward, Prince of Wales and Duke of Cornwall , most likely because of the black armor he wore when fighting. He was responsible for the British victory at Poitiers in 1356. He predeceased his father, and his son became King Richard II.

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1. Sometime around 01:10, the armored cruiser Black Prince stumbled into the German line.

2. Shortly after 01:00, Thüringen and Nassau encountered the British armored cruiser Black Prince.

3. At the same time, Black Prince was obliterated by accurate fire from the battleship Ostfriesland.

4. The armored cruisers Defence, Warrior, and Black Prince joined in the attack on the crippled Wiesbaden.

5. The Black prince was the only smoothly tapered statuette, easily grasped, eleven inches from helmet to plinth.

6. Thüringen was involved in the heavy night fighting at Jutland, including the destruction of the armored cruiser HMS Black Prince.

7. He required Maha Thammarachathirat to send his son—the Black Prince—to Bago as a royal hostage to ensure the king's fidelity.

8. Thüringen opened fire first, and pummeled Black Prince with a total of 27 heavy-caliber shells and 24 shells from her secondary battery.

9. MS Boudicca started operations for Fred Olsen in 2010, replacing in the fleet MS Black Prince (former ferry ship, built 1966, scrapped in 2009)