convoy in English

noun
1
a group of ships or vehicles traveling together, typically accompanied by armed troops, warships, or other vehicles for protection.
He had previous convictions after pretending to be a fleet manager sending aid convoys to Bosnia and twice posing as a police officer.
verb
1
(of a warship or armed troops) accompany (a group of ships or vehicles) for protection.
These campaigns were narrowly defeated using a balanced force of Allied fleets, with opposing submarines, merchant ships convoyed by surface ships (primarily destroyers), and sea and land-based aviation.

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1. vessel and convoy type,

2. It's a large convoy.

3. Type of vessel or convoy,

4. Warships will accompany the convoy.

5. The missiles were moved under convoy.

6. The convoy was attacked by submarines.

7. The ships travelled in convoy.

8. The convoy is going to come.

9. A convoy was hit by gunfire.

10. A convoy of trucks rattled by.

11. This is the FIAT armoured convoy.

12. Who was in the convoy, Sir?

13. A convoy of heavy trucks rumbled past.

14. Convoy of 11 trucks and 1 car

15. This convoy trusts me with their lives.

16. Convoy ON 125 was escorted without loss.

17. The Aubretias were re-classified as Convoy Sloops

18. A very large convoy to protect one woman.

19. The convoy had an escort of ten destroyers.

20. The rest of the convoy is pinned down.

21. You'll convoy straight to B.A. Flights into Dulles.

22. As the Nashville and the invasion convoy sailed Circuitously …

23. Russia intends to send another humanitarian convoy to Ukraine.

24. Convoy extension to stern in (metre.decimetre = resolution in dm)

25. The British warships escaped with eight of the convoy.

26. The convoy wound its way through the West Bank.

27. The convoy forced to pull out of the city .

28. Our humanitarian relief convoy is setting out towards Lugansk.

29. The UN convoy was turned back at the border.

30. Electra later joined the search for survivors from the convoy.

31. Two fighters buzzed the convoy as it approached the coast.

32. We drove in convoy because I didn't know the route.

33. Stay with the convoy till you get to town.

34. The ship escorted Convoy MB.8 during Operation Collar.

35. Two British ships were sent to intercept the convoy.

36. Listen, I need a ambulance to come with the convoy.

37. 30. ‘formation’: the manner in which a convoy is assembled;

38. And the Foot Clan are planning on hitting the convoy.

39. 15 The convoy was snowed up on the main road.

40. In view of a serious danger we sent a convoy.

41. The relief convoy had already left Vienna when the papers arrived.

42. She was escorting a convoy from Tripoli at the time.

43. The convoy is moving in the direction of the capital.

44. The huge convoy of trucks lumbered out of the city.

45. In late January 1944, Kitakami escorted another convoy to Port Blair.

46. We drove in convoy in case their car broke down again.

47. In September she escorted a transport convoy from Noumea to Guadalcanal.

48. Demonstrators planted themselves right in front of the convoy of trucks.

49. Unable to interdict the convoy, Russian naval elements remained in Sevastopol.

50. The president's car was being followed by a convoy of vehicles.