The last time a whaling ship returned home early was in 2007 when one of the ships caught fire following an encounter with the conservation group, according to Mr. Nakaoku.

他表示，上一次捕鲸船提前回家发生在2007年，那次在和海洋守护者协会的船只碰面之后，一搜捕鲸船起火。

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About midnight, watched by a large crowd, Adams and a small group of Sons of Liberty disguised as Mohawk Indians boarded the ships and jettisoned the tea.

到了午夜，在人群的注视下，亚当斯带领着反英群众化妆成印第安人登上船舶并且把茶叶倒入大海。

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A fleet is group of vehicles or ships owned or operated as a unit.

船队是作为一个单位被拥有或操作的一组车辆或船。

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A group of small states on the coast of North Africa was seizing American ships and holding their crews hostage.

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One night in seventeen seventy-three, a group of colonists went onto three ships in Boston Harbor.

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During operations, Nimitz-class carriers sail at the centre of a carrier battle group of ships that includes guided missile cruisers, destroyers, frigates, logistics ships and submarines.

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The group even suggested that if large ships went faster through the whales' habitat, the chance of a collision would be lower.

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