Devereux ordered his men to hold their fire until the ships got closer.

德弗罗命令他的士兵等船驶近了再开火。

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Speculation followed that the fire was either an accident, or sabotage by people alarmed that hovering Australian navy ships might send them back to Indonesia, where they embarked.

这既非一场意外的火灾，也非守卫澳大利亚的船只的海军们警告难民船返回印度尼西亚，也是他们靠岸的地方时导致的。

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Thick enough to withstand enemy fire, and easily repaired, pykrete would enable the construction of large ships with the uses of minimal resources.

厚度足以挡住敌方火力，也很容易修理，这种混合物使得用最少限度的资源建造大船成为可能。

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On Tuesday, Carnival announced it was conducting "a comprehensive review" of all of its 23 ships following a fire last month crippled one of its ships in the Gulf of Mexico, leaving passengers stranded for days while the ship inched its way back to land.

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On Tuesday, Carnival announced it was conducting "a comprehensive review" of all of its 23 ships after a fire last month that crippled one of its ships in the Gulf of Mexico, leaving passengers stranded for days while the vessel was towed back to land.

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By using an electric drive of the sort that is purring away in Leicestershire, ships can fire up their engines one at a time and run each at its most economical throttle setting.

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