Translation for "petrelistä" to english

Petrelistä

• petrel

Translation examples

petrel

Seuraavana päivänä upposi lähellä Azoreita vielä kolme alusta: Petrel, Cortes ja Siremalm.
A final effort on 26 September accounted for three more ships, also near the Azores: Petrel, Cortes and Siremalm (there were no survivors from the latter vessel).

Uponnut alus jäi osittain veden pinnan yläpuolelle ja tykkivene USS Petrelin miehistö sytytti hylyn tuleen.
Her crew scuttled her in shallow water; part of her upper works remained above water, and a boarding crew from the gunboat USS Petrel went aboard and set these on fire at the end of battle.

Siemers Jacobs valitsi oppilaitoksen maskotiksi merilinnun nimeltä etelänkeiju (engl. stormy petrel), koska James Oglethorpen kerrottiin ihailleen sen sitkeyttä ja rohkeutta.
Thornwell Jacobs chose an unusual mascot to represent Oglethorpe's athletic teams: the Stormy Petrel, a seabird said to have been admired by James Oglethorpe for its hardiness and courage.