station-keeping

Updated: August 10, 2026

Now came the moment, as regards his division, for doing what Collingwood's had already begun to do, viz. engage in a 'pell-mell battle, which surely may be interpreted as meaning a battle in which rigorous station-keeping was no longer expected, and in which 'no captain could do very wrong if he placed his ship alongside that of the enemy.

Admiral Sir Cyprian Bridge - Sea-Power and Other Studies