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In Australia, nearly all taxis run on LPG, as well as the growing fleet of hybrids.
The ABDA fleet finally encountered the Japanese surface fleet at the Battle of Java Sea, at which Doorman gave the order to engage.
Longer term plans include the procurement of an entirely new fleet of trains and further extensions to the system.
The tonnage of the Duyfken of Harmensz's fleet is given as 25 and 30 lasten.
The small fleet run by Enterprise Boats and part of the Fal River Links also stops at Malpas, Trelissick, Tolverne and St Mawes.
In June 2009, RAF Air Chief Marshal Sir Glenn Torpy suggested that the RAF fleet might only be 123 jets, instead of the 232 previously planned.
In January 2011, the entire Typhoon fleet passed the 100,000 flying hours mark.
In September 2013, the worldwide Eurofighter fleet achieved over 200,000 flight hours.
Italy became the first country to announce a reduction of its overall fleet procurement, cutting its buy from 131 to 90 aircraft.
The fleet was returned to flight on 15 July with restrictions in the flight envelope.
When Richard returned from captivity in Austria in May 1194, he summoned a fleet of 100 ships and an army to the port.
Instead, Henry gathered a fleet at Southampton and invaded the Norman coast in August of that year.
He was soon responsible for the much larger fleet that the GWR operated following the Railways Act 1921 mergers.
The fleet has been refurbished several times, and several liveries have been used, the original livery used at opening was yellow and white.
The English Electric streamline fleet also included 45 standard enclosed single deck trams known as railcoaches.
Even the famed Ffestiniog Railway acquired a Baldwin locomotive to shore up the fleet working the Welsh Highland Railway which it now owned.
Prior to the middle of the 3rd century BC, officials known as duumviri navales commanded a fleet of twenty ships used mainly to control piracy.
The details of command structure and fleet strengths during this period are not well known, although fleets were commanded by prefects.
The fleet does not appear to have stayed long in England, but it started a trend which others subsequently followed.
Caesar sails a fleet to Britain, but he is overwhelmed by Cassivellaunus's army and forced to retreat to Gaul.
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This was significant as one ship sailing with King James' fleet actually sank in the storm.
The Match Racing course has a very simple setup in comparison to fleet racing.
After the burning of the Arab fleet in the city's harbor, the Genoese and Pisan troops retreated.
However, the destruction of the Arab fleet gave control of the Western Mediterranean to Genoa, Venice, and Pisa.
In August 1282, part of the Genoese fleet blockaded Pisan commerce near the river Arno.
In 1684 the city was heavily bombarded by a French fleet as punishment for its alliance with Spain.
Louis' fleet returned to France, leaving only Prince Edward and a small retinue to continue what is known as the Ninth Crusade.
As early as 841, a Viking fleet appeared at the mouth of the Seine, the principal route by which they entered the kingdom.
With the authority of the papal bull Henry landed with a large fleet in 1171 and claimed sovereignty over the island.
It currently maintains a fleet of four 'Vanguard' class ballistic missile submarines equipped with Trident II missiles.
In 991 the Vikings sacked Ipswich, and their fleet made landfall near Maldon in Essex.
In the summer of 1013, Sven Forkbeard, King of Denmark, brought the Danish fleet to Sandwich, Kent.
In the 14th century, raids by Moor pirates forced the Venetian Duke of Crete to ask Venice to keep its fleet on constant guard.
In 1820 another British fleet under Admiral Sir Harry Neal again bombarded Algiers.
There was, however, little support from English Jacobites, and the French invasion fleet was still being assembled.
Clinton's army went to New York City in July, arriving just before a French fleet under Admiral d'Estaing arrived off the American coast.
Moreover, the French fleet refused to visit the American coast in 1780, having suffered significant damage in actions in the West Indies.
The French fleet became available for operations, which could either move against Yorktown or New York.
Washington still favored attacking New York, but the French decided to send the fleet to their preferred target at Yorktown.
Learning of the planned movement of the French fleet in August, Washington began moving his army south to cooperate.
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In early September, French naval forces defeated the British fleet at the Battle of the Chesapeake, cutting off Cornwallis' escape.
This prevented the Spanish fleet from rendezvousing with the French, removing a threat of invasion to Britain.
He locked most of the fleet inside the Golden Horn, where the ships decayed for the next 30 years.
Nearly the entire transport fleet now resides at the hub of RAF Brize Norton, following the closure of RAF Lyneham.
By 21 May 2013, the Voyager fleet had carried over 50,000 passengers and carried over 3,000 tons of cargo.
The majority of the fleet was supplied by the UK, which provided 892 warships and 3,261 landing craft.
Available to the fleet were five battleships, 20 cruisers, 65 destroyers, and two monitors.
Minesweepers began clearing channels for the invasion fleet shortly after midnight and finished just after dawn without encountering the enemy.
The fleet was led by the carriers USS Coral Sea, USS Randolph, later reinforced by USS Forrestal.
In fact, Iraq had no offensive UAV fleet or any capability of putting UAVs on ships.
Iraq's UAV fleet consisted of less than a handful of outdated Czech training drones.
At the time, there was a vigorous dispute within the intelligence community whether the CIA's conclusions about Iraq's UAV fleet were accurate.
By the time oil was coming on stream, much of the trawling fleet had relocated to Peterhead.
In the First World War Battle of the Falkland Islands in December 1914, a Royal Navy fleet defeated an Imperial German squadron.
The main objective of the siege, the destruction of the Russian fleet and docks took place over winter.
At sea the Turks sent a fleet east which was destroyed by Admiral Nakhimov at Sinope.
In August 1854 the combined British and French fleet returned to Kronstadt for another attempt.
Hydra worked with Hecla and Herald, to take casualties from Uganda to Montevideo, Uruguay, where a fleet of Uruguayan ambulances would meet them.
As the A380 fleet grows older, airworthiness authority rules require certain scheduled inspections from approved aircraft tool shops.
One year after introduction, the A350 fleet accumulated 3,000 cycles and around 16,000 flight hours.
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In September 2010, it was reported that a further two 787s might join the test fleet for a total of eight flight test aircraft.
In July 2010, the third A400M took to the air, at which point the fleet had flown 400 hours over more than 100 flights.
The limited fleet size has led to services being cancelled due to failures or delays.
By late 2015, EasyJet flew over 100 routes from Gatwick with a fleet of more than 60 aircraft.
British Airways, often shortened to BA, is the flag carrier and the largest airline in the United Kingdom based on fleet size.
Virgin Atlantic's fleet is operated by Virgin Atlantic Airways Ltd and Virgin Atlantic International Limited.
Athens at its height was a significant sea power, at one point defeating the Persian fleet at Salamis Island in a sea battle.
In the Flodden campaign the fleet consisted of 16 large and 10 smaller craft.
Luxury ingredients were brought by the fleet from the far reaches of empire, from the Parthian frontier to the Straits of Gibraltar.
The following year, Agricola raised a fleet and encircled the tribes beyond the Forth, and the Caledonians rose in great numbers against him.
In 82, he moved with his troops and a unit of the fleet along the east coast of Scotland, into the regions north of the Firth of Forth.
Legions, auxiliary cohorts and the fleet were commanded by the respective incumbent provincial governors.
With the construction of the limes on the Saxon Shore in the 3rd century the fleet became more important again.
Vegetius, a chronicler who published his works in the late 4th century, mentions the existence of the provincial fleet at this time.
Edward's invasion fleet also mustered there, having received calls to assemble as far back as the previous month.
James saw the importance of building a fleet that could provide Scotland with a strong maritime presence.
After calling at Madeira and the West Indies, the fleet made landfall off the coast of Darien on 2 November.
To restore diminishing trade a Dutch squadron under Johan Zoutman escorted a fleet of some 70 merchantmen from the Texel.
Suffren arrived off the Indian coast in February 1782, where he clashed with a British fleet under Hughes, winning a narrow tactical victory.
After landing troops at Porto Novo to assist Mysore, Suffren's fleet clashed with Hughes again Providien on 12 April.
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Deep ocean currents are currently being researched using a fleet of underwater robots called Argo.
The Grand Fleet was the main fleet of the British Royal Navy during the First World War.
In June 2009, RAF Air Chief Marshal Sir Glenn Torpy suggested that the RAF fleet could be 123 jets, instead of the 232 previously planned.
In January 2011, the entire Typhoon fleet had passed the 100,000 flying hours mark.
The prototype was successful and a fleet of 22 locomotives was built, to handle all the important express traffic.
Virgin Trains East Coast inherited a fleet of InterCity 125 and InterCity 225s from East Coast.
Serco Marine Services is responsible for fleet support at the three main UK naval bases, HMNB Portsmouth, HMNB Devonport and HMNB Clyde.
All the fleet were to lose the 'Seaways' suffix from their names, and would instead receive local preference names.
Five years into his kingship, Magnus Maximus assembled a vast fleet and invaded Gaul, leaving Britain in the control of Caradocus.
Cadwaladr fled to Ireland and hired a Norse fleet from Dublin, bringing the fleet to Abermenai to compel Owain to reinstate him.
The fleet accompanying the invasion made a landing on Anglesey where it was defeated.
He spent almost nine months on his preparations, as he had to construct a fleet from nothing.
On 24 August 1217, a French fleet arrived off the coast of Sandwich, bringing Louis soldiers, siege engines and fresh supplies.
De Burgh's fleet scattered the French and captured their flagship, commanded by Eustace the Monk, who was promptly executed.
Manx2 introduced the BAe Jetstream 31 into its fleet in September 2006 with the aircraft being operated by Jetstream Executive Travel.
Initially only one Jetstream 31 was added to the fleet to operate the Isle of Man to Leeds Bradford service.
Manx2 added a Fairchild Metroliner from Flightline BCN to its fleet for a period and extended its route network to include Belfast City.
In 2008, Manx 2 added two Dornier 228 aircraft to its fleet and carried 100,000 passengers that year.
On 20 August the following year, a class 43, fleet number 43188 derailed when forming the rear power car of a service to Penzance.
The Spanish invasion fleet outnumbered the English fleet's 22 galleons and 108 armed merchant ships.
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Still nimble of mind and fleet of foot, Morris buzzed here and there, linking well and getting stuck in at every opportunity.
Empire Cedric was the first vessel of the ASN fleet to hold a Passenger Certificate, and was allowed to carry fifty passengers.
In 1955 another two LSTs where chartered into the existing fleet, Empire Cymric and Empire Nordic, bringing the fleet strength to seven.
The new submarine fleet began patrols on 14 February, usually lasting for about 24 hours each.
As of March 2008, Arriva Trains Wales operates a fleet of 123 diesel multiple units.
The Class 175s were a common user fleet with 11 required by First TransPennine Express each day.
In 1592 the Spanish defeated an English fleet during the eponymous Battle of the Bay of Biscay.
In the 16th and 17th centuries, the Dutch fleet had about 300 whaling ships with 18,000 crewmen.
Another noteworthy attack occurred in 1797, when Santa Cruz de Tenerife was attacked by a British fleet under Horatio Nelson on 25 July.
In 2005 Italy maintained a civilian air fleet of about 389,000 units and a merchant fleet of 581 ships.
In addition to its multiple unit fleet units, Eurostar operates a single Class 08 diesel shunter as the pilot at Temple Mills depot.
Built between 1992 and 1996, Eurostar's fleet consists of 38 EMU trains, designated Class 373 in the United Kingdom and TGV TMST in France.
In October 2009 the President of SNCF, Guillaume Pepy, outlined plans to expand TGV services around Paris as well as for fleet renewal.
In 832, a Viking fleet of about 120 invaded kingdoms on Ireland's northern and eastern coasts.
In 1263, King Haakon IV of Norway, in retaliation for a Scots expedition to Skye, arrived on the west coast with a fleet from Norway and Orkney.
His fleet linked up with those of King Magnus of Man and King Dougal of the Hebrides.
Technical efficiency of each vessel of the fleet is assumed necessary to attain this maximum catch.
Thus, a displacement of the fleet from one locality to another will generally have little effect if the same quota is taken.
The main naval base for the British fleet in both the First and Second World Wars, Scapa Flow, was at Lyness in the southeast of the island.
In 1805, Calais hosted part of Napoleon's army and invasion fleet for several months before his aborted invasion of Britain.
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The Dutch navy was by now only a shadow of its former self, having only about twenty ships of the line, so there were no large fleet battles.
In 1797 the Dutch fleet was defeated by the British in the Battle of Camperdown.
On 8 July 1497 Vasco da Gama led a fleet of four ships with a crew of 170 men from Lisbon.
From Vigo, the main Russian fleet then approached Tangiers, Morocco, and lost contact with the Kamchatka for several days.
The Russian fleet was barred from using the Suez Canal and British ports as a result of the incident.
The fleet then proceeded to the Sea of Japan where it was soundly defeated in the Battle of Tsushima.
Whereupon, Russia took Port Arthur and trusting us, took her fleet out of the Baltic, thereby making herself vulnerable to us by sea.
Alfadhel possessed a fleet mare, called in the language of Oriental exaggeration, the Outstripper of the wind.
Only its Black Sea Fleet remained, and this was the result of an earlier treaty that had prevented the fleet from leaving the Black Sea.
However, the submarine fleet was greatly expanded and posed a major threat to the British supply system.
Direct control of various elements of the fleet was subordinated to officers commanding those elements, accountable to the Kaiser.
In the fleet itself, complaints were beginning to be made in 1908 about underfunding and shortages of crews for the new ships.
Five ships were constructed rather than the usual four, one to act as a fleet flagship.
In another decade, Germany would go from a naval ranking lower than Austria to having the second largest battle fleet in the world.
By the start of the war Germany had an impressive fleet both of capital ships and submarines.
Britain's larger fleet could maintain a blockade of Germany, cutting it off from overseas trade and resources.
The Ottoman fleet on the other hand was in a period of transition with many obsolete ships.
The Russian Black Sea fleet was mainly used to support General Nikolaevich Yudenich in his Caucasus Campaign.
The Russian fleet mined the exit from the Bosporus, preventing nearly all Ottoman ships from entering the Black Sea.
Columbus led his fleet to the Portuguese island of Porto Santo, his wife's native land.
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Jellicoe was disturbed by the Admiralty failure to discuss the raid with their commander in chief of the fleet at sea.
The British fleet had sailed but the German ships escaped in stormy seas and low visibility, assisted by British communication failures.
Instead, he set about deploying the submarine fleet against military vessels.
The hope was that Scheer would thus be able to ambush a section of the British fleet and destroy it.
The Germans maintained a fleet of Zeppelins that they used for aerial reconnaissance and occasional bombing raids.
A fleet formed in several short columns could change its heading faster than one formed in a single long column.
However, before battle was joined the heavy units of the fleet would, if possible, deploy into a single column.
However, he was now misled by an Admiralty intelligence report advising that the German main battle fleet was still in port.
This was the first news that Beatty and Jellicoe had that Scheer and his battle fleet were even at sea.
Jellicoe was now aware that full fleet engagement was nearing, but had insufficient information on the position and course of the Germans.
Similarly, instructions on what to do if the fleet was instructed to take evasive action against torpedoes were amended.
Japanese submarines operated in the Indian Ocean, forcing the British surface fleet to withdraw to the east coast of Africa.
The South also lacked the means to construct a naval fleet capable of taking on the Union Navy on even terms.
They took part in fleet actions and they worked in smaller groups and singly to harry enemy supply lines.
Aircraft are a major threat, making the use of boats against any fleet with air cover very risky.
Although fishing could be managed by reducing the fleet size, available fish vary from year to year too much to make this sensible.
Ships are generally removed from the fleet through a process known as scrapping.
The fishing industry is affected by the crisis affecting the entire industry, and the port has seen its fleet decline.
This list of naval battles is a chronological list delineating important naval fleet battles.
Had Oquendo given the order for a line, the immense Spanish fleet could have probably encircled and dispatched the Dutch squadron in a few hours.
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Taking a page out of the Dutch book the English reorganised each fleet into squadrons for greater tactical control.
On 24 February Tromp finally set sail, entering the area off Portland four days later where he spotted Blake's fleet attempting to cut them off.
The initiative of the English fleet was not gone from the previous day, but five attempts failed to break the Dutch line.
His fleet was further delayed by adverse winds, and did not clear Berteaume Roads until 2 May.
Meanwhile, the allied fleet was assembling at St Helens on the Isle of Wight.
First light on the 30 May saw the French fleet scattered into groups across a wide area.
On 31 May the French fleet was anchored against the tide off Cap de la Hague.
The dispersal of the French fleet put an end to the invasion plans, and the Allied victory was commemorated in England by a Fleet Review.
Since the destruction of the enemy fleet was the only permanent way to end this problem, Caesar directed his men to build ships.
The Romans were at last able to board, and the whole Veneti fleet fell into their hands.
Unfortunately for John, his fleet was dispersed by bad storms and Louis landed unopposed in Kent.
Although the Tyrian fleet was much smaller in size, the Tyrians defeated their enemies.
Adverse winds frustrated the Spanish fleet however and the English fleet was able to return safely.
During his maritime missions, on several occasions Zheng's fleet came into conflict with pirates.
The following February, the Portuguese viceroy destroyed the allied fleet at Diu, confirming Portuguese domination of the Indian Ocean.
After the war's end in 1604 the English fleet went through a time of relative neglect and decline.
The first fleet action between ironclad ships was fought in 1866 at the Battle of Lissa between the navies of Austria and Italy.
However, in the first half of the 20th century, the utility of air power in support of the fleet began to emerge.
In early December 1587 orders were drawn up for Howard to take the fleet to sea.
The French decided to launch the invasion force entirely from Le Havre, a large harbour some distance from the blockading British fleet at Brest.
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In summer 1759, the French Toulon fleet under Admiral La Clue slipped through the blockade and sailed out through the Straits of Gibraltar.
They were caught and defeated by a British fleet at the Battle of Lagos in August.
With the Brest fleet destroyed at Quiberon Bay, they were now unable to escort the French troops across the Channel.
The French broke off the pursuit but were still scattered as Hawke's fleet came into sight.
However the British were starting to overtake the rear of the French fleet even as their van and centre made it to the safety of the bay.
Early in 1805, Vice Admiral Lord Nelson commanded the British fleet blockading Toulon.
However, Villeneuve's fleet successfully evaded Nelson's when the British were blown off station by storms.
However, Villeneuve took his fleet through the Strait of Gibraltar, rendezvoused with the Spanish fleet, and sailed as planned for the Caribbean.
This detached force formed the nucleus of the British fleet that would fight at Trafalgar.
Other British ships continued to arrive, and by 15 October the fleet was up to full strength for the battle.
The ships in the van of the enemy fleet would have to turn back to support the rear, which would take a long time.
This slowed the progress of the fleet leaving the harbour, giving the British plenty of warning.
The fleet began to prepare for battle and during the night, they were ordered into a single line.
The following day, Nelson's fleet of 27 ships of the line and four frigates was spotted in pursuit from the northwest with the wind behind it.
Villeneuve again ordered his fleet into three columns, but soon changed his mind and ordered a single line.
The fleet initially inched north along the Indian coast, and then anchored in at Anjediva island for a spell.
The French and Spanish fleet now formed an uneven, angular crescent, with the slower ships generally to leeward and closer to the shore.
Nelson's entire fleet was visible to Villeneuve, drawn up in two parallel columns.
As Nelson lay dying, he ordered the fleet to anchor, as a storm was predicted.
The seriously wounded Admiral Gravina passed command of the remainder of the fleet over to Captain Julien Cosmao on 23 October.
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The Queen inspected the international fleet from the Antarctic patrol ship HMS Endurance.
Fisher's aim was 'efficiency of the fleet and its instant readiness for war', which won him support amongst a certain kind of navy officer.
In 1912, Fisher was appointed chairman of the Royal Commission to enquire into Liquid Fuel, with a view to converting the entire fleet to oil.
As a result, the Japanese merchant fleet was largely destroyed by the end of the war.
The bombardment opened late because of the need to tow Marshal Soult, which slowed the fleet and also by haze off the harbour.
Two seaplanes which attempted to approach the fleet were driven off by fighter seaplanes, which escorted the fleet home.
The German destroyers frustrated two attempts to enter the harbour, which left the fleet without sighting data and reliant on dead reckoning.
The first opportunity for the raid was early April 1918 and on 2 April the fleet sailed and Zeebrugge was bombed by 65 Squadron from Dunkirk.
The most daunting problem for Germany in protecting an invasion fleet was the small size of its navy.
He ordered the dispersal of the invasion fleet in order to avert further damage by British air and naval attacks.
The Allied fleet left the south coast of England on the night of 18 August 1942, with the Canadians leaving from the Port of Newhaven.
Hawke took command of the blockading fleet off Brest and extended the blockade of the French coast from Dunkirk to Marseilles.
In Italy, a small paddle steamer fleet operates on Lake Como and Lake Garda, primarily for tourists.
Their fleet includes three converted to diesel electric power in the 1960s and five retaining steam.
Built in 1866, she operates from the Port of Echuca, on Australia's Murray River, which has the largest fleet of paddle steamers in the world.
In any case, his appointment as prefect of the fleet at Misenum took him to this town, where he resided with his sister and nephew.
Singhasari rejected the proposal and injured the envoys, enraged the Mongols and made them sent a large invasion fleet to Java.
After Kadiri was defeated, Wijaya turned on his Mongol allies, ambushed their invasion fleet and forced them to immediately leave Java.
At night the Greek fleet returned, and the Greeks from the horse opened the gates of Troy.
On Coelho's orders, Vespucci anchored at the island, and spent a week there, while the rest of the Coelho fleet went on south.
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The sinking of Francisco de Bobadilla's Spanish fleet in 1502 was the first recorded instance of a destructive hurricane.
Instead, while Columbus's ships sheltered at the mouth of the Rio Jaina, the first Spanish treasure fleet sailed into the hurricane.
Columbus's ships survived with only minor damage, while 29 of the 30 ships in the governor's fleet were lost to a storm on 1 July.
He anchored next to the King's harbor patrol ship on March 4, 1493, where he was told a fleet of 100 caravels had been lost in the storm.
Instead, while Columbus's ships sheltered at the mouth of the Jaina River, the first Spanish treasure fleet sailed into the hurricane.
The Portuguese fleet then bombarded the city for nearly two days from the sea shore, severely damaging the unfortified city.
The fleet reprovisioned and then turned eastward to resume the journey to India.
An earlier fleet had been the first to reach India by circumnavigating Africa.
The fleet resumed its voyage on either 2 or 3 May 1500 and sailed along the east coast of South America.
From Kilwa Kisiwani, the fleet departed to Malindi, which was reached on 2 August.
Pilots were recruited at Malindi for the last leg to India and the fleet set sail.
After Manuel I had been told of the discovery of what is now Brazil, he sent another and smaller fleet to explore it.
Upon Cabral's return, King Manuel I began planning another fleet to make the journey to India and to avenge the Portuguese losses in Calicut.
In 1614 he sailed his fleet to Newfoundland, saying that the region was the best in which to recruit a pirate crew and reprovision his ships.
So feared was his pirate fleet that Spain offered Mainwaring a pardon and high command in return for his services under the Spanish flag.
The Dutch Navy was suffering heavy losses from the Royalist fleet based in Scilly.
In June 1651, soon after the declaration of war, the Parliamentarian forces under Admiral Robert Blake forced the Royalist fleet to surrender.
Blake blockaded Rupert's fleet in Kinsale from 22 May, allowing Oliver Cromwell to land at Dublin on 15 August.
Blake was driven off by a storm in October and Rupert escaped via Spain to Lisbon, where he had expanded his fleet to 13 ships.
Thanks to its command of the sea, the fleet was able to supply Cromwell's army with provisions as it successfully marched on Scotland.
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Blake maintained the blockade throughout the winter, the first time the fleet had stayed at sea over winter.
During this campaign, which was fought from 29 July to 21 August, Great Britain dispatched a fleet to provide naval support.
The British fleet was ordered to return home, and set sail from Gibraltar to Portsmouth in late September.
The fleet was thought to be sailing safely west of Ushant, an island outpost off the coast of Brittany.
The disastrous wrecking of a Royal Navy fleet in home waters brought great consternation to the nation.
Along with Admiral Henry Killigrew and Admiral Ralph Delaval, Shovell was put in joint command of the fleet shortly afterwards.
Wheelchair taxicabs are part of the regular fleet in most cases, and so are not reserved exclusively for the use of wheelchair users.
The company has a fleet of trucks that are used to haul freight.
Nothing daunted, the fleet put to sea, and after sailing about the island for some time, a landing was effected in the west of Munster.
Well something must be wrong with the Countrylink fleet cos yesterday SP.21 was amexed as well on the South line.
His plan, in broad strokes, was to outfit a small fleet of cars with a number of miniature directional microphones.
Once the two fleets had met, it was then likely, if not inevitable, that only some of the attacking fleet would make it through the enemy line.
This is especially true in distributed printing environments, where a fleet of printers is shared by users on a network.
In point of fact command of the sea and a fleet in being are mutually exclusive terms.
In 1588, during the Elizabethan period, an English fleet under Francis Drake defeated an invading Spanish Armada.
Between 1960 and 1991, the Holy Loch was a base for the US fleet of Polaris ballistic missile submarines.
A large fleet of new junk ships was prepared for these international diplomatic expeditions.
From the east coast, the fleet then turned eastward to resume the journey to the southern tip of Africa and India.
In 1500, a second, larger fleet of thirteen ships and about 1500 men was sent to India.
During the Crimean War, a joint British and French fleet attacked the Russian fortresses in the Baltic.
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In return, the Scots fleet raided the Northumbrian coast where Gospatric's possessions were concentrated.
The new war in Sicily against Carthage, a great naval power, forced Rome to quickly build a fleet and train sailors.
Julius Asclepiodotus landed an invasion fleet near Southampton and defeated Allectus in a land battle.
Majorian prepared a fleet at Carthago Nova for the essential reconquest of the Diocese of Africa.
The fleet was burned by traitors, and Majorian made peace with the Vandals and returned to Italia.
The commander in chief with the main force defeated a Vandal fleet near Sicily and landed at Cape Bon.
In 879 a Viking fleet that had assembled in the Thames estuary sailed across the channel to start a new campaign on the continent.
Alfred blockaded the Viking ships in Devon, and with a relief fleet having been scattered by a storm, the Danes were forced to submit.
Not long after the failed Danish raid in Kent, Alfred dispatched his fleet to East Anglia.
The Danish fleet defeated Alfred's fleet, which may have been weakened in the previous engagement.
In the summer of 1015, Cnut's fleet set sail for England with a Danish army of perhaps 10,000 in 200 longships.
At the time of the invasion, Norway had the 4th largest merchant marine fleet in the world.
King Magnus I of Norway aspired to the English throne, and in 1045 and 1046, fearing an invasion, Edward took command of the fleet at Sandwich.
King Harald Hardrada invaded northern England in early September, leading a fleet of more than 300 ships carrying perhaps 15,000 men.
William's army assembled during the summer while an invasion fleet in Normandy was constructed.
Although the army and fleet were ready by early August, adverse winds kept the ships in Normandy until late September.
William arrived with an army and a fleet to finish off this last pocket of resistance.
France kept its fleet but the British feared the Germans would seize it, so on 3 July, the British attacked it.
Throughout the summer, William assembled an army and an invasion fleet in Normandy.
The Norman fleet finally set sail two days later, landing in England at Pevensey Bay on 28 September.
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The Danish king had brought a large fleet to England and attacked not only York, but Exeter and Shrewsbury.
They joined the fleet that had previously conquered Corfu and attacked Dyrrachium from land and sea, devastating everything along the way.
Immediately before the battle, the Venetian fleet had secured a victory in the coast surrounding the city.
William invaded Scotland in 1072, riding as far as Abernethy where he met up with his fleet of ships.
When the expected fleet did arrive in August, it was intercepted and defeated by loyalists at the Battle of Sandwich.
Philip VI had assembled a large naval fleet off Marseilles as part of an ambitious plan for a crusade to the Holy Land.
On 22 June 1340, Edward and his fleet sailed from England and arrived off the Zwyn estuary in the next day.
The English fleet deceived the French into believing they were withdrawing.
The French fleet was almost completely destroyed in what became known as the Battle of Sluys.
The strength of the fleet of the Kingdom of England was an important element in the kingdom's power in the 10th century.
Once again the British fleet effectively eliminated the French Navy from the war, leading France to abandon major operations.
In 1762 the resumption of hostilities with Spain led to the British capture of Manila and of Havana, along with a Spanish fleet sheltering there.
By the end of the war the Royal Navy comprised over 4,800 ships, and was the second largest fleet in the world.
The Fleet Review is an irregular tradition of assembling the fleet before the monarch.
The British fleet formed by 195 ships, 32,000 soldiers and 3,000 artillery pieces was defeated by the Admiral Blas de Lezo.
The first fleet sailed in 1596 and returned in 1597 with a cargo of pepper, which more than covered the costs of the voyage.
In 1661, amidst the Qing conquest of China, Ming general Koxinga led a fleet to invade Formosa.
By extinguishing this for the capture, Drake put the fleet into disarray overnight.
The Armada managed to regroup and, driven by southwest winds, withdrew north, with the English fleet harrying it up the east coast of England.
The fleet was composed of 130 ships, 8,000 sailors and 18,000 soldiers, and bore 1,500 brass guns and 1,000 iron guns.

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