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Already the desire to make his country a great naval power was becoming his ruling passion, and when he found by experience that the White Sea, Russia's sole maritime outlet, had great practical inconveniences as a naval base, he revived the project of getting a firm footing on the shores of the Black Sea or the Baltic. At first he gave the preference to the former, and with the aid of a flotilla of small craft, constructed on a tributary of the Don, he succeeded in capturing Azov from the Turks.

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flo·til·la

(flō-tĭl′ə)n.1.
b. A fleet of small craft.
2. A naval unit consisting of two or more squadrons of small warships.
3. Informal A group of vehicles owned or operated as a unit: a flotilla of limousines.
[Spanish, diminutive of flota, fleet, from Old French flote, from Old Norse floti; see pleu- in Indo-European roots.]

flotilla

(fləˈtɪlə) n
(Nautical Terms) a small fleet or a fleet of small vessels
[C18: from Spanish flota fleet, from French flotte, ultimately from Old Norse floti]

flo•til•la

(floʊˈtɪl ə)
n.
1. a group of small naval vessels, esp. a naval unit containing two or more squadrons.
[1705–15; < Sp, diminutive of flota fleet < French flotte < Germanic; see float]

Flotilla

a small fleet, 1711; a fleet of small vessels. See also armada, flote.
Examples: flotilla of boats; of fishing boats, 1826; of destroyers; of proverbs.
Noun1.flotilla - a United States Navy fleet consisting of two or more squadrons of small warships
fleet - a group of warships organized as a tactical unit
2.flotilla - a fleet of small craft
fleet - a group of warships organized as a tactical unit
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flotilla

[fləˈtɪlə]Nflotillaf

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flotilla

(fləˈtilə) noun
a fleet of small ships. A flotilla of yachts. vlootjie; klein vloot أسْطول صَغير флотилия frota flotila die Flottille flotille μικρός στόλος flotilla flotill ناوگان کوچک laivue flotille שַׁיֶטֶת नावों का समूह flotila flottilla armada floti lítilla skipa flottiglia 小船隊 소함대 flotilė flotile armada vlootflotilje, flåteflotylla ماليار، باغوان (دګلو)، هغه څوك چه ګلان كرى او يايى خرڅوى frota flotilă флотилия flotila flotilja flotila flottilj กองเรือรบเล็ก küçük filo, flotilla 小船隊(尤指小艦隊) флотилія جہازوں یا کشتیوں کا چھوٹا بیڑا đội tàu nhỏ 小舰队

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