flotilla
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right|thumb|300px|A Spanish flotilla being engaged by the Royal Navy in the [[action of 5 October 1804]]
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- Part of
- naval fleet
- Has part
- squadron
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- topic's main category
- Q9479753
- item operated
- warship
- described by source
- Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
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- Composition
- Specific usage
- United States Coast Guard Auxiliary
- Russian and Soviet navies
- Non-military usage
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right|thumb|300px|A Spanish flotilla being engaged by the Royal Navy in the [[action of 5 October 1804]]
A flotilla (from Spanish, meaning a small flota (fleet) of ships), or naval flotilla, is a formation of small ships that may be part of a larger fleet.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “flotilla” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.