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( 1) An operational unit in the navy of many states that is charged with carrying out a mission in a designated area of a sea, river, or lake. A flotilla consists of formations of ships and aircraft, units of marines, and units of services that maintain its military readiness and routine functioning.
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Mar 14, 2020 flotilla (plural flotillas) A small fleet of warships (usually of the same class), or a fleet of small ships. 1919, Ronald Firbank, Valmouth, Duckworth, hardback edition, page 102: Toward the horizon a flotilla of fishing-boats showed immutable, pink-lacquered by the evening sun. «Flotilla» A flotilla (from Spanish, meaning a small flota (fleet) of ships, and this from French flotte), or naval flotilla, is a formation.
( 1) An operational unit in the navy of many states that is charged with carrying out a mission in a designated area of a sea, river, or lake. A flotilla consists of formations of ships and aircraft, units of marines, and units of services that maintain its military readiness and routine functioning.
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