7 sentences with 'fleet'
Example sentences and phrases with the word fleet and other words derived from it.
• « The Minoans ruled the island of Crete in the Mediterranean and created a merchant navy (i.e. a fleet whose purpose was primarily trade, not war) to trade with the Egyptians, Hittites and other peoples of the area. »
• « Sparta finally struck a decisive blow in 405 BC by surprising the Athenian fleet in Anatolia and destroying it. »
• « Unfortunately, Alexander the Great made a serious tactical error when he reached the Indian Ocean, splitting his forces into a fleet and a land force that would travel west separately. The fleet survived unscathed, but the army had to cross the brutally difficult Makran Desert (in the southern part of modern-day Pakistan and Iran), costing Alexander's forces more lives than the entire Indian campaign. »
• « The Carthaginians sent a fleet to intervene on behalf of the Messinians, but the latter asked Rome for help as well (a kind of betrayal from Carthage's perspective). »
• « Although most of the rulers he had approached in the past disliked and distrusted him, Columbus managed to win Isabella over to his vision, and she paid to equip him with a small fleet (he sent letters of introduction to the Great Khan, who he presumed still ruled Asia). »
• « This led to the voyage of Ferdinand Magellan (1480-1521), who commanded a small fleet of five ships financed by the Spanish crown and tried to find a western route to Asia in 1519. »
• « Philip spent years building a huge fleet known as the Spanish Armada of 132 warships, equipped not only with cannons but designed to carry thousands of soldiers to invade England. »