5 sentences with 'fleets'
Example sentences and phrases with the word fleets and other words derived from it.
• « While fleets patrolled the rivers and oceans, these garrisons controlled access to the empire. »
• « At their height, the Vikings deployed huge fleets that raided many of the major cities of early medieval Europe and North Africa. In the late 9th century they formally organised themselves into a 'Great Fleet' based in their kingdom in eastern England (they conquered the Anglo-Saxon kingdom of East Anglia in the 870s). »
• « After Da Gama, Portuguese fleets established a lucrative monopoly on trade between Europe and the kingdoms of West Africa, the kingdoms of East Africa and Indian traders. »
• « While Montevideo was besieged from land by General Oribe and from the water by Admiral Brown, an English squadron took the brave admiral's ships by surprise. This began a new conflict with England and France, whose united fleets declared a blockade against Argentine ports in September 1845. »
• « Each year, slaves or native labourers loaded cargoes of gold and silver aboard the Spanish treasure fleets that sailed from Cuba to Spain. »