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Definition of Flotillas

Flotilla
Flotilla Flo*til"la, n. [Sp. flotilla, dim. of flota fleet; akin to F. flotte, It. flotta, and F. flot wave, fr. L. fluctus, but prob. influenced by words akin to E. float. See Fluctuate, and cf. Float, n.] A little fleet, or a fleet of small vessels.

Meaning of Flotillas from wikipedia

- lieutenant at the very least. A flotilla is often, but not necessarily, a permanent formation. In modern navies, flotillas have tended to become administrative...
- The Danube Flotilla can refer to any of the following; Danube Flotilla (Austria-Hungary) Danube Flotilla (Czechoslovakia) Danube Flotilla (Hungary) Danube...
- Surface flotillas were not operationally deplo**** units, but functioned through the administrative command chain of the Kriegsmarine. Surface flotillas were...
- Flotilla admiral is the lowest flag rank, a rank above captain, in the modern navies of Belgium, Bulgaria, Denmark, Finland, Germany and Sweden. It corresponds...
- flotillas of the Kriegsmarine were administrative units which grouped German minesweepers together. There were three types of minesweeper flotillas:...
- The Caspian Flotilla (Russian: Каспийская флотилия, tr. Kaspiyskaya flotiliya) is the flotilla of the Russian Navy in the Caspian Sea. Established in November...
- The Azov Flotilla or Azov Naval Flotilla was the name given to several Russian naval forces operated on the Sea of Azov as part of the Imperial Russian...
- Dnieper Flotilla (Russian: Днепровская военная флотилия, Ukrainian: Дніпровська військова флотилія) is the name given to the various naval flotillas on the...
- the Flotillas docked at Santa Cruz, a far flung island of the Solomon Islands where they were met by the local indigenous people. The Flotillas carried...
- Bigger Flotillas'". Ipsnews.net. 8 June 2010. Archived from the original on 11 June 2011. Retrieved 3 April 2011. "Eyewitnesses recount Israel flotilla raid"...