Imperial fleet may refer to the fleet (usually the navy) of an empire. Examples include:
- Reichsflotte, the German imperial navy from 1848-1852
- Kaiserliche Marine, the German imperial navy from 1871-1919
- Imperial Japanese Navy
- Roman navy, navy of the Roman Empire
Famous quotes containing the words imperial and/or fleet:
“All the terrors of the French Republic, which held Austria in awe, were unable to command her diplomacy. But Napoleon sent to Vienna M. de Narbonne, one of the old noblesse, with the morals, manners, and name of that interest, saying, that it was indispensable to send to the old aristocracy of Europe men of the same connection, which, in fact, constitutes a sort of free- masonry. M. de Narbonne, in less than a fortnight, penetrated all the secrets of the imperial cabinet.”
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)
“They ... fleet the time carelessly, as they did in the golden world.”
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616)