Eighth Fleet

Eighth Fleet or 8th fleet may refer to:

  • IJN 8th Fleet, Imperial Japanese Navy
  • United States Eighth Fleet

Famous quotes containing the words eighth and/or fleet:

    “We do not weary of eating and sleeping every day, for hunger and sleepiness recur. Without that we should weary of them. So, without the hunger for spiritual things, we weary of them. Hunger after righteousness—the eighth beatitude.”
    —Blaise Pascal (1623–1662)

    “A city on th’ inconstant billows dancing;
    For so appears this fleet majestical.”
    —William Shakespeare (1564–1616)