Home Fleet

The Home Fleet was a fleet of the Royal Navy that operated in the United Kingdom's territorial waters from 1902 with intervals until 1967.

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Famous quotes containing the words home and/or fleet:

    “Many a man who thinks to found a home discovers that he has merely opened a tavern for his friends.”
    —Norman Douglas (1868–1952)

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