The Commander-in-Chief's fleet was closing slowly from behind her, not far out of range.

The Enterprise and her fleet closed with the Borg starships and opened fire.

Deployment would take twenty irreplaceable minutes, and the fleets were closing at full speed.

The British fleet closed, raggedly at first due to the poor condition of some of the ships.

The entire T'kaan fleet has closed on us like alien vultures to watch the final kill.

Our pretty, expensive fleet must close the Atlantic.

The French and Dutch fleet closed in on the English line and soon the battle commenced.

The two fleets gradually closed over the next two days, hampered by light winds.

Later that morning the two fleets closed in on each other and were soon within firing range.

At 9:30 on 6 July, the fleets closed and opened fire on each other, first at long range.