From 1405 to 1433, large fleets commanded by Admiral Zheng He-under the auspices of the Yongle Emperor of the Ming Dynasty-traveled to the Indian Ocean seven times.

But in 1596, when it was Spanish territory, an English fleet commanded by Queen Elizabeth I's favorite, the Earl of Essex, sacked and burned the capital.

In the battle, an Athenian fleet commanded by Alcibiades, Thrasybulus, and Theramenes routed and completely destroyed a Spartan fleet commanded by Mindarus.

Her expression changed as she said it; he felt the same-the combined fleet Ky had pushed for, organized, commanded.

Cheng agreed and launched a fleet, which he himself commanded, toward Wuchang.

In 1507, a fleet commanded by Tristão da Cunha with Afonso de Albuquerque landed an occupying force at the then capital of Suq.

He raised up a fierce war and armed fleets, which he himself commanded, that he might have the happiness of once fighting him who was my husband.

Slotter-Key's military fleet commanded by Admiral Padhjan.

For though British troops were bottled up in Boston, the British fleet commanded the harbor and the sea and thus no town by the shore was safe from attack.

In 1779, a fleet commanded by Vice Admiral Charles Henri, comte d'Estaing assisted American forces attempting to recapture Savannah, Georgia.