seagoing fleet

The SMN, KRL and VNS parts of the new company, with a total seagoing fleet of 84 vessels, now traded under the name Koninklijke Nedlloyd.

Probably, he thought, they want to demonstrate that they can trail their coats down our coast whenever they want, to show that they have a seagoing fleet and to establish a precedent for doing this again.

In the games, the player takes up the role of a captain (also called commodore in some translations) and manages a seagoing fleet to participate in trades, privateering, treasure hunting, exploration, and plain piracy.

Sea power, however, cannot be improvised: "In every age and every circumstance," Rodger reminds us, "the successful navies have been those which rested on long years of steady investment in the infrastructure essential to keep running the complex and delicate machinery of a seagoing fleet."