naval force

His naval force was destroyed in the Battle of the Blackwater.

Britain sent a naval force and thousands of troops to reclaim the territory.

He was a former British seaman, and he offered his services to the colonies at this time in an attempt to raise a naval force.

To hasten the crisis a regiment supported by a naval force was sent to overawe the rebellious town.

The Jacobins in the city still held out, and had in the bay a small naval force under the command of Commodore Caracciolo.

Great Britain has a terrible naval force, Holland has next to none.

Some other paragraphs seem to show the Dutch in earnest about equipping a respectable naval force of fiftytwo vessels.