A fleet.
An armada
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A group of ships is called a 'fleet', as in the English fleet fought the German fleet at the Battle of Jutland during the First World War.
An armada . Another answer: A group of ships together for protection is called a convoy. An armada is specific to armed war ships preparing to attack.
The ships in the Civil War were called the Ironclad.
A group of ships armed for war
A smaller number of ships is a squadron. A number of squadrons make up a fleet. A large number embarked on the same mission may be called an armada.During World War II, elements of the Pacific Fleet were assigned to any of several groups called a "task force", within a larger naval operation.
Blockade.
yacht...... east indiaman,galleon,frigate,man o war,ship of the line were the largest type of sailing vesselsSecond answerMostly the word "ship" was reserved to the larger kinds with three or more masts and a full bowsprit, while the smaller types were named for their sail-plan, e.g. barque, brig, brigantine.... So in general the answer is that large sailing ships were called "ships" and that it was the small ones that had different names.There were some types of large ships as mentioned above (except for "frigate" and "yacht", frigates were small ships, and yachts are boats: they have a single mast), but no other general term for large ships as distinguished from small ones.
war. better head for the high ground, they's a comin for ya!
war. better head for the high ground, they's a comin for ya!
These ships were called blockade runners
they were called privateers