A fleet. The term flotilla is also used sometimes.
A large group of warships is called a fleet. Fleet typically consists of multiple types of ships including battleships, aircraft carriers, destroyers, and submarines, and is often organized by a navy for specific military operations.
world leaders agreed to limit construction of large warships.
Dreadnought, or Battleshiphttp://wiki.answers.com/Q/What_is_a_large_warship_called
A "fleet" is a large organised group of naval warships often under the command of a single commander, so a "spanish" fleet" would be the same though comprised of Spanish warships and Spanish crew, quite simply
A convoy
armada is a fleet of warships.
Every large occupational group has a lobbying group in Washington, and the smaller groups (carpenters? auto mechanics? plumbers?) can join groups such as the Chamber of Commerce. There are also indirect interest groups; while the branches of the Armed Forces do not have their own interest group, it could be said they are represented by the large contractors who sell weapons systems, warships, aircraft, and similar, to the Dept of Defense.
A group of ships traveling together, typically accompanied by armed troops and warships for protection.
Dutch: eskader English: squadron
They are very large warships which carry fighter and observation aeroplanes.
Merchant vessels sailing together was known as a convoy, much used in World War II, with escorting warships, and aircraft when possible.
The huge three deck large cannon warships were powerful but they were also slow due to their size and weight. Naval architects soon began to compliment their navy's large warships with smaller and faster ones. These were less heavy and less expensive to build. They had much smaller cannons and fewer of them then the large three deck heavy cannon warships. These smaller and faster ships were able to capture large cargo vessels and even maneuver close enough to them to board them and take over the enemy vessel.