Armada is a six letter word for a naval fleet.
swift, fleet, quick
Armada is the Spanish and Portuguese word for naval fleet. Therefore they do not eat.
gondolas
navy
Marryat
fleet
Naves, which means ships
armada
fleet-footed
That is 'fleet' and actually a 'fleet ' is larger than a 'flotilla' in most western navies.
A five letter word that is the opposite of the word "gradual" and contains a second letter of "l" is a popular word game answer. The five letter word being sought is "fleet."
From a small defeat at the Battle of Gravelines, the Spanish ships were defeated by bad weather and storms whilst sailing round the British Isles trying to return to Spain. 65 ships lost and something like 20,000 men