Somewhere, close by in a sheltered bay, the fleet of the Britons lay at anchor.

Leake's fleet reached the Strait late on the 9th, and laid to during the night.

Before them, visible at last, a pirate fleet lay in the cove.

The fleet of Japal, still lay close below the city wall.

And from where this fleet lay, arrival of a radio message would take nearly eight hours.

The fleet still lay at anchor, and there was almost no movement on the decks.

Night fell and the huge fleet lay at anchor.

Inside the sphere lay the small fleet of ships controlled and operated by Alpha base.

Eighteen hundred French soldiers had disembarked and a fleet lay at anchor nearby.

Out to sea lay a white fleet of tall clouds.