Preposition: of

• gunboat: Supporting Kitchener's army was a flotilla of gunboats under Commander Cecil Colville, whom Beatty met on the Alexandra.

• yacht: A flotilla of yachts to sail around the Isle of Wight?

• boat: The flotilla begins to arrive at lock 31 Soon the flotilla of boats began to arrive from the east.

• ship: I should think this flotilla of ships much had been the last coal burners to be built.

• vessel: During the fourth attack on the night of 20 May 1800 a French flotilla of armed vessels attempted to drive off the English boats.

• craft: Another flotilla of larger craft cruised from Marple to the Peak Forest Canal terminus at Whaley Bridge for another civic reception.

Converse of object

• join: MATTHEWS chased a Spanish squadron of 12 ships into Toulon at the end of 1742 where they joined a French flotilla.

• see: Having turned up in Falkirk too late to see the flotilla on Saturday, I was glad to have made it here in time.

Adjective modifier

• grand: To in a round trip journey the grand flotilla was eager to.

• large: A large flotilla of boats will travel from Grangemouth through to Bowling over the holiday weekend of 26th May to celebrate the opening.

• small: On 15th November 1577 Drake, with the approval of Queen Elizabeth 1, set out from Plymouth Sound with his small flotilla.

• huge: Having extricated ourselves, we motor off down the canal in a huge flotilla.

Modifies a noun

• sailing: Create your own dazzling ship and have fun adding it to our flotilla sailing around the Victory Gallery.

• holiday: During the 1980s Hopkins and his family enjoyed many flotilla holidays in Turkey and Greece.

• leader: Our flotilla leader sent off a warning signal, to warn shipping.

• sail: One week the flotilla sails north around the islands of the Kornati National Park, a nautical paradise with over 100 uninhabited islets.

Noun used with modifier

• steamboat: For day cruises largest steamboat flotilla hotel are being organized will spotlight the.

• destroyer: In 1936 he was A/S officer for the 6th destroyer flotilla in China.

• torpedo: German torpedo flotillas attacked enemy main fleet heard detonations.

• U-boat: She was later used as a depot ship for U-boat flotillas 25 and 27, based at Kiel.