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Definition of Naval division
1. Noun. A group of ships of similar type.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Naval Division
Literary usage of Naval division
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Histories of Two Hundred and Fifty-one Divisions of the German Army which by United States War Dept. General Staff (1920)
"At the beginning of the war the Held Army contained only one naval division.
This division entered Belgium on September 4, 1914, detrained at Brussels, ..."
2. Some Naval Yarns by Mordaunt Hall (1917)
"V. THE ROYAL naval division BUFFETED about from Antwerp to Gallipoli, Egypt, the
Greek Islands, Salonika, and then to France, first under an admiral, ..."
3. The First Book of World Law: A Compilation of the International Conventions by Raymond Landon Bridgman (1911)
"(2) The address of such mails should be in the following form: From the post
office of f the (nationality) naval division of (name of the division) at Lthe ..."
4. History of the Consulate and the Empire of France Under Napoleon: Forming a by Adolphe Thiers (1847)
"... destroys a Turkish naval division at Cape Nagara—The Turkish Government,
divided, is on the point of yielding—General Sebastian! encourages Sultan Selim ..."
5. The History of the Navy During the Rebellion by Charles Brandon Boynton (1868)
"Respectfully, JAMES L. ANTRY, Military Governor and Colonel commanding Post. S.
PHILLIPS LEE, CSN, commanding Advanced naval division, US Steamer Oneida. ..."
6. The Book of History: A History of All Nations from the Earliest Times to the by James Bryce Bryce, Holland Thompson, William Matthew Flinders Petrie (1920)
"A naval division between the end of the ravine and the river were flanked ...
While the extreme right of the naval division swept along on the level of the ..."