Definition of Naval division

1. Noun. A group of ships of similar type.

Exact synonyms: Division
Generic synonyms: Naval Unit

Lexicographical Neighbors of Naval Division

navaid
navaids
navajoes
navajoite
naval
naval academy
naval architect
naval architects
naval attache
naval battle
naval blockade
naval campaign
naval chart
naval commander
naval division (current term)
naval engineer
naval engineering
naval equipment
naval forces
naval gun
naval infantry
naval installation
naval medicine
naval mine
naval missile
naval officer
naval radar
naval shipyard
naval tactical data system

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 ..."

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