Naval station

It could consist of flotillas, or squadrons, or individual ships under command.

[1] The British Royal Navy for command purposes was separated into a number of stations or fleets, each normally under an admiral.

[2] The United States Department of the Navy's General Order No 135 issued in 1911 as a formal guide to Naval Terms described a Naval Station as "any establishment for building, manufacturing, docking, repair, supply, or training under control of the Navy.

A Naval Base by contrast was "a point from which naval operations may be conducted" [3] This vocabulary-related article is a stub.

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