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A
flotilla (from Spanish, meaning a
flota of small ships, and this from French
flotte), or
naval flotilla, is a
formation of small
warships that may be part of a larger
fleet. A flotilla is usually composed of a homogeneous group of the same
class of warship, such as
destroyers,
torpedo boats,
submarines,
gunboats or
minesweepers. Larger warships are grouped in squadrons.
A flotilla is usually commanded by a
Rear Admiral, a
Commodore or a
Captain, depending on the importance of the command. (A
Vice Admiral would normally command a squadron.) A flotilla is often divided into two or more divisions, each of which might be commanded by the most senior
Commander. A flotilla is often, but not necessarily, a permanent formation.
In modern navies, flotillas have tended to become administrative units. As
warships have grown larger, the term
squadron has gradually replaced the term flotilla for
formations of
destroyers,
frigates and
submarines in many navies.
A naval flotilla has no direct equivalent on land, but is, perhaps, the rough equivalent in value of a
brigade or
regiment.
US Coast Guard
In the
United States Coast Guard Auxiliary, a
Flotilla is the smallest building block and consists of members at a local level where the majority of the work of the Auxiliary is done. A Flotilla is led by an elected Flotilla Commander assisted by an elected Vice Flotilla Commander assisted by appointed Flotilla Staff Officers as described at the
Flotilla Organization
page of the U.S. Coast Guard. A Division consists of multiple Flotillas and a District consists of multiple Divisions. Auxiliary Districts are organized along Coast Guard District lines and are administered by a Coast Guard officer (usually a Commander or Captain) who is called the Director of the Auxiliary.
Russian Navy
In the
Russian Navy, the word
flotilla tends to be used for naval units operating not in the oceans and "real" seas, but in inland seas (the present-day
Caspian Flotilla, early 20th century
Satakundskaya Flotilla or the
Aral Flotilla of the 1850s) or rivers (for example the Red
Volga Flotilla, which participated in the
Kazan Operation during
Russian Civil War, or the
Danube Military Flotilla). In the 18th century, the term also applied to the fleets on those seas where Russia didn't have much naval presence yet, for example the
Okhotsk Flotilla.
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