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Matchbox Naval Fleet By Phil Warren
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79-year-old Phil Warren from the UK spent 62 years to build this incredible fleet of 432 ships. All the ships are built entirely of matchsticks and wooden matchboxes. The collection includes 60 American and almost 370 British ships.
A fleet, or naval fleet, is a large formation of warships, and the largest formation in any navy. A fleet at sea is the direct equivalent of an army on land.
Fleets are usually, but not necessarily, permanent formations and are generally assigned to a particular ocean or sea. Most fleets are named after that ocean or sea, but the convention in the United States Navy is to use numbers.
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