Any group of warships, under the command of an admiral, can be called a fleet. During the Battle of Tsushima in 1905, Admiral Togo only had 4 battleships in his battle-line; the Russian Admiral...
Yes there were. 1606- Willem Janszoon 1616- Dirk Hartog 1619- Frederick de Houtman 1644- Abel Tasman 1696- Willem de Vlamingh 1699- William Dampier 1770- James Cook The First Fleet arrived in...