On 1 May, as the fleet was finally preparing to leave Corunna, the men demanded their six months of pay or threatened to strike.

The fleets must prepare adequate landing pads for their transports.

The fleet then prepared itself to go to Aden.

The loyalist fleet prepares to engage, but many of the ships are suddenly disabled and dead in space.

But his fleet was already preparing at Barfleur for the voyage back to England, and he would be home before the month ended.

For instance, another fleet of ships was preparing to leave for Stronghold.

In early 1904, the Russian fleet prepared for war with Japan.

Still the great fleet hung on, prepared to do battle with an enemy which was surely more intelligent and might be better-armed.

The largest French fleet yet was preparing to sail.

Only then could they hope to obtain a true picture of the way the formation had looked as the imperial fleet had prepared for war.