Grand Fleet Grand Fleet The Grand Fleet was the main fleet of the Royal Navy during the First World War. Formed in August 1914 from the First Fleet and elements of the Second Fleet of the Home Fleets, the Grand Fleet included 25–35 state-of-the-art capital ships. It was initially commanded by Admiral Sir John Jellicoe. He was succeeded by Admiral Sir David Beatty in December 1916. The Grand Fleet was based first at Scapa Flow in the Orkney Islands and later at Rosyth on the Firth of Forth. It took part in the biggest fleet action of the war – the Battle
Eyalet of the Archipelago Islands. Eyalet of the Archipelago The Eyalet of the Archipelago (, "Eyālet-i Cezāyir-i Baḥr-i Sefīd", "Eyalet of the Islands of the White Sea") was a first-level province (eyalet) of the Ottoman Empire. From its inception until the Tanzimat reforms of the mid-19th century, it was under the personal control of the Kapudan Pasha, the commander-in-chief of the Ottoman Navy. During the early period of the Ottoman Empire, the commander of the Ottoman fleet (the "Derya Begi", "Bey of the Sea") also held the governorship of the "sanjak" of Gallipoli, which was the principal Ottoman naval base until the construction of