British home army in the First World War bridge between Tilbury and Gravesend. There were fears that a German fleet protected by mines and submarines could land a 100,000-strong force before the British Grand Fleet could steam the south from its base at Scapa Flow. To counter this threat, the Admiralty redeployed pre-dreadnought battleships and submarines closer to vulnerable ports, expanded the coastwatch and increased patrolling of the North Sea. In October, Churchill responded to Kitchener's call for the Royal Navy to take more specific precautions against invasion by insisting that the role of the Grand Fleet was to eliminate an invader's covering fleet rather than defeat the
Sea Fleet Command (Argentina) Sea Fleet Command (Argentina) The Sea Fleet Command (; COFM) is an arm of the Argentine Navy, is headquartered on Puerto Belgrano Naval Base (BNPB). The Sea Fleet is in charge of the integrated naval training, counts on marines unit () and a naval aviation unit () attached. Between April and June 1982 Argentina entered into conflict in the Falklands War with the United Kingdom. An amphibious landing force, under the command of Admiral Walter Allara, occupied the Islands within a few hours on the morning of April 2. The flagship was the destroyer ARA Santísima Trinidad (D-2), which led