Mediterranean Fleet Puns

how is this fleet maintenance even possible? i have the 183 galleys in the pic as well as 51 early frigates and ~25 light ships. I also have a modifier for "Mediterranean dominance", but that's only -15%. does anyone know what's going on?

[December 19th 1941] 6 Italians riding 3 manned torpedos managed to get inside Alexandria's harbour and heavily damage two British battleships (HMS Queen Elizabeth and HMS Valiant), one destroyer (HMS Jervis) and one tanker (Sagona). In one night the Mediterranean Fleet lost all its battleships reddit.com/gallery/rjwkd3

'Fighter Pilots Having a Chat', a postcard of 'Be Proud to Serve in the Northern Fleet' series taken aboard aircraft cruiser Kiev somewhere off Italy during her Mediterranean patrol mission, 1987

The modest Mecklenburg Mediterranean fleet of 2 sloops...Got intercepted by a 122 gun 1st rate and 2 merchantmen...Poor Spaniards must not of known the 2 sloops they had run into were named Johnston and Samual B Robert's.The sloops that fought like ships of the line #Nohigherhonor

NATO exercise Brilliant Mariner 2017 fleet in the Mediterranean, gathering 9 French ships (including LHD Mistral), 3 Spanish (including LHD Juan Carlos), 2 British, 2 Danish, 2 Turkish, 1 Greek, 1 Canadian, 1 Italian, 1 German, 1 Portuguese, 1 Norwegian and 1 Dutch. [1893×738]

The battleship HMS Warspite on her way to join the Mediterranean Fleet after her reconstruction, January 1938 [788 x 1057]

Russia's Syria campaign: ВМФ Project 775 RussianNavy ЧФ Black Sea Fleet 197th Landing Ship Brigade’s Ropucha class LSTM (tank & APC carrying landing ship) Tsezar Kunikov 158 transited Bosphorus towards Mediterranean en route to Tartus twitter.com/YorukIsik/sta…

The Charles de Gaulle, accompagnied by the Horizon-class air defense frigate Chevalier Paul, the Georges Leygues-class ASW frigate Montcalm, the Durance-class fleet tanker Meuse and the Mistral-class LHDs Mistral and Tonnerre, deployed in the Mediterranean for the exercise CATAMARAN 2014 [2835×1886]

TIL that the British navy used to have a fleet of boats that could reach the Mediterranean, but they decided to stop in order to avoid having to use heavy equipment. history.com/news/bbc/futu…

8 Oct 1940: British Mediterranean Fleet departed Alexandria, Egypt to escort a supply convoy to Malta. ww2db.com/battle_spec.php…

The Royal Navy at Gibraltar, 1938. Including elements of the Mediterranean Fleet (light grey) and the Home Fleet (dark grey). [5495 × 1214]

USS Worcester (CL-144) Underway in the Mediterranean with the Sixth Fleet, June 1950. NHHC NH 91832. [5852x4750]

On this evening 80 years ago, 21 Swordfish aircraft flying from HMS Illustrious struck the Italian fleet at Taranto, shifting the balance of power in the Mediterranean & changing naval warfare forever [1200x719]

The battleship HMS King George V served throughout the war. In 1941 she helped sink the German battleship Bismarck, served in the Aegean Sea and the Mediterranean Theaters, served with the British Pacific Fleet during the Okinawa Campaign, and was anchored in Tokyo Bay for the Japanese surrender.

[1395x854] USS Salem, CA-139, of the Des Moines-class Heavy Cruisers, sailing in the Mediterranean Sea as Flagship of the 6th Fleet, 1954. US Cruisers didn't get much better than this.

Germany's Sea-Eye adds fourth migrant rescue ship to fleet - 'The NGO is launching an additional vessel amid a spike in the number of migrants trying to cross the Mediterranean Sea. Some 900 people have drowned making the treacherous journey from North Africa to Europe' dw.com/en/germanys-sea-ey…

[7891 x 6211] The Mediterranean Fleet at anchor, c. 1864-7

Ships of the allied Mediterranean fleet on patrol in either 1940 or 1941. [2486 × 1476]

the entire UOB fleet is trapped in the mediterranean 🦀🦀🦀

[2048 x 1280] Cressy Class Armoured Cruiser HMS Aboukir seen while serving with the Mediterranean fleet in 1909. Part of the infamous "live bait squadron" she was lost with her sisters Cressy and Hogue Sept 22nd 1914.

[966x624] The Biggest Light Cruiser in Naval History USS Worcester (CL-44) anchored in Venice, Italy in 1951. During her early years, Worcester served with the 6th Fleet in the Mediterranean. This allowed her to travel throughout the region, conducting visits to numerous ports in various countries.

Germany's Sea-Eye adds fourth migrant rescue ship to fleet - 'The NGO is launching an additional vessel amid a spike in the number of migrants trying to cross the Mediterranean Sea. Some 900 people have drowned making the treacherous journey from North Africa to Europe.' dw.com/en/germanys-sea-ey…

Admiral A. Cunningham (born 7 January 1883), concidered the best naval officer the Royal Navy has seen since Admiral Nelson, was a naval genius and dominated the battle of Mediterranean, conducting an aggressive policy against the Italian Fleet, with victories at Calabria, Taranto and Cape Matapan.

🇷🇺🇹🇷 This morning (08: 00 Moscow time), the Russian Black Sea Fleet minesweeper project 12700 "IVAN ANTONOV 601" transited through Istanbul in the direction of the Mediterranean Sea.‌‌ reddit.com/gallery/ldw58w

NGO: Italy Steps up Criminalisation of the Civil Fleet as Dozens Die at the Mediterranean Sea ecre.org/med-italy-steps-…

(744 x 625) December 10, 1991: Admiral Flota Sovetskogo Soyuza Kuznetsov seen in the Mediterranean Sea en route to join the Northern Fleet. A U.S. Navy P-3C Orion is seen passing low off the starboard bow

July 29, 1974, A Egyptian MiG-21 escorts a He-111 over Giza to bomb a British fleet in the Mediterranean.

Battleships Resolution, Barham, Queen Elizabeth, Royal Oak, Nelson and Rodney, during the combined annual manoeuvres of the Home and Mediterranean Fleets, March 1937 [1249 x 513]

TDIH: December 24, 1500, A joint Venetian–Spanish fleet captures the Castle of St. George on the island of Cephalonia. Illustration: A map of the Mediterranean Sea, print 1785.

The Mediterranean Fleet moving back to the U.S

Royal Navy convoy from Alexandria To Malta meets and engages Italian Warships in the Mediterranean, 22 March 1942. HMS Cleopatra throws out smoke to shield the convoy as HMS Euryalus elevates her forward 5.25 inch guns to shell the Italian Fleet. [3306 x 2480]

[3306x2480] Royal Navy Convoy From Alexandria To Malta Meets and Engages Italian Warships in the Mediterranean, 22 March 1942. HMS CLEOPATRA throws out smoke to shield the convoy as HMS EURYALUS elevates her forward 5.25-inch guns to shell the Italian Fleet

NATO Dynamic Mariner exercises fleet in the western Mediterranean east of Toulon [3000*1913]

After a three-word standoff, German tanks are storming port of Toulon, on Hitler's orders, trying to capture French Mediterranean fleet & use warships against Allies.

German panzers have surrounded the port of Toulon, home to France's Mediterranean fleet. Germans are threatening to attack & seize the warships if French Navy tries to sail to North Africa to join Allied-aligned French there.

The Battle of Lagos by Thomas Luny. The British Royal Navy Defeat the French Mediterranean Fleet at the Battle of Lagos, August 1759.

TIL British Admiral Horatio Nelson, commander-in-chief of the British fleet in the Mediterranean in 1804, then the largest naval force in existence suffered from seasickness ever since he joined the navy at the age of 12. reuters.com/article/us-br…

[1300 x 953]HMS Bermuda entering Grand Harbor with Royal Marine Guard and Band on deck, after completion of the Mediterranean Fleet's first Summer Cruise, Aug 1953. imgur.com/ROmQ4jB

HMS Queen Elizabeth serving in the Mediterranean Fleet, 1934.[1023 × 640]

'Fighter Pilots Having a Chat', a postcard of 'Be Proud to Serve in the Northern Fleet' taken aboard aircraft cruiser Kiev somewhere off Italy during her Mediterranean patrol mission, 1987