The aim is to future-proof two fleets of military helicopters - the Merlins and Apaches.
Only the leading squadrons of the two fleets engaged in moderate fighting in the late afternoon.
The two fleets joined up near Hakata Bay, again the main point of attack, on Aug. 12, 1281.
"But in these two fleets serve brothers — brothers in faith, heirs of the Holy Equal-to-the Apostles Prince Vladimir.
A recreation of the famous battle took place, but for fear of offending its French and Spanish losers, the two fleets were described coyly as "Red" and "Blue".
Two fleets of fishing boats were supposed to be laying out boom, the long floating barriers to corral oil and protect the fragile marshes of Barataria Bay.
"Our forces come from two fleets — the North Sea Fleet and the South Sea Fleet — and include seven ships, three helicopters and one special warfare unit".
"As a result of historical events about which we know and remember, it turned out that there are two fleets here, and not one," he said.
Still far inferior to the British navy, the French fleet needed the help of the Spanish, and even then the two fleets together could not hope to defeat more than one of the British squadrons.
A combination of both planning and chance resulted in the two fleets converging at the Battle of Jutland (May 31 June 1 , 1916, the only major fleet action of World War I.
In October, Rio Tinto rolled out two fleets of fully automated driverless trucks at iron ore mines in Western Australia, in what it claimed to be a world first.
