Meanings of convoy a fleet in English

We were there directed to convoy a fleet of merchantmen round to Calcutta.

The ALBEMARLE was under orders to convoy a fleet of transports to New York.

We soon sailed to convoy a fleet of transports destined to attack Saint Juan de Nicaragua.

So with a crew half-trained and half-disaffected, the "Trumbull" set out to convoy a fleet of merchantmen through waters frequented by British men-of-war.

We were one of a group of American destroyers convoying a fleet of inbound British merchant steamers.

A squadron of French line-of-battle ships, convoying a fleet of transports, were prepared for an expedition to the East Indies.