According to CNN affiliate CTV, Vancouver has one of the largest floatplane flotillas in the world.

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As flotillas go, there was little that would have worried the Spanish armada.

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If a vessel attached to one of the three main flotillas believes that pirates have hostages under their control, it is under orders not to launch an attack.

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And to make the new ships usable, Russia will need to buy or build flotillas of escort vessels, as well as advanced (and expensive) weapons and electronic systems.

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During this period Hendricks Sr. took the African Queen around the world, gracing flotillas that marked the 50th anniversary of the battle of Dunkirk in the English Channel and the Queen Mother's 90th birthday on the River Thames.

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