flotilla

noun3

1. •
   A small fleet of warships (usually of the same class), or a fleet of small ships.

   • Toward the horizon a flotilla of fishing-boats showed immutable, pink-lacquered by the evening sun. — 1919
2. •
   A small group of things or people

   • After a few moments Chloe saw Rosamund walking towards them with a small flotilla of shopping bags. — 2009
3. •
   A spaceship made of one or more central mutually stabilizing overweight spaceships flanked by lightweight, middleweight, or heavyweight spaceships that prevent the formation of destructive eggs.

   • For rule R(2222) a flotilla of six gliders traveling eastwards is generated. — 2005