Full name: A Fleet in Being: Notes of Two Trips With The Channel Squadron

Author: Rudyard Kipling Year: 1914 Rank: Rating: Original Rating: Pop Rating: Genres/categories: Purchase/reserch links: ManyBooks Goodreads

In naval warfare, a "fleet in being" is a naval force that extends a controlling influence without ever leaving port. Were the fleet to leave port and face the enemy, it might lose in battle and no longer influence the enemy's actions, but while it remains safely in port, the enemy is forced to continually deploy forces to guard against it. A "fleet in being" can be part of a sea denial doctrine, but not one of sea control.