Fleet & Admiralty (Mrs. Dalloway)

"Messages were passing from the Fleet to the Admiralty." (7)

The Admiralty used to be the ones responsible for the "Royal Navy" of the United kingdom. (The Royal Navy is the oldest of all of the armed forces.) In military terms, a fleet is the largest formation of an Navy organization and usually consists of a large number of warships. Woolf quickly makes a reference to the Navy in Mrs. Dalloway because the books setting is right around the time of World War I. This war had an effect on everyone who was alive during the time it took place and for many years after.