Possible Clues:

• Bunch of ships
• Passel of vessels
• Fast moving
• “At the present moment, the whole ____’s lit up. When I say ‘lit up’ I mean lit up by fairy lamps” (Lieutenant-Commander Thomas Woodrooffe, in a notorious radio broadcast)
• Ships escape on time
• Swift escape, with little time
• Large naval force
• Quick to have bases around lake
• Battleships
• Escape introduction to Taylor Swift