Historic seagoing member with a feminine name (6)
I believe the answer is:
armada
'historic seagoing' is the definition.
I can't judge whether this defines the answer.
'member with a feminine name' is the wordplay.
'member' becomes 'arm' (arm is a kind of member).
'with' says to put letters next to each other.
'a feminine name' becomes 'ada' (I am not sure about the 'feminine' bit.**).
'arm'+'ada'='ARMADA'
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for armada that I've seen before include "Fleet of armed ships" , "group of ships" , "Many ships" , "A great fleet - Spain had one" , "force of the sea" .)