List of fleets
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The following is the list of fleets of the navies from around the world.
Australian fleet
Canadian fleets
- Canadian Maritime Forces Atlantic (The Royal Canadian Navy's Atlantic Fleet) (HQ Halifax, Nova Scotia)
- Canadian Maritime Forces Pacific (The Royal Canadian Navy's Pacific Fleet) (HQ Esquimalt, British Columbia)
Chinese fleets
- Chinese treasure fleet – historic
- Beiyang Fleet – historic
- Nanyang Fleet – historic
- East Sea Fleet
- North Sea Fleet
- South Sea Fleet
Dutch fleets
French fleets
- French Atlantic Fleet (HQ Brest)
- French Mediterranean Fleet (HQ Toulon)
- French American Squadron (HQ Martinique)
- French Indian Ocean Squadron (HQ Réunion)
- French Pacific Fleet (HQ Papeete)
- French Channel Squadron (HQ Brest)
German fleets
- High Seas Fleet – historic
- Fleet of the German Navy see here
Indian fleets
Indonesian fleets
Japanese fleets
Pre World War I
- Combined Fleet (聯合艦隊 Rengō Kantai?)
- 1st Fleet (HQ Hashira-jima, Yamaguchi)
- 2nd Fleet
- 3rd Fleet (HQ Babeldaob, Palau)
- 4th Fleet (HQ Truk, Micronesia)
- Eastern Fleet (東部艦隊 Tōbu-Kantai?)
- Guard Fleet (警備艦隊 Keibi Kantai?)
- Medium Fleet (中艦隊 Chū-Kantai?)
- Northern Expeditionary Fleet (北伐艦隊 Hokubatsu Kantai?)
- Small Fleet (小艦隊 Shō-Kantai?)
- Western Fleet (西部艦隊 Seibu-Kantai?)
World War I
- Combined Fleet (聯合艦隊 Rengō Kantai?)
World War II
- Combined Fleet, the main combatant component of the Imperial Japanese Navy during World War II.
- 10th Area Fleet
- Central Pacific Area Fleet
- China Area Fleet, tasked with guarding the Chinese coastal area, had the same organizational level as the Combined Fleet
- Northeast Area Fleet
- Southeast Area Fleet
Modern Day
- Self Defense Fleet, the main combatant component of the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force.
Portuguese fleets
Russian or Soviet fleets
Active fleets
Inactive fleets, Soviet and Russian
Spanish fleets
Spanish Empire
- Spanish treasure fleet (HQ Seville)
- Manila galleon (HQ Manila)
- New Spain fleet (HQ Havana)
Modern Day
- La Flota (The Fleet), the main combatant component of the Spanish Navy (HQ Rota)
- Canary Islands squadron (HQ Las Palmas)
- Submarine flotilla (HQ Cartagena)
United Kingdom fleets & squadrons
Pre World War I
- Atlantic Fleet – Atlantic Ocean, English Channel
- Cape of Good Hope Squadron – South Atlantic
- Channel Fleet - English Channel
- Downs Fleet - Southern, North Sea
- East Indies and China Squadron
- Jamaica Squadron - Caribbean Sea
- Leeward Islands Squadron - Caribbean Sea
- Lisbon Squadron - Coast of Portugal and Spain, Atlantic Ocean
- Newfoundland Squadron - North Atlantic
- North Sea Fleet - North Sea
- Reserve Fleet
- West Africa Squadron (HQ Freetown, Sierra Leone) – Atlantic Ocean
- South East Coast of America Squadron – South East Atlantic
- Pacific Squadron (Valparaíso Chile) – South East Pacific
World War I
- Australian Squadron (HQ Sydney) – South West Pacific
- British Atlantic Fleet
- British First Fleet
- British Grand Fleet (HQ Scapa Flow, Orkney, Scotland) – North Sea
- British Mediterranean Fleet (HQ Malta) – Mediterranean Sea
- British Second Fleet
- British Third Fleet
- China Squadron (HQ Singapore) – South China Sea, Western Pacific
- East Indies Squadron – Indian Ocean
- Harwich Flotilla
- North America and West Indies Squadron (HQ Halifax, Canada then Bermuda) – North Atlantic
- Reserve Fleet
- South Atlantic and Pacific Squadron
World War II
- British Home Fleet (HQ Scapa Flow, Orkney, Scotland) – North Sea
- British Mediterranean Fleet (HQ Alexandria, Egypt) – Mediterranean Sea
- British Eastern Fleet (HQ Trincomalee, Ceylon) – Indian Ocean
- British Pacific Fleet (HQ Sydney, Australia) – South West Pacific
- East Indies and China Squadron – Indian Ocean, East China Sea, South China Sea
- New Zealand Squadron, South East Pacific
- Reserve Fleet
- South Atlantic Squadron, South Atlantic
Post World War II
- Reserve Fleet
- Western Fleet (HQ Northwood, England)
- Eastern Fleet (HQ Singapore)
Modern Day
- Surface Fleet – HQ at Portsmouth, England
United States fleets
Naval commands
- United States Fleet Forces Command (formerly Atlantic Fleet)
- United States Naval Forces Central Command
- United States Naval Forces Europe - Naval Forces Africa
- United States Pacific Fleet
Modern US Navy fleets
US Navy fleets are numbered odd in the Pacific or West, and even in the Atlantic or East:
- United States Fleet Forces (HQ Norfolk, Virginia) - Homeland Defense and North Atlantic Ocean. Formerly United States Second Fleet.
- United States Third Fleet (HQ San Diego, California) – East Pacific
- United States Fourth Fleet (HQ Mayport, Florida) – South Atlantic
- United States Fifth Fleet (HQ Manama, Bahrain) – Middle East
- United States Sixth Fleet (HQ Naples, Italy) – Europe
- United States Seventh Fleet (HQ Yokosuka, Japan) – West Pacific
- United States Tenth Fleet (HQ Fort Meade, Maryland) – Reactivated as Fleet Cyber Command. Formerly anti submarine warfare coordinating organization.
Inactive and historic
- United States First Fleet
- United States Second Fleet
- United States Eighth Fleet
- United States Ninth Fleet
- United States Twelfth Fleet
- United States Asiatic Fleet – historic
- United States Navy Reserve Fleets
- Great White Fleet – nickname for the United States Atlantic Fleet sent around the world by President Theodore Roosevelt in 1908
- Great Green Fleet - nickname for the United States ships or current carrier strike group sent around the world to promote a new bio-energy sustainable fuel.
- East India Squadron
- European Squadron
- North Atlantic Fleet
- Mediterranean Squadron
- Scouting Fleet
- South Atlantic Squadron
Informal fleet names
- Spanish Armada – name used in England to describe the fleet assembled by Philip II of Spain for the invasion of England.