List of fleets

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The following is a list of fleets of navies from around the world.

Australian fleet

• Fleet Command (Australia)^[1]

Canadian fleets

• Commander, Canadian Fleet Atlantic (Maritime Forces Atlantic) (HQ Halifax, Nova Scotia)
• Commander, Canadian Fleet Pacific (Maritime Forces Pacific) (HQ Esquimalt, British Columbia)

Chinese fleets

Historic

• Chinese treasure fleet
• Beiyang Fleet
• Nanyang Fleet

Modern People's Liberation Army Navy fleets

• East Sea Fleet
• North Sea Fleet
• South Sea Fleet

Colombian fleets

Oceanic Fleets

• Naval Force of the Caribbean (HQ, Cartagena)
• Naval Force of the Pacific (HQ, Bahía Málaga near Buenaventura)

Riverine Flotillas

• Naval Force of the Orinoco (HQ, Puerto Carreño), Colombian part of the Orinoco and its tributaries.
• Naval Force South (HQ, Puerto Leguízamo), Colombian part of the Amazon and its tributaries, mainly the Caquetá and Guainía

German fleets

• High Seas Fleet – historic

Indian fleets

Naval Commands

• Western Naval Command
• Eastern Naval Command
• Southern Naval Command

Fleets

• Western Fleet
• Eastern Fleet

Indonesian fleets

• 1st Fleet Command (HQ Jakarta)
• 2nd Fleet Command (HQ Surabaya)
• 3rd Fleet Command (HQ Sorong)

Iranian fleets

• Northern Fleet (Iran)
• Southern Fleet (Iran)

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?)
  • 1st Fleet
  • 2nd Fleet
  • 3rd Fleet

World War II

• Combined Fleet, the main combatant component of the Imperial Japanese Navy during World War II.
  • 1st Fleet (HQ Hashira-jima, Yamaguchi)
  • 2nd Fleet
  • 3rd Fleet (HQ Babeldaob, Palau)
  • 4th Fleet (HQ Truk, Micronesia)
  • 5th Fleet
  • 6th Fleet (HQ Kwajalein, Marshall Islands)
  • Southern Expeditionary Fleet
• 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.

North Korean fleets

• East Coast Fleet headquartered at Toejo
• West Coast Fleet headquartered at Nampo

Portuguese fleets

• Portuguese 1807 Fleet
• Portuguese Navy

Russian or Soviet fleets

Active fleets

• Baltic Fleet
• Black Sea Fleet
• Caspian Flotilla
• Russian Northern Fleet
• Pacific Ocean Fleet (Russia)

Inactive fleets, Soviet and Russian

• Amur Military Flotilla
• Arctic Sea Flotilla
• Soviet Red Banner Northern Fleet

South Korean fleets

• Republic of Korea First Fleet (Headquarters Donghae) – East Sea
• Republic of Korea Second Fleet (Headquarters Pyeongtaek) – Yellow Sea
• Republic of Korea Third Fleet (Headquarters Mokpo) – South Sea
• Submarine Force (HQ Jinhae, Jeju)
• Component Flotilla FIVE (Headquarters Jinhae)
• Mobile Flotilla SEVEN (Headquarters Jeju)
  • Mobile Squadron SEVEN ONE
  • Mobile Squadron SEVEN TWO
• Fleet Combat Training Group EIGHT (Headquarters Jinhae)

Saudi Arabian fleets

• Eastern Fleet (Saudi Arabia)
• Western Fleet (Saudi Arabia)

Spanish fleets

Spanish

• Spanish treasure fleet (HQ Seville)
• Manila galleon (HQ Manila)
• New Spain fleet (HQ Havana)
• Royal Galley Fleet (HQ Cartagena and Naples)

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)

Swedish fleets

• Coastal Fleet

Turkish fleets

• Turkish Fleet Command
• Northern Sea Area Command, İstanbul
  • Istanbul Strait Command, Anadolukavağı, İstanbul
  • Çanakkale Strait Command, Nara, Çanakkale
  • Black Sea Area Command, Karadeniz Ereğli, Zonguldak
  • Underwater Search and Rescue Group Command, Beykoz, İstanbul
  • Rescue Group Command
  • Underwater Defence Group Command
  • Naval Hydrography and Oceanography Division Command, Çubuklu, İstanbul
  • Bartın Naval Base Command, Bartın
  • Naval Museum Command, Beşiktaş, İstanbul
  • Istanbul Naval Shipyard Command, Pendik
• Southern Sea Area Command, İzmir
  • Amphibious Task Group Command, Foça, İzmir
  • Amphibious Marine Brigade Command, Foça, İzmir
  • Amphibious Ships Command, Foça, İzmir
  • Aksaz Naval Base Command, Aksaz Naval Base, Marmaris
  • Mediterranean Area Command, Mersin
  • İskenderun Naval Base Command, İskenderun, Hatay
  • Aegean Sea Area Command, İzmir
  • Foça Naval Base Command, Foça, İzmir
  • Maintenance, Repair and Engineering Command, İzmir

United Kingdom fleets

Pre World War I

• Atlantic Fleet – Atlantic Ocean, English Channel
• Baltic Fleet, Baltic Sea
• Channel Fleet – English Channel
• Downs Station – Southern, North Sea
• Irish Fleet Irish Sea
• North Sea Fleet – North Sea
• Reserve Fleet

World War I

• Battle Cruiser Fleet – North Sea
• First Fleet
• Grand Fleet (HQ Scapa Flow, Orkney, Scotland) – North Sea
• Mediterranean Fleet (HQ Malta) – Mediterranean Sea
• Second Fleet
• Third Fleet
• Reserve Fleet

World War II

• Home Fleet (HQ Scapa Flow, Orkney, Scotland) – North Sea
• Mediterranean Fleet (HQ Alexandria, Egypt) – Mediterranean Sea
• Eastern Fleet (HQ Trincomalee, Ceylon) – Indian Ocean
• British Pacific Fleet (HQ Sydney, Australia) – South West Pacific
• East Indies Fleet, (HQ Trincomalee, Ceylon) – Indian Ocean
• Reserve Fleet

Post World War II

• East Indies Fleet (HQ Trincomalee, Ceylon) – Indian Ocean
• Far East Fleet (HQ Singapore) (to 1971)
• Reserve Fleet
• western Fleet (HQ Northwood, England) (1967–71)
• Commander-in-Chief Fleet (1971–2002)

After 2002 a four-star commander-in-chief ceased to be appointed and the responsibilities of the post were transferred to the three-star Fleet Commander.

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 Second Fleet (HQ Norfolk, Virginia) – North Atlantic Ocean, Arctic Ocean, & Homeland Defense.
• 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, including Mediterranean Sea & Black Sea.
• 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 Eighth Fleet
• United States Ninth Fleet
• United States Eleventh 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

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