List of fleets
The following is the list of fleets of the navies from around the world.
Australian fleet
- Flag Officer Commanding Australian Fleet (1949–1988)
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
- Chinese treasure fleet – historic
- Beiyang Fleet – historic
- Nanyang Fleet – historic
- East Sea Fleet
- North Sea Fleet
- South Sea Fleet
French fleets
German fleets
- High Seas Fleet – historic
Indian fleets
Naval Commands
Fleets
Indonesian fleets
Japanese fleets
Pre World War I
- Combined Fleet (聯合艦隊 Rengō Kantai?)
- 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
- 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)
Spanish fleets
Spanish Empire
- 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)
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
- Unites States Ninth Fleet
- Unites 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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