List of fleets
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[edit] Canadian fleets
- Canadian Fleet Atlantic (HQ Halifax, Nova Scotia)
- Canadian Fleet Pacific (HQ Esquimalt, British Columbia)
[edit] Chinese fleets
- Beiyang Fleet - historic
- Nanyang Fleet - historic
- East Sea Fleet
- North Sea Fleet
- South Sea Fleet
[edit] Dutch fleets
[edit] 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)
[edit] German fleets
- High Seas Fleet - historic
[edit] Indian fleets
- Eastern Fleet
- Western Fleet
- Southern Fleet
- Far Eastern Fleet
[edit] Japanese fleets
- Combined Fleet, the main combatant component of the Imperial Japanese Navy during World War II.
[edit] Russian or Soviet fleets
[edit] Active fleets
[edit] Inactive fleets, Soviet and Russian
[edit] United Kingdom fleets & squadrons
[edit] Pre World War I
- Channel Fleet
- West Africa Squadron (HQ Freetown, Sierra Leone).- Atlantic Ocean
- Atlantic Fleet- Atlantic Ocean, English Channel
- Pacific Squadron. ( Valparaíso Chile.)-South East Pacific
- East Indies and China Squadron.
- Cape of Good Hope Squadron.- South Atlantic
[edit] World War I
- British Grand Fleet (HQ Scapa Flow, Orkney, Scotland).- North Sea
- Harwich Flotilla
- British Mediterranean Fleet (HQ Malta).-Mediterranean Sea
- North America and West Indies Squadron (HQ Halifax, Canada then Bermuda).- North Atlantic
- East Indies Squadron.-Indian Ocean
- China Squadron (HQ Singapore).- South China Sea, Western Pacific
- Australian Squadron (HQ Sydney). South West Pacific
[edit] 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
- New Zealand Squadron.
- South Atlantic Squadron.
[edit] Post World War II
- Western Fleet (HQ Northwood, England).-Mediterranean Sea
[edit] United States fleets
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- United States Fleet Forces Command (formerly Atlantic Fleet)
- United States Naval Forces Central Command
- United States Naval Forces Europe
- United States Pacific Fleet
- US Asiatic Fleet - historic
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They are numbered odd in the Pacific or West, and even in the Atlantic or East:
- 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 Gaeta, 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.
[edit] Inactive
- United States First Fleet
- United States Second Fleet
- Great White Fleet - nickname for the US Atlantic Fleet sent around the world by President Theodore Roosevelt in 1908
See also: United States Navy reserve fleets
[edit] Other fleets
[edit] Informal fleet names
- Spanish Armada - name used in England to describe the fleet assembled by Philip II of Spain for the invasion of England.
