List of fleets

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Contents 1 Chinese fleets 2 French fleets 3 German fleets 4 Indian fleets 5 Japanese fleets 6 Russian or Soviet fleets 6.1 Active fleets 6.2 Inactive fleets, Soviet and Russian 7 United Kingdom fleets & squadrons 7.1 World War I 7.2 World War II 8 United States fleets 8.1 Naval commands 8.2 Modern US Navy fleets 8.3 Inactive 9 Other fleets 10 Informal fleet names

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[edit] Chinese fleets

• Beiyang Fleet
• Nanyang Fleet
• East Sea Fleet
• North Sea Fleet
• South Sea Fleet

[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

[edit] Indian fleets

• Eastern Fleet
• Western Fleet
• Southern Fleet
• Far Eastern Fleet

[edit] Japanese fleets

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[edit] Russian or Soviet fleets

[edit] Active fleets

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

[edit] Inactive fleets, Soviet and Russian

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

[edit] United Kingdom fleets & squadrons

[edit] World War I

• British Grand Fleet
• Harwich Flotilla
• British Mediterranean Fleet
• North America and West Indies Squadron
• East Indies Squadron
• China Squadron
• Australian Squadron

[edit] World War II

• British Home Fleet
• British Mediterranean Fleet
• British Eastern Fleet
• British Pacific Fleet

[edit] United States fleets

[edit] Naval commands

• US Atlantic Fleet
  • United States Fleet Forces Command
• US Pacific Fleet
• US Asiatic Fleet

[edit] Modern US Navy fleets

They are numbered odd in the Pacific or West, and even in the Atlantic or East:

• United States Second Fleet (HQ Norfolk, Virginia) - North Atlantic
• 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

[edit] Inactive

• United States First Fleet
• United States Tenth Fleet - a shore-bound anti-submarine coordinating center
• Great White Fleet - nickname for the US Atlantic Fleet sent around the world by President Theodore Roosevelt in 1908

[edit] Other fleets

• Combined Fleet, the main combatant component of the Imperial Japanese Navy during World War II.
• Portuguese 1807 Fleet

[edit] Informal fleet names

• Spanish Armada - name used in England to describe the fleet assembled by Phillip II of Spain for the invasion of England.