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

• 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

Indian fleets

• Eastern Fleet
• Western Fleet
• Southern Fleet

Indonesian fleets

• Western Fleet Command (HQ Tanjung Priok)
• Eastern Fleet Command (HQ Surabaya)

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.

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 & squadrons

Pre World War I

• Atlantic Fleet – Atlantic Ocean, English Channel
• Baltic Fleet, Baltic Sea
• Cape of Good Hope Station – South Atlantic
• Channel Fleet – English Channel
• Downs Station – Southern, North Sea
• East Indies and China Squadron
• Irish Fleet Irish Sea
• Jamaica Station – Caribbean Sea
• Leeward Islands Station – Caribbean Sea
• Lisbon Station – Coast of Portugal and Spain, Atlantic Ocean
• Newfoundland Station – North Atlantic
• North Sea Fleet – North Sea
• Reserve Fleet
• South East Coast of America Squadron – South East Atlantic
• Pacific Station (Valparaíso Chile) – South East Pacific

World War I

• Atlantic Fleet
• Battle Cruiser Fleet – North Sea
• East Indies Squadron – Indian Ocean
• First Fleet
• Grand Fleet (HQ Scapa Flow, Orkney, Scotland) – North Sea
• Mediterranean Fleet (HQ Malta) – Mediterranean Sea
• Second Fleet
• Third Fleet
• Harwich Force
• North America and West Indies Station (HQ Halifax, Canada then Bermuda) – North Atlantic
• Reserve Fleet
• Commander-in-Chief, South Atlantic

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 Fleet, (HQ Trincomalee, Ceylon) – Indian Ocean
• East Indies and China Squadron – Indian Ocean, East China Sea, South China Sea
• New Zealand Division of the Royal Navy, South East Pacific
• Reserve Fleet
• South Atlantic Station, South Atlantic

Post World War II

• East Indies Fleet (HQ Trincomalee, Ceylon) – Indian Ocean
• Far East Fleet (HQ Singapore)
• Reserve Fleet
• South America and South Atlantic Squadron
• Western Fleet (HQ Northwood, England)
• 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

See also: United States Navy reserve 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) – Homeland Defense and North Atlantic Ocean
• 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.

Aka the 'beast from the sea'; 7 fleets and 10 horns (nimitz class aircraft carriers).

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