# List of fleets

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

## Australian fleet

* Fleet Command (Australia)

## 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

## 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