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

  • Western Naval Command
  • Eastern Naval Command
  • Southern Naval Command

Fleets

  • Western Fleet
  • Eastern Fleet

Indonesian fleets

  • 1st Fleet Command (HQ Tanjungpinang)
  • 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

Type commands

  • United States Fleet Forces Command (formerly Atlantic Fleet) - also Commander United States Second Fleet
  • United States Naval Forces Central Command - also Commander United States Fifth Fleet
  • United States Naval Forces Europe - Naval Forces Africa
  • United States Naval Forces Southern Command - also Commander United States Fourth Fleet
  • 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

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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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