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)

Historic

 * Chinese treasure fleet
 * Beiyang Fleet
 * Nanyang Fleet

Modern People's Liberation Army Navy fleets

 * East Sea Fleet
 * North Sea Fleet
 * South Sea Fleet

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

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)

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

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

 * 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

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.

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
 * 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