List of fleets
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[edit] Navies (or national fleets)
- British Royal Navy
- Canadian Forces Maritime Command
- French Marine Nationale
- Royal Australian Navy
- Royal Danish Navy
- Royal Dutch Navy
- Royal Norwegian Navy
- Royal Swedish Navy
- US Navy
[edit] British 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
[edit] German fleets
[edit] Russian or Soviet fleets
- Baltic Fleet
- Black Sea Fleet
- Soviet Red Banner Northern Fleet
- Russian Northern Fleet
- Pacific Ocean Fleet (Russia)
- Caspian Flotilla
- Arctic Sea Flotilla
- Amur Military Flotilla
[edit] United States fleets
Modern 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)
- United States Third Fleet (HQ San Diego, California)
- United States Fifth Fleet (HQ Manama, Bahrain)
- United States Sixth Fleet (HQ Gaeta, Italy)
- United States Seventh Fleet (HQ Yokosuka, Japan)
Inactive
- United States First Fleet
- US 10th Fleet - a shore-bound anti-submarine coordinating center
- See also United States Navy reserve fleets
[edit] French Fleets
- French Atlantic Fleet (HQBrest)
- French Mediterranian Fleet (HQToulon)
- French American Squadron (HQMartinique)
- French Indian Ocean Sqadron (HQReunion)
- French Pacific Fleet (HQPapeete)
- French Chanal Squadron (HQBrest)
[edit] Other fleets
[edit] Informal fleet names
- Great White Fleet - nickname for the US Atlantic Fleet sent around the world by Theodore Roosevelt in 1908
- Spanish Armada - name used in England to describe the fleet assembled by Phillip II of Spain for the invasion of England.
