A fleet, or naval fleet, is a large formation of warships, and the largest formation in any navy. A military organization is a way of structuring the armed forces of a State as a need to offer Military capability required by the National defence policy A warship is a Ship that is built and primarily intended for Combat. A military organization is a way of structuring the armed forces of a State as a need to offer Military capability required by the National defence policy A fleet at sea is the direct equivalent of an army on land. This article is about the body of water For other uses see SEA and Seas. An army (from Latin Armata "act of arming" via Old French armée) in the broadest sense is the land-based Armed forces A LAND attack is a DoS (Denial of Service attack that consists of sending a special poison spoofed packet to a computer causing it to lock up

Fleets are usually, but not necessarily, permanent formations and are generally assigned to a particular ocean or sea. An ocean (from Greek, ''Okeanos'' (Oceanus) is a major body of saline water, and a principal component of the Hydrosphere. This article is about the body of water For other uses see SEA and Seas. Most fleets are named after that ocean or sea, but the convention in the United States Navy is to use numbers.

A fleet is normally commanded by an Admiral, who is often also a commander in chief, but many fleets have been or are commanded by Vice Admirals or even Rear Admirals. Admiral is the rank, or part of the name of the ranks of the highest Naval officers A commander-in-chief is the Commander of a nation's Military forces or significant element of those forces Vice Admiral is a naval rank equivalent to Lieutenant General in seniority Rear admiral is a Naval Commissioned officer rank above that of a Commodore and Captain, and below that of a Vice Admiral. Most fleets are divided into several squadrons, each under a subordinate admiral. A squadron, or naval squadron is a Unit of 3-4 major Warships, Transport ships Submarines or sometimes small craft that may be part of a larger Those squadrons in turn are often divided into divisions. In the age of sail, fleets were divided into van, centre and rear squadrons, named after each squadron’s place in the line of battle. The Age of Sail was the period in which International trade and Naval warfare were dominated by Sailing Ships lasting from the 16th to the mid In Naval warfare, the line of battle is a tactic in which the ships of the fleet form a line end-to-end In more modern times, the squadrons are typically composed of homogeneous groups of the same class of warship, such as battleships or cruisers. A warship is a Ship that is built and primarily intended for Combat. A battleship is a large heavily armored Warship with a main battery consisting of the largest Calibre of Guns Battleships were A cruiser is a large type of Warship, which had its prime period from the late 19th century to the end of the Cold War.

Since many smaller navies only contain a single fleet, the term the fleet is often synonymous with the navy.

Multinational fleets are not uncommon in naval history. For example, several nations made up the Holy League fleet at the Battle of Lepanto in 1571. The Holy League of 1571 was arranged by Pope Pius V and included almost all the major Catholic maritime states in the Mediterranean. This is the Order of battle during the Battle of Lepanto on 7 October 1571 in which the Holy League deployed 6 galleasses and 206 The Battle of Lepanto ( Greek: Ναύπακτος Naupaktos, pron In modern times, NATO has formed standing combined fleets and operations from several national navies such as Operation Active Endeavour. The North Atlantic Treaty Operation Active Endeavour is a naval operation of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization.

See list of fleets for individual fleets. Chinese Fleets Beiyang Fleet Nanyang Fleet East Sea Fleet North Sea Fleet South

The modern fleet

A rare occurrence of a 5-country multinational fleet, during Operation Enduring Freedom in the Oman Sea. Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF is the official name used by the U In four descending columns, from left to right: ITS Maestrale (F 570), FS De Grasse (D 612); USS John C. Stennis (CVN 74), FS Charles De Gaulle (R 91), FS Surcouf (F 711); USS Port Royal (CG-73), HMS Ocean (L 12), USS John F. Kennedy (CV 67), HNLMS Van Amstel (F 831); and ITS Luigi Durand de la Penne (D 560). Design These ships were built with the experience and the technology already developed for the previous ''Lupo'' class, the most successful warship design built by the Mission and capabilities The mission of Stennis and her embarked Air Wing ( CVW-9) is to conduct sustained combat air operations while forward deployed in the Development Construction The carrier replaced ''Foch'', a conventionally-powered aircraft carrier in 2001 Photographs Characteristics Reference Commissioning Ceremony Crew Book USS Port Royal Association Savannah July 9 1994 History An invitation to tender for a new Helicopter carrier was issued in February 1992 Ship history 1970s Kennedy' s maiden voyage and several of her subsequent voyages were on deployments to the Mediterranean during much of the Origins This class is named after a famous naval diver who served in the Regia Marina during World War II Luigi Durand de la Penne.

Modern fleets combine surface warships, submarines, support ships and ship-based aircraft to conduct naval operations at sea. A submarine is a Watercraft that can operate independently below water as distinct from a Submersible that has only limited underwater capability Generally understood to be the blue water, or oceanic, green water or littoral versus the brown water or coastal/riverine forces. Maritime geography is often discussed in terms of four loosely-defined regions Riverine, brown water, green water, and blue water. Maritime geography is often discussed in terms of four loosely-defined regions Riverine, brown water, green water, and blue water. Littoral refers to the coast of an ocean or sea or to the banks of a river lake or estuary Maritime geography is often discussed in terms of four loosely-defined regions Riverine, brown water, green water, and blue water. The fleets of larger navies are usually divided into smaller numbered or named fleets based on geographic operating areas or on administrative groupings of same type ships.

Modern fleets are usually administrative units. Typically individual task forces are formed to conduct specific operations. For the computer game see Joint Task Force (computer game. A task force (TF is a temporary unit or formation established to work