Fleet

A fleet is a number of warships under a single command, specifically an organization of ships under the command of a flag officer.

TRMN Fleets

In The Royal Manticoran Navy: The Official Honor Harrington Fan Association, Inc. (TRMN), a fleet is the major regional geographical division of the club, with the world divided into Naval Districts, each with a numbered fleet. As the US has the greatest concentration of members, it is divided into multiple fleets, with each fleet covering several states. For the rest of the world, complete countries or multiple countries make up a fleet area.

Fleets may be divided into Echelon Units, including Task Forces.

Fleet Commander

Each fleet is commanded by a Fleet Commanding Officer, also known as a Fleet Commander, with a minimum rank of Rear Admiral.

The Fleet CO is assisted by a Deputy Fleet Commanding Officer and a Fleet Senior Master Chief Petty Officer. The Fleet CO may also have additional staff officers. Any fleet which operates one or more Light Attack Craft must have a COLAC.

Naval Directive 14JL-01 details the duties of fleet commanding officers. Additionally, fleet commanders are authorized to perform the following functions:

• marksmanship awards
• commissioning of pinnaces and LACs
• creation of divisions
• promotion from O-1 to O-2.

List of Numbered Fleets

Fleet Number		Nickname	Commanding Officer	Area of Operations
	First	Home Fleet	VADM Sir Michael Paquette	MD, DE, PA, MA, CT, RI, NY, NJ, NH, VT, ME, DC (includes the greater DC Metro Area), & Northern VA*
	Second	Gryphon Fleet	RADM Dame Kerry Kuhn	MN, WI, IL, IN, OH, KY, & MI
	Third	San Martino Fleet	RADM Peter Howdeshell	Southern VA*, WV, NC, SC, MS, AL, TN, GA, FL & the Caribbean, Mexico and Latin America
	Fourth	Grayson Home Fleet	RADM Sir Neil Simpson, GSN	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, and Ireland
	Fifth	N/A	None	Held for future use
	Sixth	Sphinx Fleet	RADM Brett Price	OK, TX, AR, LA, NE, KS, MO, IA, ND, & SD
	Seventh	The Imperial Andermani Expeditionary Fleet	VADM Sir Robert Hampson, IAN	Central Europe
	Eighth	Basilisk Fleet	RADM Dan Brandow	AZ, NM, UT, CO, WY, & MT
	Ninth	Torch Fleet	None	Reserved for BuNine
	Tenth	Talbott Fleet	RADM Sir Drakkus Heath	CA, OR, WA, NV, ID, & HI
	Eleventh	The Haven Home Fleet	None	Held for future use
	Thirteenth	Silesian Fleet	RADM Tomáš Váca, RHN	Central Europe

* The division line between the 1st and 3rd Naval Districts in Virginia will be the 38th Parallel.

Stations

In addition to fleets, TRMN makes provision for Stations, which is a smaller regional grouping which the Admiralty deems to be beneficial to have an independent identity.

Station		Commanding Officer	Area of Operations
	ANZUS Station	None	Oceania, Australia & New Zealand
	Victoria Station	CDRE Mark Gledhill, RMN Baron Clipper Island	AK, BC, YT, NT, NU, SK, & AB
	Sidemore Station	CAPTSG Sir Paul McPherson	QC, ON, PE, NL, NS, MB, & NB

Ground Force Equivalents

Other service branches use the same geographical areas:

• The Royal Manticoran Marine Corps is organized into Expeditionary Forces based on the same geographical area as fleets.
• The Royal Manticoran Army is organized into Field Armies based on the same geographical areas as fleets.

Related Orders and Directives

• Admiralty Order 1701-03 Defines the Areas of Operation for the fleets
• Naval Directive 18MAR-03

External Links

Fleet at Honorverse Wikia

References

The Numbered Fleets of the Royal Manticoran Navy
Home (1st) - 2nd - 3rd - 4th - 5th - 6th - 7th - 8th - 9th - 10th - 11th - 13th