Named Fleet

A Named Fleet is a group of two or more fleets organized into an administrative and strategic unit.

Description

Named Administrative Fleets: Sector Fleets

The Imperium has 28 named sector fleets which have ranged in size from two numbered fleets to more than 20; currently the smallest has two and the largest have 16. In the standard naval organization of the Imperium, each sector has a named fleet which is composed of one numbered fleet from each subsector.

• The Alpha Crucis Fleet, which contains the 80th Fleet and the 313th Fleet, is little more than a standing support organization and a command structure that channels orders from the Admiralty to the numbered fleets in the Alpha Crucis Sector patrolling the border.
• The Corridor Fleet, actively engaged in border protection along the contested border with the Vargr in Corridor Sector, is an active fleet with 16 numbered fleets under its command.

Named Operational Fleets: Special Fleets

Doctrine also provides for the creation of named fleets at any time; such special fleets can carry names that denote their function or their mission. Specially named fleets are a common way of deploying and controlling large numbers of ships. Such special Fleets can also be known by the terms Battle Fleet, Battle Group, or Task Force, among others, depending on both size and purpose.

History & Background

Historically, naval units have been organized both administratively and operationally.

Administrative Organization

Administratively, ships have been grouped together into 4 vessel squadrons of the same type and class, which are then grouped into larger flotillas of vessels of the same type of different classes, which are then subsequently grouped together into administrative fleets of vessels of all types and classes.

• Ship --» Squadron --» Flotilla --» Fleet

Operational Organization

Operationally, ships are typically grouped together based around task and mission objectives. An individual vessel (a "Task Element") will be grouped with other like vessels and their necessary support elements required to perform a particular function, referred to as a "Task Unit". Task Units will be grouped together as needed in order to perform a particular tactical or strategic naval mission as a "Task Group". From the various Task Groups that together comprise a numbered or named Naval Fleet, specific operational Fleets can be assembled and grouped together as necessary in order to prosecute a major Naval Operation or engagement; such operational fleet groupments being designated as "Task Forces".

• Ship ("Task Element") --» Task Unit --» Task Group --» Task Force --» Battle Fleet --» Numbered Fleet --» Named Fleet

See also

• Please also see: Imperial Navy/Organization.

Sources

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• Marc Miller. Rebellion Sourcebook (Game Designers Workshop, 1988), 26.
• Author & Contributor: Lord (Baron) and Exchequer of the Fleets Hans Rancke-Madsen