Standing Fleet

Standing Fleet
常備艦隊
Active24 July 1889 – 10 March 1903
Country Empire of Japan
Branch Imperial Japanese Navy
Commanders
Notable
commanders
Ito Sukeyuki
Heihachiro Togo

The Standing Fleet (also known as the Readiness Fleet) (常備艦隊, Jōbi Kantai) was a fleet of the Imperial Japanese Navy. It was the main combat fleet of the Japanese Navy and formed the core of a wartime Combined Fleet organization. It was created from the Standing Small-Fleet in 1889. It was split into the 1st Fleet and the 2nd Fleet in 1903.