Fourth Fleet (other)
Fourth Fleet or 4th fleet may mean: * Fourth Fleet (Australia), an unofficial term for convict ships from England in 1792 * United States Fourth Fleet * IJN 4th Fleet, Imperial Japanese Navy * Luftflotte 4 See also * * * * * Fourth (other) * Fleet (other) * Third Fleet (other) * Fifth Fleet (other) Fifth Fleet or 5th fleet may mean: * United States Fifth Fleet * IJN 5th Fleet, Imperial Japanese Navy * Luftflotte 5 See also * * * * * Fifth (other) * Fleet (other) * Fourth Fleet (other) * Sixth Fleet (disambigu ...

Fourth Fleet (Australia)
The fourth Fleet is an unofficial term for the flow of convict ships from England to Australia in 1792. The term was coined by C.J. Smee, a historian, who has catalogued the genealogies of the First, Second and Third Fleet convicts A convict is "a person found guilty of a crime and sentenced by a court" or "a person serving a sentence in prison". Convicts are often also known as "prisoners" or "inmates" or by the slang term "con", while a common label for former convict ... and who used the term to group those ships that followed in the months immediately after the Third Fleet. The ships connected to the "fleet" are: *'' Pitt'' (arrived 14 February) *'' Kitty'' (arrived 6 April) *'' Royal Admiral'' (arrived 7 October) One could argue that ''Royal Admiral'' is in fact the last ship of the Third Fleet as it left only a month after the ships of that fleet. Gallery File:Pitt (1780).jpg, HMS ''Pitt'' File:John Scott - A British three-masted merchantman in two positions in ...
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United States Fourth Fleet
The U.S. Fourth Fleet is a United States Navy numbered fleet. It is the Naval Component Command of U.S. Southern Command (USSOUTHCOM). The Fourth Fleet is headquartered at Naval Station Mayport in Jacksonville, Florida. It is responsible for U.S. Navy ships, aircraft and submarines operating in the Caribbean Sea, and the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans around Central and South America. History World War II The 4th Fleet was a major U.S. Navy formation in the South Atlantic Ocean during World War II. It was originally established to protect the U.S. against Axis surface raiders, blockade runners, and submarines. The Fleet was originally a redesignation of the South Atlantic Force. On 12 September 1942, the Brazilian Navy was placed under command of the U.S. Navy's Vice Admiral Jonas Ingram by order of the Brazilian President Vargas. Three days later, on 15 September 1942, Vice Admiral Ingram was appointed as Commander, South Atlantic Force (ComSoLant). Six months later, So ...
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Luftflotte 4
''Luftflotte'' 4For an explanation of the meaning of Luftwaffe unit designation see Luftwaffe Organisation (Air Fleet 4) was one of the primary divisions of the German Luftwaffe in World War II. It was formed on March 18, 1939, from Luftwaffenkommando Österreich in Vienna. The ''Luftflotte'' was redesignated on 21 April 1945, to ''Luftwaffenkommando'' 4, and became subordinated to Luftflotte 6. It was the Luftflotte 4, that was responsible for the bombing campaign of Stalingrad, where ca. 40,000 civilians died. This Luftwaffe detachment was based in Romania, Bulgaria, Southeast Poland, Hungary, Ukraine and Russian occupied territories, for supporting Axis forces; with command offices in Morczyn, Hungary, during 26 June 1944, Eastern Front. See Organization of the Luftwaffe (1933–1945) for explanation of abbreviations used below. Strategic reconnaissance *2.(F)/11 ( Jasionka) *2.(F)/22 ( Focşani) *2.(F)/100 (Lublin) Transports (special duties) *14 St./Transportgeschwader 4 ...
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Fourth (other)
Fourth or the fourth may refer to: * the ordinal form of the number 4 * ''Fourth'' (album), by Soft Machine, 1971 * Fourth (angle), an ancient astronomical subdivision * Fourth (music), a musical interval * ''The Fourth'' (1972 film), a Soviet drama See also * * * 1/4 (other) * 4 (other) * The fourth part of the world (other) * Forth (other) * Quarter (other) * Independence Day (United States) Independence Day (colloquially the Fourth of July) is a federal holiday in the United States commemorating the Declaration of Independence, which was ratified by the Second Continental Congress on July 4, 1776, establishing the United States ...

Fleet (other)
Fleet may refer to: Vehicles *Fishing fleet *Naval fleet *Fleet vehicles, a pool of motor vehicles * Fleet Aircraft, the aircraft manufacturing company Places Canada * Fleet, Alberta, Canada, a hamlet England *The Fleet Lagoon, at Chesil Beach, Dorset * Fleet, Dorset, England, a village and civil parish *Fleet, Hampshire, England, a town and civil parish * Fleet, Hayling Island, Hampshire, England, a hamlet * Fleet Pond, Hampshire, England *River Fleet, subterranean river in London, England **Fleet Street, named after the river ** Fleet Prison, named after the river **Fleet Line, named after the river, was the original name for the London Underground Jubillee Line * Fleet, Lincolnshire, England * Fleet (Kent), a term for a waterway in the Thames marshes, England Scotland * Water of Fleet, a river in Scotland *Fleet Bay, a part of a National Scenic Area within Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland United States *Fleet, Kentucky, US, an unincorporated community In business * ARC Cen ...
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Third Fleet (other)
The name Third Fleet or 3rd fleet can refer to: * Third Fleet (United Kingdom) * United States Third Fleet * Third Fleet (Australia), part of the British effort of the late eighteenth century to colonise Australia * IJN 3rd Fleet, Imperial Japanese Navy * Third Fleet, an organizational unit of the Republic of Korea Navy * Luftflotte 3 See also * * * * * Third (other) * Fleet (other) * Second Fleet (other) * Fourth Fleet (other) Fourth Fleet or 4th fleet may mean: * Fourth Fleet (Australia), an unofficial term for convict ships from England in 1792 * United States Fourth Fleet * IJN 4th Fleet, Imperial Japanese Navy * Luftflotte 4 See also * * * * * Fourth (disamb ...