Standing Fleet

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Standing Fleet
常備艦隊
Active	24 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.