10 Facts About Eastern Fleet

Eastern Fleet, later called the East Indies Fleet, was a fleet of the Royal Navy which existed between 1941 and 1952.

On 22 November 1944 the Eastern Fleet was re-designated East Indies fleet and continued to be based in Trincomalee.

In December 1945 the British Pacific Eastern Fleet was disbanded and its forces were absorbed into the East Indies fleet.

Eastern Fleet found the port inadequate, vulnerable to a determined attack, and open to spying.

In May 1942, the Eastern Fleet supported the invasion of Madagascar, Operation Ironclad.

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From October 1943, the Eastern Fleet was the maritime component of South East Asia Command, including responsibilities beyond the SEAC area.

On 22 November 1944 the Eastern Fleet was split into the British Pacific Fleet, receiving the majority of the ships, and the remnant, which became known as the East Indies Fleet.

Eastern Fleet included, from time to time, as well as British warships, a number of warships from the British Dominions of Australia and New Zealand as well as other Allied nations, such as the French battleship Richelieu, other ships from the Free French Naval Forces, the Netherlands, and the United States.

The Eastern Fleet was greatly augmented by units intended for the Pacific and on 4 January 1945, the carriers Indomitable and Indefatigable carried out an attack on oil refineries at Pangkalan Brandon in Sumatra.

Eastern Fleet's command was part of the East Indies Station, then the Eastern Fleet, then the East Indies Fleet.