The North Sea Squadron [1] was a temporary naval formation of the Tudor Navy Royal during the sixteenth century operating out of Newcastle, England.

[2] Command of the squadron was usually vested in the Vice-Admiral in the North Sea.

[3] The North Sea has traditionally been an important command from the 13th to 15th centuries, when there was an Admiral of the North based at Yarmouth who commanded the Northern Fleet.

From 1652 to 1654 Yarmouth was used by the Royal Navy for the temporary stationing of its North Sea Fleet during the First Anglo-Dutch War.

[4] From 1745 the North Sea Fleet became a permanent formation.