A cikin Oceania, Faransa ta sami matsayi na farko a matsayin ikon mulkin mallaka bayan sanya Tahiti da New Caledonia masu karewa a cikin 1842 da 1853. Bayan ziyarar jiragen ruwa zuwa tsibirin Easter a 1875 da 1887, jami'in sojan ruwa na Chile Policarpo Toro ya tattauna hadewar tsibirin zuwa Chile tare da ɗan asalin Rapanui a 1888. Ta hanyar mamaye tsibirin Easter, Chile ta shiga cikin ƙasashen mulkin mallaka. A shekara ta 1900 kusan dukkanin tsibirin Pacific sun kasance a ƙarƙashin ikon Burtaniya, Faransa, Amurka, Jamus, Japan, da Chile. Ko da yake Amurka ta mallaki Guam da Philippines daga Spain a 1898, Japan ta mallaki yawancin yammacin Pacific a shekara ta 1914 kuma ta mamaye wasu tsibirai da yawa a lokacin Yaƙin Duniya na II. Koyaya, a ƙarshen wannan yaƙin, an ci Japan da Amurka Pacific Fleet shine mai mulkin teku.
Jirgin Ruwa na Amurka na Pacific