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Vehicles

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Fishing fleet A fishing fleet is an aggregate of commercial fishing vessels. The term may be used of all vessels operating out of a particular port, all vessels engaged in a particular type of fishing (as in the "tuna fishing fleet"), or all fishing vessels of ...
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Naval fleet A fleet or naval fleet is a large formation of warships – the largest formation in any navy – controlled by one leader. A fleet at sea is the direct equivalent of an army on land. Purpose In the modern sense, fleets are usually, but not ne ...
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Fleet vehicle Fleet vehicles are groups of motor vehicles owned or leased by a business, government agency, or other organization rather than by an individual or family. Typical examples include vehicles operated by car rental companies, taxicab companies, ...
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Fleet Aircraft Fleet Aircraft was a Canadian manufacturer of aircraft from 1928 to 1957. In 1928, the board of Consolidated Aircraft decided to drop their light trainer aircraft and sold the rights to Brewster Aircraft. Reuben H. Fleet founded Fleet Aircraft i ...
, the aircraft manufacturing company


Places


Canada

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Fleet, Alberta Fleet is a hamlet in central Alberta, Canada within the County of Paintearth No. 18. It is located on the north side of Highway 12, approximately east of Red Deer. Demographics Fleet recorded a population of 28 in the 1991 Census of Popula ...
, Canada, a hamlet


England

* The Fleet Lagoon, at Chesil Beach, Dorset *
Fleet, Dorset Fleet is a small, scattered village and civil parish in south Dorset, England, situated approximately west of Weymouth. It consists of the small settlements of East Fleet, West Fleet, Fleet House, and Fleet Common, all of which are close to the ...
, England, a village and civil parish *
Fleet, Hampshire Fleet is a town and civil parish in the Hart District Hart is a local government district in Hampshire, England, named after the River Hart. Its council is based in Fleet. It was formed on 1 April 1974 under the Local Government Act 197 ...
, England, a town and civil parish *
Fleet, Hayling Island Fleet is a hamlet near Stoke on Hayling Island in Hampshire, England. The hamlet lies approximately 5.1 miles (8.2 km) east from Portsmouth Portsmouth ( ) is a port and city in the ceremonial county of Hampshire in southern England ...
, Hampshire, England, a hamlet *
Fleet Pond Fleet Pond is a biological Site of Special Scientific Interest in Fleet in Hampshire. It is also a Local Nature Reserve. This large and shallow lake, fed by Fleet Brook,Ordnance Survey, 1:2500 map is surrounded by reed beds, alder carr and o ...
, Hampshire, England *
River Fleet The River Fleet is the largest of London's subterranean rivers, all of which today contain foul water for treatment. Its headwaters are two streams on Hampstead Heath, each of which was dammed into a series of ponds—the Hampstead Ponds an ...
, subterranean river in London, England **
Fleet Street Fleet Street is a major street mostly in the City of London. It runs west to east from Temple Bar at the boundary with the City of Westminster to Ludgate Circus at the site of the London Wall and the River Fleet from which the street was na ...
, 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 Fleet is a village, civil parish and electoral ward in the South Holland district of Lincolnshire, England. It lies on Delph Bank, south-east from Holbeach. The population of the civil parish, including Fleet Hargate, at the 2011 census was 2 ...
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Fleet (Kent) A fleet is a saline waterway within the North Kent Marshes in Kent, England, on the Hoo Peninsula between Rochester and Gravesend and on the Isle of Sheppey The Isle of Sheppey is an island off the northern coast of Kent, England, neighbouri ...
, a term for a waterway in the Thames marshes, England


Scotland

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Water of Fleet The Water of Fleet is a river in Scotland flowing into Fleet Bay on the Solway Firth. Its two tributaries are the Big Water of Fleet, which begins around Loch Grannoch, and the Little Water of Fleet. The river flows through Gatehouse of Fleet be ...
, a river in Scotland *Fleet Bay, a part of a National Scenic Area within
Dumfries and Galloway Dumfries and Galloway ( sco, Dumfries an Gallowa; gd, Dùn Phrìs is Gall-Ghaidhealaibh) is one of 32 unitary council areas of Scotland and is located in the western Southern Uplands. It covers the counties of Scotland, historic counties of ...
, Scotland


United States

* Fleet, Kentucky, US, an unincorporated community


In business

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ARC Centre of Excellence in Future Low-Energy Electronics Technologies ARC may refer to: Business * Aircraft Radio Corporation, a major avionics manufacturer from the 1920s to the '50s * Airlines Reporting Corporation, an airline-owned company that provides ticket distribution, reporting, and settlement services * ...
, also known as FLEET, Australian physics research collaboration developing ultra-low-energy electronics *
Fleet Aircraft Fleet Aircraft was a Canadian manufacturer of aircraft from 1928 to 1957. In 1928, the board of Consolidated Aircraft decided to drop their light trainer aircraft and sold the rights to Brewster Aircraft. Reuben H. Fleet founded Fleet Aircraft i ...
, a Canadian manufacturer of aircraft from 1928 to 1957 *
FleetBoston Financial FleetBoston Financial was a Boston, Massachusetts-based bank created in 1999 by the merger of Fleet Financial Group and BankBoston. In 2004 it merged with Bank of America; all of its banks and branches were converted to Bank of America. History ...
, a financial institution also known as Fleet Bank *
Fleet Farm Fleet Farm (formerly Mills Fleet Farm) is an American retail chain of 48 stores in Minnesota, Iowa, Wisconsin, North Dakota and South Dakota. Headquartered in Appleton, Wisconsin, the company has a main distribution center in Chippewa Falls, W ...
, American farm and ranch supply store chain *
Fleet services Fleet Services is a motorway service station on the M3 near Fleet. It is owned by Welcome Break. History Opened in 1973, it was originally built in a Scandinavian style and in 1992 won Loo of the Year Award. Before 2001, when Winchester servi ...
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Fleet (laxative) Bisacodyl (INN) is an organic compound that is used as a stimulant laxative drug. It works directly on the colon to produce a bowel movement. It is typically prescribed for relief of episodic and chronic constipation and for the management of n ...
, brand name for Bisacodyl


People

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Fleet (surname) Fleet is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: *Charles Browne Fleet (1843-1916), American pharmacist * David Fleet (born 1954), Canadian politician * Frank Fleet (1848-1900), American baseball player *Frederick Fleet (1887-1965), Bri ...
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Moses Fleetwood Walker Moses Fleetwood Walker (October 7, 1856 – May 11, 1924) was an American professional baseball catcher who, historically, was credited with being the first black man to play in Major League Baseball (MLB). A native of Mount Pleasant, Ohio, an ...
(1856-1924), nicknamed "Fleet", American baseball player, inventor, and author, credited by some as being the first African American to play Major League Baseball


Other uses

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Ebbsfleet United F.C. Ebbsfleet United Football Club is a professional football club based in Northfleet, Kent, England. As of the 2021–22 season, the club competes in the National League South, the sixth tier of English football. The club was formed in 1946 from ...
, an English football team whose nickname is "The Fleet" * The Fleet series of shared universe science fiction anthologies edited by David Drake and Bill Fawcett *
Fleet (horse) Fleet (1964 – after 1979), known in the United States as Fleet II, was an Irish-bred, British-trained Thoroughbred racehorse and broodmare who won the classic 1000 Guineas in 1967. In a racing career lasting from June 1966 until July 196 ...
* Fleets, a discontinued disappearing messaging feature of the Twitter platform *
Wilmington Clippers The Wilmington Clippers were a professional American football team that played from 1937 to 1942, and from 1946 to 1949. They were based in the American Association from 1939 to 1941, later returning for the 1946 to 1949 seasons. They were locat ...
(1937–1950), an American football team nicknamed "The Fleet" *
Fleet 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, ...
, an IDE developed by JetBrains s.r.o.


See also

* * * The Fleet (disambiguation) * First fleet (disambiguation) *
Second Fleet (disambiguation) Second Fleet or 2nd fleet may refer to: * An organizational unit of the Republic of Korea Navy * 2nd Fleet (Imperial Japanese Navy) * Legio II Adiutrix a legion of the Imperial Roman Army * Luftflotte 2 a primary division of the German Luftwaffe in ...
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Third Fleet (disambiguation) 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 ...
* Fourth Fleet (disambiguation) * Fifth Fleet (disambiguation) * Sixth Fleet (disambiguation) * Seventh Fleet (disambiguation) * 8th Fleet (disambiguation) * 9th Fleet {{disambiguation, geo