Fleet may refer to:
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 vehicles, a pool of motor vehicles
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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
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The Fleet Lagoon, at Chesil Beach, Dorset
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Fleet, Dorset, England, a village and civil parish
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Fleet, Hampshire
Fleet is a town and civil parish in the Hart District of Hampshire, England, centred 38.2 miles (61.5 km) WSW of London and 13 miles (21 km) east of Basingstoke. It is the major town of the Hart District, and has large technology business a ...
, England, a town and civil parish
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Fleet, Hayling Island, Hampshire, England, a hamlet
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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
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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 a ...
, subterranean river in London, England
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Fleet Street, named after the river
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Fleet Prison, named after the river
**Fleet Line, named after the river, was the original name for the London Underground
Jubillee Line
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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 ...
, England
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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, Scotland
United States
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Fleet, Kentucky, US, an unincorporated community
In business
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, also known as FLEET, Australian physics research collaboration developing ultra-low-energy electronics
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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 ...
, a Canadian manufacturer of aircraft from 1928 to 1957
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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.
Histor ...
, a financial institution also known as Fleet Bank
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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, ...
, American farm and ranch supply store chain
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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 se ...
, an English motorway service station
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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 ...
, 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), Brit ...
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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., an English football team whose nickname is "The Fleet"
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The Fleet series of shared universe science fiction anthologies edited by David Drake and Bill Fawcett
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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 ...
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Fleets, a discontinued disappearing messaging feature of the Twitter platform
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Wilmington Clippers (1937–1950), an American football team nicknamed "The Fleet"
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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 ...
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IDE developed by
JetBrains s.r.o.
See also
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The Fleet (disambiguation)
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First fleet (disambiguation)
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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 ...
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Fourth Fleet (disambiguation)
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Fifth Fleet (disambiguation)
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Sixth Fleet (disambiguation)
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Seventh Fleet (disambiguation)
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8th Fleet (disambiguation)
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9th Fleet
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