Fleet may refer to:
Vehicles
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Fishing fleet
A fishing fleet is an aggregate of commercial fishing Ship, 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 vessel ...
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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 no ...
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Fleet vehicle
A fleet vehicle is a vehicle 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, public utilit ...
s, a pool of motor vehicles
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Fleet Aircraft, 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 Pop ...
, 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 parishes in England, civil parish in the Hart District of Hampshire, England, centred south-west of London and east of Basingstoke.
It is the largest town of the Hart District, and has many large technology busi ...
, England, a town and civil parish
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Fleet, Hayling Island, Hampshire, England, a hamlet
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Fleet Pond, Hampshire, England
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River Fleet
The River Fleet is the largest of Subterranean rivers of London, London's subterranean rivers, all of which today contain foul water for treatment. It has been used as a culverted sewer since the development of Joseph Bazalgette's London sewe ...
, subterranean river in London, England
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Fleet Street
Fleet Street is a street in Central London, England. It runs west to east from Temple Bar, London, Temple Bar at the boundary of the City of London, Cities of London and City of Westminster, Westminster to Ludgate Circus at the site of the Lo ...
, named after the river
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Fleet Prison
Fleet Prison was a notorious London prison by the side of the River Fleet. The prison was built in 1197, was rebuilt several times, and was in use until 1844. It was demolished in 1846.
History
The prison was built in 1197 off what is now ...
, 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 ...
, England
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Fleet (Kent), a term for a waterway in the Thames marshes, England
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The Fleet (Tees), a section of the River Tees' original route
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 (; ) is one of the 32 unitary council areas of Scotland, located in the western part of the Southern Uplands. It is bordered by East Ayrshire, South Ayrshire, and South Lanarkshire to the north; Scottish Borders to the no ...
, Scotland
United States
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Fleet, Kentucky
Fleet is an unincorporated community in Allen County, Kentucky
Kentucky (, ), officially the Commonwealth of Kentucky, is a landlocked U.S. state, state in the Southeastern United States, Southeastern region of the United States. It bord ...
, 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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Blain's Farm & Fleet
Blain Supply, Inc., doing business as Blain's Farm & Fleet, is a regional, family-owned chain of 45 farm supply retail stores in four states (Wisconsin, Illinois, Iowa and Michigan) of the Upper Midwest region of the United States. Blain's Farm & ...
, American farm and ranch supply store chain
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Fleet Aircraft, 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.
Histo ...
, 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 53 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 operated by Welcome Break.
History
Outline permission was given in January 1972. Construction started in February 1972 by Sydney Green & Sons.
The site opened on Wedn ...
, an English motorway service station
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Fleet (laxative)
Bisacodyl 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 neurog ...
, 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), B ...
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Fleet (band)
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 Bea ...
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Moses Fleetwood Walker
Moses Fleetwood Walker (October 7, 1856 – May 11, 1924), sometimes nicknamed Fleet Walker, was an American professional baseball catcher credited with being the first Black people, black man to play major league baseball. A native of Mount P ...
(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)
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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"
* Fleet, an IDE developed by
JetBrains
JetBrains s.r.o. (formerly IntelliJ Software s.r.o.) is a Czech software development private limited company which makes tools for software developers and project managers. The company has its headquarters in Amsterdam, and has offices in Ch ...
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Boston Fleet
The Boston Fleet are a professional ice hockey team based in the Greater Boston area that competes in the Professional Women's Hockey League (PWHL). They are one of the six charter franchises of the league. The team plays its home games at Tso ...
, a women's hockey team
See also
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The Fleet (disambiguation)
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First fleet (disambiguation)
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Second Fleet (disambiguation) The United States Second Fleet is a numbered fleet of the U.S. Navy.
Second (or 2nd) Fleet may also refer to:
* Second Fleet (Australia), the second convict party sent to Port Jackson in 1790
* Second Fleet (United Kingdom), a reserve formation ...
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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 Japan ...
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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) The United States Seventh Fleet
The Seventh Fleet is a numbered fleet of the United States Navy. It is headquartered at U.S. Fleet Activities Yokosuka, in Yokosuka, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. It is part of the United States Pacific Fleet. At p ...
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8th Fleet (disambiguation)
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9th Fleet
The structure of the United States Navy consists of four main bodies: the Office of the Secretary of the Navy, the Office of the Chief of Naval Operations, the operating forces (described below), and the Shore Establishment.
Office of the Chief of ...
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