Fleet

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Contents 1 Places 2 Vehicles 3 Surname 4 Other uses 5 See also

Fleet may refer to:

[edit] Places

In the United Kingdom:

• Fleet, Dorset, England, a village sited on The Fleet, a lagoon
• Fleet, Hampshire, England
• Fleet, Hayling Island, Hampshire, England
• Fleet, Kent, a saline waterway in the Thames marshes
• The River Fleet, a subterranean river in London
  • Fleet Street, named after the river
  • Fleet Prison, named after the river
    • Fleet Marriages, named after the prison
• Fleet, Lincolnshire, England
• Gatehouse of Fleet, a small town in Dumfries and Galloway, lying on the Water of Fleet
• Fleet, Highland, in the Scottish Highlands

[edit] Vehicles

A fleet is a collection of ships or vehicles, with many specific connotations:

• Fleet vehicles, two or more vehicles
• Naval fleet, a substantial group of ships
• Fishing fleet
• A group of small ships, also known as a flotilla
• A fleet, or group of racing sailboats. A fleet is often a superset containing subsets called "classes". Classes may be non-identical boat types grouped into handicap rating bands or ranges, or classes may be groups of ("one-design") boat types, identical within their respective class. A class may be further subdivided into "divisions" and/or "flights".
• Starfleet, the paramilitary defense, research, diplomacy, and exploration force in the fictional Star Trek universe

See List of fleets

[edit] Surname

• Charles Browne Fleet
• David Fleet
• Frederick Fleet
• James Fleet
• James Van Fleet
• Jo Van Fleet
• Pat Fleet
• Preston Fleet
• Stephan Szpak-Fleet
• Stephen Fleet

[edit] Other uses

• Fleet (laxative) (brand name for bisacodyl), a laxative suppository or enema
• Fleet Aircraft
• Fleet services, an English motorway service station
• FleetBoston Financial and its precursor Fleet Financial Group, financial institutions
• Fleet Farm, a store
• Fleet Foxes, a band signed to Sub Pop
• Ebbsfleet United F.C., whose nickname is The Fleet
• Fleet Spurs F.C.

[edit] See also

• The Fleet (disambiguation)

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