Fleet
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'''Fleet''' may refer to:
==Places==
"'''Fleet'''" is a geographical name:
*[[Fleet, Dorset|Fleet]], a village in Dorset, England, sited on The Fleet, a lagoon
*[[Fleet, Hampshire|Fleet]], in the county of Hampshire, England
* a [[Fleet, Kent|Fleet]], in Kent, inlet, creek, a name for saline waterways 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 Marriage]]s, named after the prison
*[[Fleet, Lincolnshire|Fleet]], in the county of Lincolnshire, England
*[[Gatehouse of Fleet]] a small town in Dumfries and Galloway, lying on the Water of Fleet
*[[Fleet, Highland]], in the Scottish Highlands
==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]]
* [[Starfleet]], the paramilitary defense, research, diplomacy, and exploration force in the fictional Star Trek universe
See [[List of fleets]] for a list of fleets
==Surname==
* [[Charles Browne Fleet]]
* [[David Fleet]]
* [[Ed Van Fleet]]
* [[Frederick Fleet]]
* [[James Fleet]]
* [[James Van Fleet]]
* [[Jo Van Fleet]]
* [[Preston Fleet]]
* [[Stephan Szpak-Fleet]]
* [[Stephen Fleet]]
==Other uses==
* [[Fleet Aircraft]]
* [[Fleet services]], an English motorway service station
* [[FleetBoston Financial]] and its precursor Fleet Financial Group, financial institutions
* [[Bisacodyl|Fleet]], a brand name of glycerin [[laxative]] suppository
* [[Ferry Fleet]], a gang
* [[Inmarsat Fleet]], a satellite communications service
* [[Fleet Farm]], a store
* [[Fleet (Band)| Fleet]], a Post Rock and Electronica band from Japan
* [[Fleet Badminton Brand]]
Fleet used as a verb is also a colloquial expression used by fisherman to describe a vessel’s first movement when she drags her keel along the ground as the rising flood tide is just beginning to float her off.
==See also==
* [[The Fleet]] ''(disambiguation)''
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