FLEET


'Fleet' may refer to:

Contents
Places
Vehicles
Surname
Other uses
See also

Places


"'Fleet'" is a geographical name:

Fleet, a village in Dorset, England, sited on The Fleet, a lagoon

Fleet, in the county of Hampshire, England

★ a 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 Marriages, named after the prison

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 small group of 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 full 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

FleetBoston Financial and its precursor Fleet Financial Group, financial institutions

Fleet, a brand name of glycerin laxative suppository

Ferry Fleet, a gang

Inmarsat Fleet, a satellite communications service

Fleet Farm, a store

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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