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Fleet may refer to:

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

Fleet vehicles, two or more vehicles
Fishing fleet
Naval fleet, substantial group of warships
- List of naval fleets
A group of small ships or flotilla
A group of racing sailboats. A superset whose subsets are 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, fictional military, diplomatic, and exploration force in Star Trek
Ugs fleet, a collection of military ground sensors.

A fleet is a saline waterway found in river marshes:

Fleet is found in place names:

Fleet, Dorset, England
Fleet, Hampshire, England
River Fleet, subterranean river in London, England
- Fleet Street, named after the river
- Fleet Prison, named after the river
  - Fleet Marriages, named after the prison
Fleet, Lincolnshire, England
Gatehouse of Fleet, small town in Scotland
Water of Fleet, a river in Scotland
Fleet, Alberta, Canada

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 *[[Fleet Spurs F.C.]]
 *[[Ebbsfleet United F.C.]], whose nickname is The Fleet
+*[[Fleet (boardgame)]], a strategy card game published by gryphon games
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