The Fleet

The Fleet

The Fleet may refer to:
*A nickname for the Royal Navy of the United Kingdom
*Fleet Prison, London
*The Fleet Lagoon at Chesil Beach, Dorset
*A nickname for Ebbsfleet United F.C., formerly Gravesend & Northfleet F.C., an English football team
*The Fleet Marine Force (US)

ee also

* Fleet "(disambiguation)"


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