Fleet
Meanings and phrases
fleet
- moving very fast; swift
fleet
- group of aircraft operating together under the same ownership
- group of motor vehicles operating together under the same ownership
- a group of steamships operating together under the same ownership
- a group of warships organized as a tactical unit
fleet
- disappear gradually; evanesce; fade; blow over; pass off; pass
- move along rapidly and lightly; skim or dart; flit; flutter; dart
Count Fleet
- thoroughbred that won the triple crown in 1943
Fleet Street
- a street in central London where newspaper offices are situated
- British journalism
n.
- a fleet of warships prepared for battle
- This was the first news that Beatty and Jellicoe had that Scheer and his battle fleet were even at sea.
- A navy now had the potential to destroy a superior enemy battle fleet using steam launches to fire torpedoes.
- By 18:30, the main battle fleet action was joined for the first time, with Jellicoe effectively "crossing Scheer's T".
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- The current fleet consists of 31 articulated cars.
- The Skymax fleet consists of the following aircraft:
- The current active fleet consists of:
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- In December 2014, the fleet consisted of 65 buses.
- As at May 2015, the fleet consisted of 797 buses.
- As at June 2013 the fleet consisted of 87 buses.
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- In 2011 Upper Lakes Shipping sold its entire fleet to Algoma Central.
- Their entire fleet, under both consuls, attacked Panormus early in the year.
- From 2005 to 2006 the airline replaced its entire fleet, introducing the current 767s.
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- They operate a small fleet of Roewe all-electric taxis.
- They bring a small fleet, and a few hundred skilled soldiers.
- It consists of a small fleet, including its flagship HMBS "Trident".
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- The Cossacks developed a large fleet of fast, light vessels.
- A large fleet name and a greyhound logo was applied in white.
- It is a large fleet, 1, 2, 5, no 100 boats I think", the king retorted.
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- The fishing fleet was formerly based chiefly in Libreville.
- Currently, the FIF represents over 90% of the Irish fishing fleet.
- It sent the first Chinese fishing fleet to West African waters in 1985.
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- Four days later, on May 29 the invasion fleet departed.
- April and May were used for training with the invasion fleet.
- Their goal was to head north through Surigao Strait and attack the invasion fleet off Leyte.
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- On March 15, 1606 this fleet sailed from Pintados.
- The fleet sailed back towards Genoa, with Clement unable to pay it.
- Eventually, the Persian fleet sailed to Halicarnassus, in order to establish a new defense.
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- A new fleet of vessels was acquired.
- A new fleet of buses tailored for this system has been purchased from a Brazilian firm.
- A £570 insurance claim was made, a new shed opened only months later and a new fleet ordered.
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- The merchant fleet and factories were destroyed.
- The Japanese merchant fleet lost 80% of their ships.
- Denmark has a large merchant fleet relative to its size.
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- The JES Air fleet included the following aircraft:
- Unusually, the Porto fleet included double-deck trolleybuses.
- The eventual fleet included three coast-guard rated boats and 5 vessels total.
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- Division during the annual fleet maneuvers that year.
- In September 1902, "Zieten" participated in the final exercises during the annual fleet maneuvers.
- For the next 14 months "Hollister" engaged in training exercises and fleet maneuvers along the West Coast.
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- They are the largest surface warships in Israel's naval fleet.
- The Mongol naval fleet was totally destroyed and Omar was captured.
- The naval fleet rapidly attained victory in Vân Đồn near Hạ Long Bay.
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- Alpha Fire Company operates a fleet of 19 vehicles.
- It operates a fleet of twelve Boeing 767 cargo aircraft.
- The H. Vogemann Group in Hamburg, Germany operates a fleet of 19 bulk carriers.
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- The Portuguese fleet arrived, and the Castilians were attacked.
- The fleet arrived off Fedhala early in the morning of 8 November.
- The British fleet arrived at Baltimore between September 11 and 13.
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- A "fleet carrier" is intended to operate with the main fleet and usually provides an offensive capability.
- Originally, there were to have been eight APT-P sets running, with minimal differences between them and the main fleet.
- "Musashi", which was also stationed at Chempulo, was not to join the patrol but instead accompany the main fleet at Gunsan.
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- Further fleet exercises were held off Cuba from 12 January to 10 February.
- "Stosch" arrived in Wilhelmshaven on 13 August, in time for the fleet exercises that year.
- After amphibious and fleet exercises on the west coast, she departed San Diego on 6 January 1947 bound for Japan.
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- In January 1992, PRBL started its bus fleet rehabilitation.
- The bus fleet includes: Some bus artifacts are present in the station.
- Besides subway cars, the museum has a sizable vintage bus fleet of retired buses.
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- and joined the fleet in 1965, followed by in 1967.
- The DC-3 and the Beechcraft Model 18 joined the fleet in 1946.
- In the 1960s, a number of Baku-built BTL-62 vehicles joined the fleet.
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- As of December 2012 the Republic Express Airlines fleet includes:
- The bus fleet includes: Some bus artifacts are present in the station.
- Their fleet includes Piper PA-31-350 Navajo Chieftain, and Airbus 320 aircraft.
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- Russia employed part of the fleet during the 2008 Georgian conflict.
- suffered only relatively light losses to its fleet during World War II.
- The Volvo Ailsa double deck bus became standard in the Tayside fleet during the 1970s and 1980s.
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- "Idaho" joined the fleet off Hampton Roads on 3 January for war games.
- In 1807, "Confiance" was part of Admiral Sidney Smith's fleet off Portugal.
- Their goal was to head north through Surigao Strait and attack the invasion fleet off Leyte.
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- Celebrations included a fleet review by president Mary Robinson.
- She took part in the fleet review held at Spithead on 16 August 1902 for the coronation of King Edward VII.
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- Destroyer Squadron Fifteen was founded in 1920 as a reserve fleet unit.
- Following the war, "Llewellyn" became the guard ship for the Royal Canadian Navy reserve fleet at Halifax.
- "Orca" then was decommissioned on 31 October 1947 and joined the reserve fleet in San Francisco, California.
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- A fleet of ships and planes are sent to rescue F.P.1.
- He grew his business into a fleet of ships by the 1960s.
- On 9 April Teach's enlarged fleet of ships looted and burnt "Protestant Caesar".
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- The airline operated a fleet of three Boeing 720s.
- Donald Bethune operated a fleet of eight steamships out of Toronto harbour.
- The PCG operated a fleet of 12 former Republic of Singapore Navy Coastal Patrol Craft (CPC).
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- Later that year, the Group acquired its own fleet of Аn-24 aircraft.
- It mainly traded on the Danish colonies with its own fleet of merchant ships.
- Cleopatra took her own fleet to Greece to personally assist Octavian and Antony.
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- Nearchus, the fleet commander, proposed Heracles, the illegitimate son of Alexander by his Persian mistress Barsine, be made king.
- In 1499 Vespucci joined an expedition licensed by Spain and led by Alonso de Ojeda as fleet commander and Juan de la Cosa as chief navigator.
- In 1499, Vespucci joined an expedition in the service of Spain with Alonso de Ojeda as fleet commander and Juan de la Cosa as chief navigator.
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- Homer said that the combined fleet with Pellene and Hyperesia totaled 100 ships.
- The combined fleet now consisted of 12 ships of the line, 11 frigates and many smaller vessels.
- This was not necessary as the combined fleet sailed to defeat at the Battle of Trafalgar in October 1805.
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- Italy operates two light fleet carriers and Spain operates one.
- During World War II, these ships would become known as fleet carriers.
- While no major Allied warships were lost, several fleet carriers were severely damaged.
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- In 1628 a Dutch fleet led by Admiral Piet Hein had captured a Spanish treasure fleet.
- Instead, while Columbus's ships sheltered at the mouth of the Rio Jaina, the first Spanish treasure fleet sailed into the hurricane.
- For generations, Englishmen had contemplated capturing the Spanish treasure fleet, a feat that had only been accomplished once, in 1628, by the Dutch.
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- This was the largest fleet of Bedford SB buses in the world.
- The CPR went on to acquire the second largest fleet of RDCs totalling 52 cars.
- By April 2018, it was operating the largest fleet of Tempos in the United Kingdom with 27.
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- Defenses are built to defend a planet against an attacking enemy fleet.
- France switches sides just before the battle, and the enemy fleet is turned away.
- The Dutch and English forces in the Battle of Vigo destroyed the enemy fleet in the harbor of Vigo.
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- A multi-purpose vehicle (MZF) completes the vehicle fleet.
- In 2005 the city's vehicle fleet had 6,000 alternative fuel and 70 electric vehicles.
- Farmer was also criticized for his management of the agriculture department's vehicle fleet.