{"id":19767,"date":"2013-09-06T06:49:49","date_gmt":"2013-09-06T13:49:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/?p=19767"},"modified":"2016-11-29T18:20:31","modified_gmt":"2016-11-30T01:20:31","slug":"creative-prompt-224-fleet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/2013\/09\/creative-prompt-224-fleet\/","title":{"rendered":"Creative Prompt #224: Fleet"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>7th Fleet<\/p>\n<p><b>The Fleet<\/b> may refer to:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>A nickname for the <a title=\"Royal Navy\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Royal_Navy\">Royal Navy<\/a> of the United Kingdom, or for any country&#8217;s <a title=\"Navy\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Navy\">naval fleet<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.merriam-webster.com\/dictionary\/fleet\" target=\"_blank\">Definition<\/a>: &#8220;to cause (time) to pass usually quickly or imperceptibly.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The Lost Fleet series of books by Jack Campbell<\/p>\n<p>Fleet Week<\/p>\n<p>Blue &amp; Gold Fleet<\/p>\n<p>Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street<\/p>\n<p>Red &amp; White Fleet<\/p>\n<p>Band: Fleet Foxes<\/p>\n<p>Reuben H. Fleet Science Center, San Diego, California<\/p>\n<p>Post the direct URL (link) where your drawing, doodle, artwork is posted (e.g. your blog, Flickr) in the comments area of this post. I would really like to keep all the artwork together and provide a way for others to see your work and\/or your blog.<\/p>\n<p>We are also talking about this on Twitter. Use the hashtag #CPP<\/p>\n<p>The Creative Prompt Project, also, has a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/groups\/aqcpp\" target=\"_blank\">Flickr group<\/a>, which you can join to\u00a0 post your responses. I created this spot so those of you without blogs and websites would have a place to post your responses.<\/p>\n<p>A <b>fleet<\/b> is a collection of ships or vehicles, with many specific connotations:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a title=\"Fleet vehicle\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Fleet_vehicle\">Fleet vehicles<\/a>, two or more vehicles<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Fishing fleet\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Fishing_fleet\">Fishing fleet<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Naval fleet\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Naval_fleet\">Naval fleet<\/a>, substantial group of warships\n<ul>\n<li><a title=\"List of fleets\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/List_of_fleets\">List of naval fleets<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>A group of small ships or <a title=\"Flotilla\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Flotilla\">flotilla<\/a><\/li>\n<li>A group of racing sailboats. A superset whose <a title=\"Subset\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Subset\">subsets<\/a> are called &#8220;classes&#8221;. Classes may be non-identical boat types grouped into <a title=\"Handicapping\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Handicapping\">handicap<\/a> rating bands or ranges, or classes may be groups of (&#8220;<a title=\"One-design\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/One-design\">one-design<\/a>&#8220;) boat types, identical within their respective class. A class may be further subdivided into &#8220;divisions&#8221; and\/or &#8220;flights&#8221;.<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Starfleet\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Starfleet\">Starfleet<\/a>, fictional military, diplomatic, and exploration force in <i>Star Trek<\/i><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Ugs fleet (page does not exist)\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/w\/index.php?title=Ugs_fleet&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1\">Ugs fleet<\/a>, a collection of military ground sensors.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>A <b>fleet<\/b> is a saline waterway found in river marshes:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a title=\"Fleet, Kent\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Fleet,_Kent\">Fleet, Kent<\/a>, a waterway in the Thames marshes, England<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Fleet<\/b> is found in place names:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a title=\"Fleet, Dorset\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Fleet,_Dorset\">Fleet, Dorset<\/a>, England<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Fleet, Hampshire\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Fleet,_Hampshire\">Fleet, Hampshire<\/a>, England<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"River Fleet\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/River_Fleet\">River Fleet<\/a>, subterranean river in London, England\n<ul>\n<li><a title=\"Fleet Street\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Fleet_Street\">Fleet Street<\/a>, named after the river<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Fleet Prison\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Fleet_Prison\">Fleet Prison<\/a>, named after the river\n<ul>\n<li><a title=\"Fleet Marriage\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Fleet_Marriage\">Fleet Marriages<\/a>, named after the prison<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Fleet, Lincolnshire\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Fleet,_Lincolnshire\">Fleet, Lincolnshire<\/a>, England<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Gatehouse of Fleet\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Gatehouse_of_Fleet\">Gatehouse of Fleet<\/a>, small town in Scotland<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Water of Fleet\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Water_of_Fleet\">Water of Fleet<\/a>, a river in Scotland<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Fleet, Alberta\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Fleet,_Alberta\">Fleet, Alberta<\/a>, Canada<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><a title=\"Fleet (surname)\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Fleet_%28surname%29\">Fleet (surname)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Fleet Aircraft\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Fleet_Aircraft\">Fleet Aircraft<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"FleetBoston Financial\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/FleetBoston_Financial\">FleetBoston Financial<\/a>, financial institution<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Fleet Farm\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Fleet_Farm\">Fleet Farm<\/a>, American farm and ranch supply store chain<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Fleet Foxes\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Fleet_Foxes\">Fleet Foxes<\/a>, American band<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Fleet (laxative)\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Fleet_%28laxative%29\">Fleet (laxative)<\/a>, brand name for bisacody<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Fleet services\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Fleet_services\">Fleet services<\/a>, English motorway service station<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Fleet Spurs F.C.\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Fleet_Spurs_F.C.\">Fleet Spurs F.C.<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Ebbsfleet United F.C.\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ebbsfleet_United_F.C.\">Ebbsfleet United F.C.<\/a>, whose nickname is The Fleet<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Fleet (boardgame) (page does not exist)\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/w\/index.php?title=Fleet_%28boardgame%29&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1\">Fleet (boardgame)<\/a>, a strategy card game published by Eagle Games<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>7th Fleet The Fleet may refer to: A nickname for the Royal Navy of the United Kingdom, or for any country&#8217;s naval fleet. Definition: &#8220;to cause (time) to pass usually quickly or imperceptibly.&#8221; The Lost Fleet series of books by Jack Campbell Fleet Week Blue &amp; Gold Fleet Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/2013\/09\/creative-prompt-224-fleet\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Creative Prompt #224: Fleet&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[402],"tags":[79,311,72],"class_list":["post-19767","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-402","tag-creative-prompt","tag-creativity","tag-group-project"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19767","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19767"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19767\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19767"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19767"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19767"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}