White Fleet

White Fleet or White fleet may refer to:

  • White fleet (UK military vehicles), non-combat vehicles used by the UK military.
  • The Great White Fleet, the dispatch of US naval forces to the orient between 1907 and 1909.
  • In the New Zealand Fire Service, the white fleet refers to the cars used by career (that is, full-time) executive officers, and support vehicles such as vans and utility vehicles. This comes from their white paint jobs, as contrasted with the red fleet of fire engines that carry out emergency response duties.
  • In Newfoundland the White Fleet is a reference to the fleet of Portuguese fishing vessels that fished for cod on Newfoundland's Grand Banks. The vessels were white.

Famous quotes containing the words white and/or fleet:

    “But could a dream send up through onion fumes
    Its white and violet, fight with fried potatoes
    And yesterday’s garbage ripening in the hall,
    Flutter, or sing an aria down these rooms
    Even if we were willing to let it in,”
    —Gwendolyn Brooks (b. 1917)

    “Believe me, if all those endearing young charms,
    Which I gaze on so fondly today,
    Were to change by tomorrow, and fleet in my arms,
    Like fairy-gifts fading away.”
    —Thomas Moore (1779–1852)