Preposition: of

• warship: Let me explain: In 1433 the Chinese admiral Cheng Ho sailed an imperial fleet of warships right round the Indian Ocean.

• tanker: Stelmar has a fleet of 11 tankers, with a further 4 under construction.

• ship: I, with a massed fleet of ships following me, sailed on, knowing the god intended trouble.

• trawler: Klondyke now owns and operates a fleet of 3 pelagic trawlers.

• van: Sangers deliver to every pharmacy in Northern Ireland at least twice a day utilizing a fleet of 28 transit vans.

Converse of object

• operate: Coaches We operate a large fleet of modern high quality coaches.

• rejoin: The will rejoin the fleet in Dives su Mer the following day.

Adjective modifier

• Spanish: The squadron was mainly employed watching the Spanish fleet at Toulon.

• 3.5m: Somewhere in the middle the racers were not so sure what to do, so consequently that race was scrapped for the 3.5m fleet.

• combined: Together the Star Alliance members serve 894 airports in 129 countries with a combined fleet of more than 2,000 aircraft.

• entire: The city's entire fleet of refuse collection trucks will be powered by alternative fuels by the year 2010.

• French: A drawing recording the attack by the French fleet on Brighton is preserved in the Hove Museum.

• 5.5m: Barring one discard so did Stuart Hards of the same club in the 5.5m fleet.

Modifies a noun

• livery: This is one of the first vehicles to carry a new restyled version of the fleet livery.

Noun used with modifier

• fishing: Our once proud fishing fleet has been in steady decline over the years.

• regatta: A regatta fleet of 18 included many who were sailing in an open event for the first time.

• whaling: Today, Dundee captains and the city's whaling fleet have a permanent place in the geography of the world.

• submarine: The committee had been considering the safety of the UK's nuclear submarine fleet.

• invasion: He was heavily involved in the planning and execution of the crossing and provided 100 ships for the invasion fleet.

• merchant: The registered tonnage of Britain's ships was greater than the rest of the world's merchant fleets combined.