Royal Navy

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maritime warfare force military branch navy

The Royal Navy is the United Kingdom’s naval warfare force and one of the world’s oldest and historically most influential navies.

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Observed surface forms (27)

Surface form	Occurrences
British Royal Navy	20
English Navy	8
Royal Navy of Great Britain	3
British Navy	2
His Majesty's Naval Service	2
Royal Navy (intended)	2
Royal Navy surface fleet	2
Admiralty (United Kingdom)	1
British Royal Navy (as privateer)	1
British naval forces	1
Commonwealth Navy	1
English navy	1
Royal Navy (Naval Brigades, historically)	1
Royal Navy (World War II)	1
Royal Navy Fleet	1
Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm	1
Royal Navy destroyer flotillas	1
Royal Navy of the United Kingdom	1
Royal Navy operations during the Napoleonic Wars	1
Royal Navy patrols	1
Royal Navy ships	1
Royal Navy surface fleet units	1
Royal Navy, Royal Marines, and associated naval forces	1
Submarine Service	1
United Kingdom nuclear-armed submarine fleet	1
naval forces of the United Kingdom	1
royal navy	1

Statements (52)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	maritime warfare force ⓘ military branch ⓘ navy ⓘ
alliance	NATO ⓘ
ceremonialChief	British monarch ⓘ surface form: Monarch of the United Kingdom
controls	Trident nuclear deterrent ⓘ
country	United Kingdom ⓘ
eraOfProminence	18th century ⓘ 19th century ⓘ Age of Sail ⓘ
formedByUnionOf	Royal Scots Navy ⓘ surface form: English Navy Royal Scots Navy ⓘ
governingBody	War Office ⓘ surface form: Ministry of Defence (United Kingdom)
hasComponent	Fleet Air Arm ⓘ Royal Fleet Auxiliary ⓘ Royal Marines ⓘ Royal Navy self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Submarine Service Surface Fleet ⓘ
hasEnsign	White Ensign ⓘ
hasHeadquarters	London, England ⓘ surface form: London Portsmouth ⓘ
headedBy	First Sea Lord ⓘ
historicalPredecessor	Royal Navy self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: English Navy Royal Scots Navy ⓘ
motto	Si vis pacem para bellum ⓘ
notableBattle	Battle of Jutland ⓘ Battle of Trafalgar ⓘ
notableConflict	World War I ⓘ surface form: First World War Napoleonic Wars ⓘ World War II ⓘ surface form: Second World War Seven Years' War ⓘ surface form: Seven Years War
notableOperation	Falklands War ⓘ
operates	aircraft carriers ⓘ amphibious warfare ships ⓘ ballistic missile submarines ⓘ destroyers ⓘ frigates ⓘ mine countermeasures vessels ⓘ nuclear-powered submarines ⓘ patrol vessels ⓘ
partOf	British Armed Forces ⓘ
primaryBase	HMNB Clyde ⓘ HMNB Devonport ⓘ HMNB Portsmouth ⓘ
role	disaster relief ⓘ humanitarian assistance ⓘ maritime security ⓘ nuclear deterrence ⓘ power projection ⓘ sea control ⓘ
serviceBranchOf	British Armed Forces ⓘ
usesLanguage	English ⓘ

Referenced by (663)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

First Air Fleet → opponent → Royal Navy ⓘ

French flagship L’Orient → opponent → Royal Navy ⓘ

Hubert de Brienne, Comte de Conflans → opponent → Royal Navy ⓘ

Indian Ocean raid → opponent → Royal Navy ⓘ

Admiral Jean-François de La Clue-Sabran → opponent → Royal Navy ⓘ

subject surface form: Jean-François de La Clue-Sabran

L’Orient → opponent → Royal Navy ⓘ

Sixth Fleet → opponent → Royal Navy ⓘ

subject surface form: Sixth Fleet (Imperial Japanese Navy)

Spanish Armada → opponent → Royal Navy ⓘ

this entity surface form: English Navy

USS Lexington → opponent → Royal Navy ⓘ

USS Providence → opponent → Royal Navy ⓘ

Eastern Theater of the War of 1812 → opponentForce → Royal Navy ⓘ

François Joseph Paul de Grasse → opposed → Royal Navy ⓘ

this entity surface form: British Royal Navy

François-Paul Brueys d’Aigalliers → opposedBy → Royal Navy ⓘ

German occupation of Dunkirk → opposedBy → Royal Navy ⓘ

Mediterranean U-boat campaign → opposedBy → Royal Navy ⓘ

Operation Sea Lion → opposedBy → Royal Navy ⓘ

USS Wasp → opposedBy → Royal Navy ⓘ

Unternehmen Seelöwe → opposedBy → Royal Navy ⓘ

Operation Rheinübung → opposingBelligerent → Royal Navy ⓘ

Battle of Baltimore → opposingForce → Royal Navy ⓘ

HMNZS Achilles → originalOperator → Royal Navy ⓘ

Victoria-class submarine → originalOperator → Royal Navy ⓘ

Government of the Kingdom of Great Britain → oversaw → Royal Navy ⓘ

Head Office (UK Ministry of Defence) → oversees → Royal Navy ⓘ

United Kingdom Ministry of Defence → oversees → Royal Navy ⓘ

Parliamentary Secretary to the Admiralty → oversightOf → Royal Navy ⓘ

Fleet Air Arm Museum → ownedBy → Royal Navy ⓘ

41 (Independent) Commando Royal Marines → partOf → Royal Navy ⓘ

Britannia Royal Naval College Dartmouth → partOf → Royal Navy ⓘ

Channel Fleet → partOf → Royal Navy ⓘ

Commando Helicopter Force → partOf → Royal Navy ⓘ

Commodore Henry Harwood’s Force G → partOf → Royal Navy ⓘ

English forces under Richard Nicolls → partOf → Royal Navy ⓘ

First Sea Lord → partOf → Royal Navy ⓘ

Flag Officer, Dover → partOf → Royal Navy ⓘ

Fleet Air Arm → partOf → Royal Navy ⓘ

Grand Fleet → partOf → Royal Navy ⓘ

HMNB Clyde → partOf → Royal Navy ⓘ

HMNB Devonport → partOf → Royal Navy ⓘ

HMNB Portsmouth → partOf → Royal Navy ⓘ

HMS Intrepid → partOf → Royal Navy ⓘ

this entity surface form: British Royal Navy

HMS Prince of Wales → partOf → Royal Navy ⓘ

this entity surface form: Royal Navy Fleet

Navy Board → partOf → Royal Navy ⓘ

Royal Marines → partOf → Royal Navy ⓘ

Royal Marines Commandos → partOf → Royal Navy ⓘ

Royal Naval Air Service → partOf → Royal Navy ⓘ

Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve → partOf → Royal Navy ⓘ

Royal Navy North America and West Indies Station → partOf → Royal Navy ⓘ

Royal Navy Reserve → partOf → Royal Navy ⓘ

Royal Navy Submarine Service → partOf → Royal Navy ⓘ