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.

Sir George Warrender → sphereOfInfluence → Royal Navy ⓘ

Sir Thomas Frankland → sphereOfInfluence → Royal Navy ⓘ

First voyage of James Cook → sponsor → Royal Navy ⓘ

Franklin expedition → sponsor → Royal Navy ⓘ

Second voyage of James Cook → sponsor → Royal Navy ⓘ

Elizabeth Sydenham → spouseMilitaryBranch → Royal Navy ⓘ

this entity surface form: English Navy

Cinque Ports → successor → Royal Navy ⓘ

Royal Scots Navy → successor → Royal Navy ⓘ

this entity surface form: Royal Navy of Great Britain

German battleship Scharnhorst → sunkBy → Royal Navy ⓘ

Anglo-Persian Oil Company → suppliedTo → Royal Navy ⓘ

Allied operations in Western Europe → supportedBy → Royal Navy ⓘ

British campaign against New France → supportedBy → Royal Navy ⓘ

Hungnam evacuation → supportedBy → Royal Navy ⓘ

Operation Shader → supportedBy → Royal Navy ⓘ

Royal Marines Cadets → supportedBy → Royal Navy ⓘ

Siege of Acre → supportedBy → Royal Navy ⓘ

Siege of Manila (1762) → supportedBy → Royal Navy ⓘ

Sword Beach → supportingUnit → Royal Navy ⓘ

Royal Fleet Auxiliary → supports → Royal Navy ⓘ

German heavy cruiser Prinz Eugen → surrenderedTo → Royal Navy ⓘ

The United Service Journal → topic → Royal Navy ⓘ

40 mm Bofors autocannon → usedBy → Royal Navy ⓘ

4th Destroyer Flotilla → usedBy → Royal Navy ⓘ

Aden (until 1937, administratively linked) → usedBy → Royal Navy ⓘ

this entity surface form: British Royal Navy

Admiral of the Fleet of the Royal Navy → usedBy → Royal Navy ⓘ

this entity surface form: Royal Navy of the United Kingdom

Blackburn Firebrand → usedBy → Royal Navy ⓘ

Board of Admiralty → usedBy → Royal Navy ⓘ

Boeing X-32 → usedBy → Royal Navy ⓘ

this entity surface form: Royal Navy (intended)

Congreve rockets → usedBy → Royal Navy ⓘ

Cyprus Sovereign Base Areas → usedBy → Royal Navy ⓘ

Derby House, Liverpool → usedBy → Royal Navy ⓘ

F82 → usedBy → Royal Navy ⓘ

First Sea Lord → usedBy → Royal Navy ⓘ

Gare Loch → usedBy → Royal Navy ⓘ

HMHS Britannic → usedBy → Royal Navy ⓘ

HMS Countess of Scarborough → usedBy → Royal Navy ⓘ

this entity surface form: British Royal Navy

Hawker Hunter → usedBy → Royal Navy ⓘ

Huff-Duff → usedBy → Royal Navy ⓘ

MC → usedBy → Royal Navy ⓘ

Portsmouth Harbour → usedBy → Royal Navy ⓘ

RAF Akrotiri → usedBy → Royal Navy ⓘ

RGM-109 Tomahawk → usedBy → Royal Navy ⓘ

EGDY → usedBy → Royal Navy ⓘ

subject surface form: RNAS Yeovilton

SA80 assault rifle → usedBy → Royal Navy ⓘ

Scapa Flow → usedBy → Royal Navy ⓘ

Short 184 → usedBy → Royal Navy ⓘ

Speke Airport → usedBy → Royal Navy ⓘ

State Gun Carriage of the Royal Navy → usedBy → Royal Navy ⓘ

Supermarine Scimitar → usedBy → Royal Navy ⓘ

Supermarine Seafang → usedBy → Royal Navy ⓘ