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.

Battle of Salerno → belligerent → Royal Navy ⓘ

Aboukir Bay, Egypt → belligerent → Royal Navy ⓘ

subject surface form: Battle of the Nile

this entity surface form: British Royal Navy

Battle of the River Plate → belligerent → Royal Navy ⓘ

British landing at Benedict, Maryland → belligerent → Royal Navy ⓘ

Siege of Charleston → belligerent → Royal Navy ⓘ

Siege of Louisbourg (1745) → belligerent → Royal Navy ⓘ

this entity surface form: Royal Navy of Great Britain

Western Approaches → belligerent → Royal Navy ⓘ

Battle of Savo Island → belligerentSide → Royal Navy ⓘ

K-class destroyer → belongsToNavy → Royal Navy ⓘ

Channel Fleet → branch → Royal Navy ⓘ

Commando Helicopter Force → branch → Royal Navy ⓘ

Operation Telic → branch → Royal Navy ⓘ

Royal Marines Commandos → branch → Royal Navy ⓘ

Special Boat Service → branch → Royal Navy ⓘ

South American Division of the Royal Navy → branchOfService → Royal Navy ⓘ

this entity surface form: British Royal Navy

D16 → builtFor → Royal Navy ⓘ

subject surface form: HMS Ivanhoe (D16)

John I. Thornycroft & Company → builtFor → Royal Navy ⓘ

German tanker Altmark → capturedBy → Royal Navy ⓘ

subject surface form: Altmark

Spartiate → capturedBy → Royal Navy ⓘ

USS Alfred → capturedBy → Royal Navy ⓘ

USS Hancock → capturedBy → Royal Navy ⓘ

USS Ranger → capturedBy → Royal Navy ⓘ

HMS Serapis → capturedFrom → Royal Navy ⓘ

Admiralty, Whitehall → category → Royal Navy ⓘ

Maritime and Coastguard Agency → collaboratesWith → Royal Navy ⓘ

Sea Cadets → collaboratesWith → Royal Navy ⓘ

Battle of Bladensburg → combatant → Royal Navy ⓘ

Battle of Camperdown → combatant → Royal Navy ⓘ

this entity surface form: British Royal Navy

Battle of Cape Matapan → combatant → Royal Navy ⓘ

Battle of Chelsea Creek → combatant → Royal Navy ⓘ

Battle of Jutland → combatant → Royal Navy ⓘ

Battle of Lagos → combatant → Royal Navy ⓘ

Battle of Nassau → combatant → Royal Navy ⓘ

Battle of Quiberon Bay → combatant → Royal Navy ⓘ

Battle of the Dogger Bank (1799) → combatant → Royal Navy ⓘ

Battle of the Java Sea → combatant → Royal Navy ⓘ

Bombardment of Odessa → combatant → Royal Navy ⓘ

Four Days' Battle → combatant → Royal Navy ⓘ

Third Anglo-Burmese War → commandStructure → Royal Navy ⓘ

Admiralty (United Kingdom) → commanded → Royal Navy ⓘ

HMS Victory → commissioningNavy → Royal Navy ⓘ

British Armed Forces → component → Royal Navy ⓘ

Brest blockade → conductedBy → Royal Navy ⓘ

Duke of Bronté → connectedTo → Royal Navy ⓘ

HMNB Portsmouth → controlledBy → Royal Navy ⓘ

Portsmouth Naval Base → controlledBy → Royal Navy ⓘ

EGDY → controlledBy → Royal Navy ⓘ

subject surface form: RNAS Yeovilton

RAF Coastal Command → cooperatedWith → Royal Navy ⓘ

Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force → cooperatesWith → Royal Navy ⓘ

Qatar Emiri Naval Forces → cooperatesWith → Royal Navy ⓘ