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.

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

French Crown → hasInstitution → Royal Navy ⓘ

this entity surface form: royal navy

British Commonwealth forces → hasMember → Royal Navy ⓘ

Hampshire → hasNavalHeritage → Royal Navy ⓘ

Shanghai International Settlement (British participation) → hasNavalSupportFrom → Royal Navy ⓘ

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

Battle of La Hogue (1692) → hasParticipant → Royal Navy ⓘ

Battle of Lowestoft → hasParticipant → Royal Navy ⓘ

Battle of Navarino in 1827 → hasParticipant → Royal Navy ⓘ

subject surface form: Battle of Navarino

Battle of New Orleans → hasParticipant → Royal Navy ⓘ

Battle of Texel (1673) → hasParticipant → Royal Navy ⓘ

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

Black May 1943 → hasParticipant → Royal Navy ⓘ

Burning of Washington → hasParticipant → Royal Navy ⓘ

Iraq campaign (1941) → hasParticipant → Royal Navy ⓘ

First Lord of the Admiralty → hasResponsibility → Royal Navy ⓘ

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

Plymouth Sound → historicalEvent → Royal Navy ⓘ

this entity surface form: Royal Navy operations during the Napoleonic Wars

Royal Navy → historicalPredecessor → Royal Navy self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: English Navy

Woolwich → historicallyAssociatedWith → Royal Navy ⓘ

Placentia Bay → historicallyUsedBy → Royal Navy ⓘ

Solent → historicallyUsedBy → Royal Navy ⓘ

HMNB Clyde → homePortOf → Royal Navy ⓘ

this entity surface form: United Kingdom nuclear-armed submarine fleet

HMNB Portsmouth → homePortOf → Royal Navy ⓘ

this entity surface form: Royal Navy surface fleet units

Allied convoy system → implementedBy → Royal Navy ⓘ

United Kingdom defence policy → implementedBy → Royal Navy ⓘ

Napoleon's Egyptian campaign → involved → Royal Navy ⓘ

this entity surface form: British Royal Navy

Second Anglo-Mysore War → involved → Royal Navy ⓘ

Operation Slapstick → involvedArm → Royal Navy ⓘ

Falklands War → involvedBranch → Royal Navy ⓘ

Inchon Landing → involvedBranch → Royal Navy ⓘ

Salonika Expedition → involvedBranch → Royal Navy ⓘ

Operation Olympic → involvedBranchPlanned → Royal Navy ⓘ

Anglo-Russian invasion of the Netherlands → involvedForce → Royal Navy ⓘ

Battle of the Heligoland Bight (1940 minelaying operations area) → involvedForce → Royal Navy ⓘ

Iran campaign (Anglo-Soviet invasion of Iran) → involvedForce → Royal Navy ⓘ

North Sea theatre of World War I → involvedForce → Royal Navy ⓘ

this entity surface form: British Royal Navy

South-East Asian theatre of World War II → involvedForce → Royal Navy ⓘ

Borneo Confrontation → involvedMilitaryUnit → Royal Navy ⓘ

Italian conquest of British Somaliland → involvedMilitaryUnit → Royal Navy ⓘ

Siege of Boston → involvedMilitaryUnit → Royal Navy ⓘ

Battle of Crete → involvedUnit → Royal Navy ⓘ

Battle of Narvik → involvedUnit → Royal Navy ⓘ

this entity surface form: Royal Navy destroyer flotillas

Operation Chromite → involvedUnit → Royal Navy ⓘ

this entity surface form: Royal Navy ships

Allied Combined Operations Headquarters → involves → Royal Navy ⓘ

Boston campaign → involves → Royal Navy ⓘ

Chesapeake campaign → involves → Royal Navy ⓘ

East African campaign → involves → Royal Navy ⓘ

War of Jenkins' Ear → involves → Royal Navy ⓘ

Battle of Gallipoli → involvesMilitaryUnit → Royal Navy ⓘ