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.

Portsmouth Naval Base → isHomePortOf → Royal Navy ⓘ

Parliamentary Secretary to the Admiralty → isPartOfHistoryOf → Royal Navy ⓘ

Britannia Royal Naval College Dartmouth → isPrincipalOfficerTrainingEstablishmentOf → Royal Navy ⓘ

First Sea Lord → jurisdiction → Royal Navy ⓘ

this entity surface form: Royal Navy, Royal Marines, and associated naval forces

Lord High Admiral of England → jurisdiction → Royal Navy ⓘ

Sea Lords → jurisdiction → Royal Navy ⓘ

Second Sea Lord → jurisdiction → Royal Navy ⓘ

F82 → launchedBy → Royal Navy ⓘ

subject surface form: HMS Sikh

Battle of the Atlantic → mainCombatant → Royal Navy ⓘ

Atlantic theatre of World War I → mainOpponent → Royal Navy ⓘ

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

Armstrong Whitworth → market → Royal Navy ⓘ

Bertram Ramsay → memberOf → Royal Navy ⓘ

Sir William Hotham → memberOf → Royal Navy ⓘ

this entity surface form: British Royal Navy

NATO naval forces → memberStatesContribute → Royal Navy ⓘ

Royal Scots Navy → mergedInto → Royal Navy ⓘ

this entity surface form: Royal Navy of Great Britain

1st Baron Barham → militaryBranch → Royal Navy ⓘ

4th Destroyer Flotilla → militaryBranch → Royal Navy ⓘ

A. V. Alexander → militaryBranch → Royal Navy ⓘ

Alexander Cochrane → militaryBranch → Royal Navy ⓘ

Andrew Cunningham → militaryBranch → Royal Navy ⓘ

Arthur Phillip → militaryBranch → Royal Navy ⓘ

Battle of Cape Passaro → militaryBranch → Royal Navy ⓘ

Bernard Warburton-Lee → militaryBranch → Royal Navy ⓘ

Bertram Ramsay → militaryBranch → Royal Navy ⓘ

Admiral Bertram Ramsay → militaryBranch → Royal Navy ⓘ

subject surface form: Bertram Ramsay

Britannia Royal Naval College Dartmouth → militaryBranch → Royal Navy ⓘ

British naval blockade of Europe → militaryBranch → Royal Navy ⓘ

Bruce Fraser → militaryBranch → Royal Navy ⓘ

Captain John Byron → militaryBranch → Royal Navy ⓘ

Charles Howard, 1st Earl of Nottingham → militaryBranch → Royal Navy ⓘ

Charles Rumney Samson → militaryBranch → Royal Navy ⓘ

Charles Saunders → militaryBranch → Royal Navy ⓘ

Commando Training Centre Royal Marines, Lympstone → militaryBranch → Royal Navy ⓘ

David Beatty → militaryBranch → Royal Navy ⓘ

Distinguished Conduct Medal → militaryBranch → Royal Navy ⓘ

this entity surface form: Royal Navy (Naval Brigades, historically)

Distinguished Service Order → militaryBranch → Royal Navy ⓘ

Edward Albert Christian George Andrew Patrick David → militaryBranch → Royal Navy ⓘ

Edward Berry → militaryBranch → Royal Navy ⓘ

Edward Boscawen → militaryBranch → Royal Navy ⓘ

Edward Codrington → militaryBranch → Royal Navy ⓘ

Edward Hawke → militaryBranch → Royal Navy ⓘ

Edward Hawke was commander of the British fleet → militaryBranch → Royal Navy ⓘ

subject surface form: Edward Hawke

Admiral Edward Russell → militaryBranch → Royal Navy ⓘ

subject surface form: Edward Russell, 1st Earl of Orford

Edward VIII → militaryBranch → Royal Navy ⓘ

Admiral Edward Vernon → militaryBranch → Royal Navy ⓘ

subject surface form: Edward Vernon

Francis Drake → militaryBranch → Royal Navy ⓘ

this entity surface form: English Navy

Frederick Rutland → militaryBranch → Royal Navy ⓘ

George Cockburn → militaryBranch → Royal Navy ⓘ

Cockburn → militaryBranch → Royal Navy ⓘ

subject surface form: George Cockburn