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.

Atlantic Fleet → operatedBy → Royal Navy ⓘ

Britannia Royal Naval College Dartmouth → operatedBy → Royal Navy ⓘ

British expeditionary forces → operatedBy → Royal Navy ⓘ

subject surface form: British Expeditionary Forces

Channel Fleet → operatedBy → Royal Navy ⓘ

Fleet Air Arm Museum → operatedBy → Royal Navy ⓘ

Grand Fleet → operatedBy → Royal Navy ⓘ

Middle East Command → operatedBy → Royal Navy ⓘ

Pallas → operatedBy → Royal Navy ⓘ

RNAS Calshot → operatedBy → Royal Navy ⓘ

RNAS Eastchurch → operatedBy → Royal Navy ⓘ

YEO → operatedBy → Royal Navy ⓘ

subject surface form: RNAS Yeovilton

EGDY → operatedBy → Royal Navy ⓘ

subject surface form: RNAS Yeovilton

Royal Fleet Auxiliary → operatedBy → Royal Navy ⓘ

Royal Naval Air Service → operatedBy → Royal Navy ⓘ

Royal Naval College, Osborne → operatedBy → Royal Navy ⓘ

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

Royal Navy Submarine Service → operatedBy → Royal Navy ⓘ

Royal Navy West Africa Squadron enforcement → operatedBy → Royal Navy ⓘ

Royal Navy training system → operatedBy → Royal Navy ⓘ

Royal William Victualling Yard, Plymouth → operatedBy → Royal Navy ⓘ

Sea Harrier fighter aircraft → operatedBy → Royal Navy ⓘ

subject surface form: Sea Harrier

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

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

Submarine Escape Training Tank (historical) → operatedBy → Royal Navy ⓘ

Western Approaches Tactical Unit → operatedBy → Royal Navy ⓘ

Arethusa class (1930s) → operator → Royal Navy ⓘ

Astute-class submarine → operator → Royal Navy ⓘ

Dreadnought-class submarine → operator → Royal Navy ⓘ

Exocet anti-ship missile → operator → Royal Navy ⓘ

subject surface form: Exocet

F-35B Lightning II → operator → Royal Navy ⓘ

Grumman TBF Avenger → operator → Royal Navy ⓘ

HMNB Clyde → operator → Royal Navy ⓘ

HMNB Devonport → operator → Royal Navy ⓘ

HMNB Portsmouth → operator → Royal Navy ⓘ

HMS Adventure → operator → Royal Navy ⓘ

HMS Ajax → operator → Royal Navy ⓘ

HMS Arethusa → operator → Royal Navy ⓘ

HMS Ark Royal (seaplane carrier) → operator → Royal Navy ⓘ

HMS Beagle second survey expedition → operator → Royal Navy ⓘ

HMS Bellerophon → operator → Royal Navy ⓘ

HMS Britannia → operator → Royal Navy ⓘ

HMS Centurion → operator → Royal Navy ⓘ

HMS Challenger → operator → Royal Navy ⓘ

HMS Cossack → operator → Royal Navy ⓘ

HMS Discovery → operator → Royal Navy ⓘ

HMS Drake → operator → Royal Navy ⓘ

HMS Endeavour → operator → Royal Navy ⓘ

HMS Exeter → operator → Royal Navy ⓘ

HMS Goliath → operator → Royal Navy ⓘ

HMS Heron → operator → Royal Navy ⓘ