Commander-in-Chief, Grand Fleet

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Royal Navy appointment military rank-equivalent post naval command

Commander-in-Chief, Grand Fleet was the senior command position in the Royal Navy responsible for leading Britain’s main battle fleet during the latter part of World War I.

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All labels observed (5)

Label	Occurrences
Commander-in-Chief, Grand Fleet canonical	4
C-in-C, Grand Fleet	1
Commander of the Grand Fleet	1
Commander-in-Chief of the Grand Fleet	1
Commander‑in‑Chief, Grand Fleet	1

Statements (45)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Royal Navy appointment ⓘ military rank-equivalent post ⓘ naval command ⓘ
appliesTo	Grand Fleet ⓘ
associatedOrganization	Admiralty (United Kingdom) ⓘ surface form: British Admiralty
conflict	World War I ⓘ
country	United Kingdom ⓘ
dateAbolished	1919 ⓘ
dateEstablished	1914 ⓘ
engagement	Battle of Jutland ⓘ
era	early 20th century ⓘ
firstHolder	John Jellicoe, 1st Earl Jellicoe ⓘ surface form: Admiral John Jellicoe, 1st Earl Jellicoe John Jellicoe, 1st Earl Jellicoe ⓘ surface form: Sir John Jellicoe
garrison	Scapa Flow ⓘ
historicalPeriod	First World War era ⓘ
languageOfName	English ⓘ
lastHolder	David Beatty ⓘ surface form: Admiral of the Fleet David Beatty, 1st Earl Beatty David Beatty ⓘ surface form: Sir David Beatty
locationOfOperations	North Sea ⓘ Orkney Islands ⓘ Scapa Flow ⓘ
notableCommander	David Beatty ⓘ John Jellicoe, 1st Earl Jellicoe ⓘ surface form: John Jellicoe
opposedForce	High Seas Fleet (Imperial German Navy) ⓘ surface form: German High Seas Fleet
partOf	Royal Navy ⓘ
primaryAssetType	battlecruisers ⓘ dreadnought battleships ⓘ
rankHeldByPostHolder	Admiral ⓘ Admiral of the Fleet of the Royal Navy ⓘ surface form: Admiral of the Fleet
reportsTo	Admiralty (United Kingdom) ⓘ surface form: Admiralty First Sea Lord ⓘ
responsibility	engagement of the German High Seas Fleet ⓘ operational control of the Grand Fleet ⓘ strategic direction of Royal Navy battle fleet in the North Sea ⓘ
role	senior command of Britain’s main battle fleet ⓘ
serviceBranch	Royal Navy ⓘ
serviceDuringMonarch	reign of King George V ⓘ
shortName	Commander-in-Chief, Grand Fleet self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: C-in-C, Grand Fleet
strategicObjective	ensure command of the sea for the Allies ⓘ maintain naval blockade of Germany ⓘ
successorPosition	Commander in Chief, U.S. Atlantic Fleet ⓘ surface form: Commander-in-Chief, Atlantic Fleet Commander-in-Chief, Home Fleet ⓘ
theaterOfCommand	Home Fleet theater ⓘ
typeOfCommand	operational fleet command ⓘ
usedDuring	latter part of World War I ⓘ

Referenced by (8)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

David Beatty → positionHeld → Commander-in-Chief, Grand Fleet ⓘ

John Jellicoe, 1st Earl Jellicoe → positionHeld → Commander-in-Chief, Grand Fleet ⓘ

this entity surface form: Commander of the Grand Fleet

Battle Cruiser Fleet → subordinateTo → Commander-in-Chief, Grand Fleet ⓘ

this entity surface form: Commander‑in‑Chief, Grand Fleet

John → positionHeld → Commander-in-Chief, Grand Fleet ⓘ

subject surface form: John Rushworth Jellicoe

this entity surface form: Commander-in-Chief of the Grand Fleet

1st Earl Beatty → positionHeld → Commander-in-Chief, Grand Fleet ⓘ

Commander-in-Chief, Grand Fleet → shortName → Commander-in-Chief, Grand Fleet self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: C-in-C, Grand Fleet

Commander, Battlecruiser Fleet → subordinateTo → Commander-in-Chief, Grand Fleet ⓘ

Grand Fleet (Royal Navy) → commanderTitle → Commander-in-Chief, Grand Fleet ⓘ