Grand Fleet

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Royal Navy formation World War I naval unit battle fleet

The Grand Fleet was the main British Royal Navy battle fleet during World War I, tasked with securing control of the North Sea and confronting the German High Seas Fleet.

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Label	Occurrences
Grand Fleet canonical	24

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Royal Navy formation ⓘ World War I naval unit ⓘ battle fleet ⓘ
base	Rosyth ⓘ Scapa Flow ⓘ
commander	John Jellicoe, 1st Earl Jellicoe ⓘ David Beatty ⓘ surface form: Sir David Beatty
conflict	World War I ⓘ
controlledBy	Admiralty (United Kingdom) ⓘ surface form: Admiralty
country	United Kingdom ⓘ
disbanded	1919 ⓘ
engagement	Action of 19 August 1916 ⓘ Battle of Jutland ⓘ Battle of Jutland ⓘ surface form: Battle of the North Sea Second Battle of Heligoland Bight ⓘ
era	early 20th century ⓘ
flagship	HMS Iron Duke ⓘ HMS Queen Elizabeth ⓘ
formationDate	1914-08-04 ⓘ
formedFrom	Atlantic Fleet ⓘ Channel Fleet ⓘ Home Fleet ⓘ
locationOfHeadquarters	Scapa Flow ⓘ surface form: Scapa Flow, Orkney Islands
navalDoctrine	decisive battle strategy against German fleet ⓘ
nickname	the main fleet of the Royal Navy in WWI ⓘ
notableCommander	David Beatty ⓘ surface form: Admiral Sir David Beatty John Jellicoe, 1st Earl Jellicoe ⓘ surface form: Admiral Sir John Jellicoe
operatedBy	Royal Navy ⓘ
opponent	High Seas Fleet ⓘ
opponentCountry	German Empire ⓘ
partOf	Royal Navy ⓘ
peacetimePredecessor	Home Fleet ⓘ
primaryTask	confront the German High Seas Fleet ⓘ secure control of the North Sea ⓘ
role	main British battle fleet in World War I ⓘ
serviceBranch	Royal Navy ⓘ
strategicObjective	maintain naval blockade of Germany ⓘ prevent German fleet from breaking into the Atlantic ⓘ
strengthPeak	about 38 dreadnought battleships ⓘ about 9 battlecruisers ⓘ numerous cruisers and destroyers ⓘ
subordinateUnit	Battle Cruiser Fleet ⓘ destroyer flotillas ⓘ various cruiser squadrons ⓘ
successor	Atlantic Fleet ⓘ surface form: Atlantic Fleet (postwar reorganization)
surrenderEvent	oversaw surrender of the German High Seas Fleet at Scapa Flow ⓘ
theater	North Sea ⓘ

Referenced by (24)

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

Lord Jellicoe → militaryUnit → Grand Fleet ⓘ

Lord Jellicoe → notableCommand → Grand Fleet ⓘ

RNAS Scapa Flow → served → Grand Fleet ⓘ

HMS Centurion → partOf → Grand Fleet ⓘ

HMS Centurion → assignedTo → Grand Fleet ⓘ

HMS Drake → assignedTo → Grand Fleet ⓘ

Rushworth → notableCommand → Grand Fleet ⓘ

subject surface form: John Rushworth Jellicoe

HMS Invincible → fleetAssignment → Grand Fleet ⓘ

High Seas Fleet → primaryOpponent → Grand Fleet ⓘ

HMS Iron Duke → flagshipOf → Grand Fleet ⓘ

HMS Iron Duke → assignedTo → Grand Fleet ⓘ

Action of 19 August 1916 → hasParticipant → Grand Fleet ⓘ

Battle Cruiser Fleet → supported → Grand Fleet ⓘ

King George V class → usedBy → Grand Fleet ⓘ

1st Cruiser Squadron → partOf → Grand Fleet ⓘ

Orion-class battleship → fleetAssignment → Grand Fleet ⓘ

British battleship Valiant → serviceBranchDuringWorldWarI → Grand Fleet ⓘ

subject surface form: HMS Valiant

2nd Battlecruiser Squadron → componentOf → Grand Fleet ⓘ

Dover Patrol → partOf → Grand Fleet ⓘ

Commander-in-Chief, Grand Fleet → appliesTo → Grand Fleet ⓘ

Commander, Battlecruiser Fleet → partOf → Grand Fleet ⓘ

British distant blockade of Germany → enforcedBy → Grand Fleet ⓘ

British battleship Barham → fleetAssignment → Grand Fleet ⓘ

subject surface form: HMS Barham

British battlecruiser Tiger → fleet → Grand Fleet ⓘ

subject surface form: HMS Tiger