Women’s Royal Naval Service

E415184

military organization women’s branch of the Royal Navy

The Women’s Royal Naval Service was the women’s branch of the British Royal Navy, whose members served in vital shore-based and support roles, particularly during the World Wars.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Women’s Royal Naval Service canonical	4
Wrens (Women’s Royal Naval Service)	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	military organization ⓘ women’s branch of the Royal Navy ⓘ
allegiance	British Crown ⓘ
allowedSeaService	no, primarily shore-based ⓘ
conflict	Cold War ⓘ World War I ⓘ surface form: First World War World War II ⓘ surface form: Second World War
country	United Kingdom ⓘ
dissolved	1919 ⓘ 1993 ⓘ
genderRestriction	women only ⓘ
headquartersLocation	London, England ⓘ surface form: London
inception	1917 ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
legalStatusChange	integrated into Royal Navy under 1990s reforms ⓘ
mergedInto	Royal Navy ⓘ
motto	Never at Sea ⓘ
nickname	Wrens ⓘ
notableActivity	manning naval communications stations ⓘ operating radar and plotting rooms ⓘ service at Bletchley Park ⓘ supporting anti-submarine warfare operations ⓘ
notableEra	World War I ⓘ World War II ⓘ post-war Royal Navy ⓘ
notableMember	Admiral Dame Jocelyn Woollcombe ⓘ Admiral Dame Katherine Furse ⓘ Vera Laughton Mathews NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableRankTitle	Director of the WRNS ⓘ
partOf	Royal Navy ⓘ
precededBy	none (first official women’s naval service in UK) ⓘ
primaryRole	clerical and administrative duties ⓘ communications and signals ⓘ intelligence and codebreaking support ⓘ logistics and supply ⓘ shore-based naval support ⓘ technical and engineering support ⓘ
reasonForDisbandment	policy of full gender integration in the Royal Navy ⓘ
recruitmentBase	United Kingdom ⓘ
reestablished	1939 ⓘ
serviceBranch	Royal Navy ⓘ
serviceNumberPeak	over 70,000 members during the Second World War ⓘ
serviceType	non-combat support ⓘ
shortName	WRNS ⓘ
succeededBy	full integration of women into the Royal Navy ⓘ
symbol	fouled anchor with crown ⓘ
trainingLocation	HMS Dauntless (training establishment for WRNS) ⓘ
typeOfPersonnel	naval ratings and officers ⓘ
uniform	distinctive women’s naval uniform ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

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

Western Approaches Tactical Unit → staffIncluded → Women’s Royal Naval Service ⓘ

Liz Smith → militaryService → Women’s Royal Naval Service ⓘ

Patricia Knatchbull, 2nd Countess Mountbatten of Burma → militaryService → Women’s Royal Naval Service ⓘ

Bombe machines → operatedBy → Women’s Royal Naval Service ⓘ

Hut 6 → employer → Women’s Royal Naval Service ⓘ

this entity surface form: Wrens (Women’s Royal Naval Service)