Special Boat Service

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military unit special forces unit

The Special Boat Service is an elite British special forces unit of the Royal Navy specializing in maritime counter-terrorism, covert reconnaissance, and amphibious operations.

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All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Special Boat Service canonical 14
Special Boat Section 3
British Special Boat Service 1

Statements (58)

Predicate Object
instanceOf military unit ⓘ
special forces unit ⓘ
allegiance United Kingdom ⓘ
branch Royal Navy ⓘ
conflict Falklands War ⓘ
Gulf War ⓘ
Iraq War ⓘ
Korean War ⓘ
Malayan Emergency ⓘ
World War II ⓘ
surface form: Second World War

War in Afghanistan (2001–2021) ⓘ
Global War on Terrorism ⓘ
surface form: War on Terror
country United Kingdom ⓘ
establishedAs Special Boat Service self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Special Boat Section
garrisonCountry United Kingdom ⓘ
garrisonLocation Dorset ⓘ
Poole ⓘ
hasAbbreviation SBS ⓘ
language English ⓘ
motto By Strength and Guile ⓘ
nickname SBS ⓘ
The Boat Service ⓘ
notableEra World War II ⓘ
surface form: Second World War
operatesIn coastal regions ⓘ
littoral zones ⓘ
maritime environment ⓘ
riverine environments ⓘ
operationalStatus active ⓘ
parentOrganization Director Special Forces ⓘ
partOf Royal Navy ⓘ
Special Air Service ⓘ
surface form: United Kingdom Special Forces
precededBy Special Boat Service self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Special Boat Section

Special Boat Service self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Special Boat Squadron
role amphibious warfare ⓘ
counter-terrorism ⓘ
covert reconnaissance ⓘ
covert surveillance ⓘ
direct action ⓘ
hostage rescue ⓘ
maritime counter-terrorism ⓘ
special operations ⓘ
special reconnaissance ⓘ
support to other special forces ⓘ
selectionType voluntary selection from Royal Marines and Royal Navy ⓘ
sisterUnit Special Air Service ⓘ
Special Forces Support Group ⓘ
Special Reconnaissance Regiment ⓘ
specialization amphibious operations ⓘ
beach reconnaissance ⓘ
clandestine insertion and extraction ⓘ
maritime special operations ⓘ
oil platform assaults ⓘ
ship boarding operations ⓘ
trainingIncludes close-quarters battle ⓘ
combat diving ⓘ
demolitions ⓘ
parachuting ⓘ
small boat handling ⓘ

Referenced by (19)

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

British Armed Forces → specialForcesUnit → Special Boat Service ⓘ
Special Reconnaissance Regiment → worksAlongside → Special Boat Service ⓘ
Special Boat Service → establishedAs → Special Boat Service self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Special Boat Section
Special Boat Service → precededBy → Special Boat Service self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Special Boat Section
Special Boat Service → precededBy → Special Boat Service self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Special Boat Squadron
Special Forces Support Group → supportsUnit → Special Boat Service ⓘ
Director Special Forces → oversees → Special Boat Service ⓘ
Operation Corporate → participant → Special Boat Service ⓘ
Royal Marines Commandos → associatedUnit → Special Boat Service ⓘ
Fuerza de Guerra Naval Especial → similarTo → Special Boat Service ⓘ
this entity surface form: British Special Boat Service
UK Special Forces (at strategic level) → hasUnit → Special Boat Service ⓘ
subject surface form: UK Special Forces
The Boat Service → officialName → Special Boat Service ⓘ
Paddy Ashdown → servedIn → Special Boat Service ⓘ
Battle of San Carlos → notableUnit → Special Boat Service ⓘ
United Kingdom Special Forces → hasPart → Special Boat Service ⓘ
UK Special Forces Group → oversees → Special Boat Service ⓘ
18 (UKSF) Signal Regiment → supports → Special Boat Service ⓘ
18 (UKSF) Signal Regiment → operatesWith → Special Boat Service ⓘ
British Commandos → hasPart → Special Boat Service ⓘ
this entity surface form: Special Boat Section