British Home Fleet

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Royal Navy fleet

The British Home Fleet was a major Royal Navy battle fleet responsible for defending the waters around the British Isles, particularly during the World Wars.

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All labels observed (7)

Label Occurrences
British Home Fleet canonical 2
Royal Navy Home Fleet 2
British North Sea Fleet 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Royal Navy fleet ⓘ
activeDuring First World War NERFINISHED ⓘ
Second World War NERFINISHED ⓘ
alliance Allied powers in World War II NERFINISHED ⓘ
areaOfResponsibility waters around the British Isles ⓘ
composition aircraft carriers ⓘ
battlecruisers ⓘ
battleships ⓘ
cruisers ⓘ
destroyers ⓘ
submarines ⓘ
country United Kingdom ⓘ
engagement Arctic convoys NERFINISHED ⓘ
Battle of Jutland NERFINISHED ⓘ
Battle of the North Cape NERFINISHED ⓘ
Hunt for Bismarck NERFINISHED ⓘ
Norwegian Campaign NERFINISHED ⓘ
flagshipType aircraft carrier ⓘ
battlecruiser ⓘ
battleship ⓘ
garrison Cromarty Firth NERFINISHED ⓘ
Portsmouth NERFINISHED ⓘ
Rosyth NERFINISHED ⓘ
Scapa Flow NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableCommander Admiral Sir Bruce Fraser NERFINISHED ⓘ
Admiral Sir Charles Madden NERFINISHED ⓘ
Admiral Sir Henry Leach NERFINISHED ⓘ
Admiral Sir John Jellicoe NERFINISHED ⓘ
Admiral Sir John Tovey NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableShip HMS Anson NERFINISHED ⓘ
HMS Duke of York NERFINISHED ⓘ
HMS Hood NERFINISHED ⓘ
HMS King George V NERFINISHED ⓘ
HMS Victorious NERFINISHED ⓘ
predecessor Atlantic Fleet NERFINISHED ⓘ
Channel Fleet NERFINISHED ⓘ
primaryRole fleet-in-being ⓘ
home waters defence ⓘ
serviceBranch Royal Navy ⓘ
status disbanded ⓘ
subordination Admiralty NERFINISHED ⓘ
successor Home Fleet (post‑war NATO era) NERFINISHED ⓘ
task blockade of Germany ⓘ
cover for amphibious operations in Europe ⓘ
escort of Arctic convoys to the Soviet Union ⓘ
protection of British trade routes ⓘ
theatre Arctic Ocean NERFINISHED ⓘ
Atlantic Ocean NERFINISHED ⓘ
North Sea NERFINISHED ⓘ

Referenced by (9)

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

HMS Hampshire, near Orkney, Scotland → navalFleet → British Home Fleet ⓘ
subject surface form: HMS Hampshire
Eastern Fleet → partOf → British Home Fleet ⓘ
this entity surface form: Royal Navy Home Fleet and overseas fleets system
Adam Duncan → commanded → British Home Fleet ⓘ
this entity surface form: British North Sea Fleet
Ships of the line of the Royal Navy → coreOf → British Home Fleet ⓘ
this entity surface form: British battle fleet
German battlecruiser Seydlitz → capturedBy → British Home Fleet ⓘ
this entity surface form: Royal Navy (interned at Scapa Flow)
Commander, Battlecruiser Fleet → commandStructure → British Home Fleet ⓘ
this entity surface form: Royal Navy Home Fleet
Admiral Sir Bruce Fraser → commanded → British Home Fleet ⓘ
subject surface form: Bruce Fraser
Lyness Harbour → associatedWith → British Home Fleet ⓘ
this entity surface form: Royal Navy Home Fleet
Grand Fleet (Royal Navy) → precededBy → British Home Fleet ⓘ
this entity surface form: Home Fleet (Royal Navy)