Home Fleet

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Royal Navy fleet military formation

The Home Fleet was the Royal Navy’s primary battle fleet, responsible for defending British home waters and serving as a key strategic force in both World Wars.

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Label	Occurrences
Home Fleet canonical	26

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Royal Navy fleet ⓘ military formation ⓘ
allegiance	British Crown ⓘ
composition	aircraft carriers ⓘ battlecruisers ⓘ battleships ⓘ cruisers ⓘ destroyers ⓘ escort vessels ⓘ submarines ⓘ
conflict	World War I ⓘ surface form: First World War World War II ⓘ surface form: Second World War
country	United Kingdom ⓘ
disbandedDate	post-Second World War period ⓘ
engagement	Battle of the Barents Sea ⓘ surface form: Arctic convoy battles Battle of Jutland ⓘ Battle of the North Cape ⓘ surface form: Battle of North Cape hunt for Bismarck ⓘ
formationDate	early 20th century ⓘ
garrison	Gibraltar ⓘ Portsmouth ⓘ Rosyth ⓘ Scapa Flow ⓘ Scapa Flow ⓘ surface form: Scapa Flow, Orkney Islands
headquarters	Scapa Flow ⓘ
nickname	The Grand Fleet successor in home waters ⓘ
notableCommander	Admiral Sir Bruce Fraser ⓘ Admiral Sir Charles Madden ⓘ Admiral Sir Henry Leach ⓘ John Jellicoe, 1st Earl Jellicoe ⓘ surface form: Admiral Sir John Jellicoe Admiral Sir John Tovey ⓘ
opponent	Imperial German Navy ⓘ Kriegsmarine ⓘ
partOf	Royal Navy battle fleet structure ⓘ
reorganized	multiple times between 1902 and 1945 ⓘ
responsibility	containment of enemy surface fleets ⓘ protection of Atlantic convoys ⓘ protection of British Isles ⓘ protection of maritime trade routes near the United Kingdom ⓘ support of Arctic convoys to the Soviet Union ⓘ
role	defence of British home waters ⓘ primary battle fleet of the Royal Navy ⓘ strategic deterrent force ⓘ
serviceBranch	Royal Navy ⓘ
status	disbanded ⓘ
theatre	Arctic Ocean ⓘ Atlantic Ocean ⓘ North Sea ⓘ

Referenced by (26)

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

HMS Sikh → navalFleet → Home Fleet ⓘ

Grand Fleet → formedFrom → Home Fleet ⓘ

Grand Fleet → peacetimePredecessor → Home Fleet ⓘ

HMS Centurion → assignedTo → Home Fleet ⓘ

Channel Fleet → followedBy → Home Fleet ⓘ

HMS Indefatigable → serviceEntry → Home Fleet ⓘ

Bruce Fraser → notableCommand → Home Fleet ⓘ

Commander-in-Chief, Home Fleet → subordinateUnit → Home Fleet ⓘ

HMS Iron Duke → assignedTo → Home Fleet ⓘ

Battle Cruiser Fleet → serviceBranch → Home Fleet ⓘ

Channel Squadron → partOf → Home Fleet ⓘ

1st Cruiser Squadron → partOf → Home Fleet ⓘ

Commander-in-Chief, Rosyth → partOf → Home Fleet ⓘ

HMS Penelope (97) → servedIn → Home Fleet ⓘ

Flag Officer, Aircraft Carriers → partOf → Home Fleet ⓘ

HMS Gurkha (F63) → navalFleet → Home Fleet ⓘ

HMS Duke of York → flagshipOf → Home Fleet ⓘ

HMS Nelson (damaged by torpedo) → servedAsFlagshipOf → Home Fleet ⓘ

subject surface form: HMS Nelson

HMS Somali → navalFleet → Home Fleet ⓘ

HMS Bedouin → theatreOfOperations → Home Fleet ⓘ

battleship HMS Nelson → servedAsFlagshipFor → Home Fleet ⓘ

subject surface form: HMS Nelson

HMS Matabele → navalFleet → Home Fleet ⓘ

Force H → partOf → Home Fleet ⓘ

Baron Fraser of North Cape → notableCommand → Home Fleet ⓘ

subject surface form: Bruce Fraser, 1st Baron Fraser of North Cape

Admiral Sir John Tovey → militaryUnit → Home Fleet ⓘ

subject surface form: John Tovey

Admiral Sir John Tovey → notableCommand → Home Fleet ⓘ

subject surface form: John Tovey