British Home Fleet

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/British_Home_Fleet

GPTKB entity

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:military
gptkbp:activePeriod	1902–1967
gptkbp:baseOfOperations	gptkb:Portsmouth gptkb:Scapa_Flow gptkb:Rosyth
gptkbp:country	gptkb:United_Kingdom
gptkbp:disbanded	1967
gptkbp:flag	gptkb:HMS_Nelson gptkb:HMS_Duke_of_York gptkb:HMS_Hood gptkb:HMS_King_George_V
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	British Home Fleet
gptkbp:notableCommander	gptkb:Admiral_Sir_Charles_Forbes gptkb:Admiral_Sir_John_Tovey gptkb:Admiral_Sir_Bruce_Fraser gptkb:Sir_Henry_Moore gptkb:Sir_Bruce_Fraser gptkb:Sir_Charles_Forbes gptkb:Sir_John_Tovey gptkb:Sir_William_Whitworth gptkb:Admiral_Sir_Henry_Moore Sir Edward Syfret
gptkbp:notableEngagement	gptkb:Hunt_for_the_Bismarck gptkb:Battle_of_the_Atlantic gptkb:Norwegian_Campaign
gptkbp:notableEvent	World War II operations World War I operations support of D-Day landings defense against German surface raiders interwar period patrols postwar NATO operations protection of Arctic convoys
gptkbp:notableShip	gptkb:HMS_Nelson gptkb:HMS_Ark_Royal gptkb:HMS_Duke_of_York gptkb:HMS_Hood gptkb:HMS_Prince_of_Wales gptkb:HMS_Repulse gptkb:HMS_Victorious gptkb:HMS_King_George_V gptkb:HMS_Rodney gptkb:HMS_Renown
gptkbp:operatedBy	gptkb:Royal_Navy
gptkbp:partOf	gptkb:Royal_Navy
gptkbp:predecessor	gptkb:Channel_Fleet
gptkbp:primaryUse	defense of British home waters
gptkbp:reorganizedAs	gptkb:Western_Fleet
gptkbp:successor	gptkb:Western_Fleet
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:King_George_V-class_battleships_(1939)
gptkbp:bfsLayer	7