Home Fleet

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Home_Fleet
GPTKB entity
Statements (48)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instance_of gptkb:naval_warfare
gptkbp:collaborated_with gptkb:Royal_Air_Force
gptkbp:commanded gptkb:Admiral_Sir_Dudley_Pound
gptkbp:disbanded gptkb:1967
gptkbp:engaged_in gptkb:Battle_of_the_Atlantic
gptkbp:established 1902
gptkbp:historical_period gptkb:20th_century
gptkbp:historical_significance major naval force in WWII
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Home Fleet
gptkbp:includes submarines
aircraft carriers
battleships
cruisers
destroyers
gptkbp:is_active_in gptkb:World_War_II
gptkbp:is_based_in gptkb:Scapa_Flow
gptkbp:notable_commanders gptkb:Admiral_Sir_John_Cunningham
gptkb:Admiral_Sir_John_Tovey
gptkb:Admiral_Sir_John_Jellicoe
gptkb:Admiral_Sir_Bruce_Fraser
gptkb:Admiral_Sir_John_Fisher
gptkb:Admiral_Sir_Arthur_Wilson
gptkb:Admiral_Sir_Charles_Napier
gptkb:Admiral_Sir_Dudley_Pound
gptkb:Admiral_Sir_Reginald_Aylmer_Ranfurly_Plunkett-Ernle-Erle-Drax
gptkb:Admiral_Sir_Bertram_Ramsay
gptkb:Admiral_Sir_David_Beatty
gptkb:Admiral_Sir_Andrew_Cunningham
gptkb:Admiral_Sir_George_Creasy
gptkb:Admiral_Sir_Charles_Forbes
gptkb:Admiral_Sir_Max_Horton
gptkb:Admiral_Sir_Reginald_Plunkett-Ernle-Erle-Drax
gptkb:Admiral_Sir_Edward_Seymour
gptkbp:notable_operations gptkb:Operation_Pedestal
gptkbp:operates gptkb:British_Isles
gptkbp:operational_area gptkb:North_Atlantic_Ocean
gptkbp:part_of gptkb:Royal_Navy
gptkbp:participated_in gptkb:Operation_Overlord
gptkbp:primary_role defense of the United Kingdom
gptkbp:replaced_by gptkb:Fleet_Command
gptkbp:successor Home Command
gptkbp:supported gptkb:D-Day_landings
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Admiral_Sir_John_Tovey
gptkb:HMS_Duke_of_York
gptkb:HMS_Warspite
gptkb:Sir_Dudley_Pound
gptkb:Sir_Max_Horton
gptkbp:bfsLayer 4