Royal Naval Patrol Service

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:military_unit
gptkbp:activePeriod 1914–1946
gptkbp:awarded RNPS badge
gptkbp:branch gptkb:Royal_Navy
gptkbp:commemoratedBy gptkb:Lowestoft_War_Memorial_Museum
Royal Naval Patrol Service Association
gptkbp:country gptkb:United_Kingdom
gptkbp:disbanded 1946
gptkbp:formed 1914
gptkbp:headquarters Lowestoft, Suffolk
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Royal Naval Patrol Service
gptkbp:nickname Harry Tate's Navy
gptkbp:notableCommander Commodore Sir Richard Bevan
gptkbp:notableFor minesweeping in both World Wars
use of requisitioned trawlers and drifters
gptkbp:parentOrganization gptkb:Royal_Navy
gptkbp:role anti-submarine warfare
naval patrol
minesweeping
gptkbp:size over 6,000 vessels during WWII
over 70,000 personnel during WWII
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Royal_Naval_Patrol_Service_Museum
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7