Royal Navy (until 1905)

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Royal_Navy_(until_1905)

GPTKB entity

Statements (98)

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:military
gptkbp:alliedWith	gptkb:Royal_Fleet_Auxiliary gptkb:Royal_Marines gptkb:Royal_Naval_Reserve
gptkbp:commandStructure	gptkb:Admiralty
gptkbp:country	gptkb:United_Kingdom
gptkbp:established	16th century
gptkbp:flag	gptkb:White_Ensign
gptkbp:headquarters	gptkb:London
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	Royal Navy (until 1905)
gptkbp:motto	Si vis pacem, para bellum
gptkbp:nickname	gptkb:Senior_Service
gptkbp:notableCommander	gptkb:Horatio_Nelson gptkb:David_Beatty gptkb:John_Jellicoe gptkb:Edward_Hawke gptkb:Samuel_Hood gptkb:George_Anson
gptkbp:notableEngagement	gptkb:American_Revolutionary_War gptkb:Battle_of_Jutland gptkb:Battle_of_Trafalgar gptkb:Crimean_War gptkb:Napoleonic_Wars gptkb:War_of_1812 gptkb:Seven_Years'_War gptkb:Battle_of_the_Nile
gptkbp:notableEvent	gptkb:Bombardment_of_Copenhagen_(1807) gptkb:Bombardment_of_Algiers_(1816) gptkb:Naval_Defence_Act_1889 gptkb:Bombardment_of_Alexandria_(1882) introduction of ironclads introduction of rating system Abyssinian Expedition (1868) Anglo-Zanzibar War (1896) Boxer Rebellion operations Crimean War operations Falklands Expedition (1833) First Sino-Japanese War (support role) Naval Review at Spithead Opium Wars operations Russo-Japanese War (observer role) Second Boer War (support role) abolition of flogging (1879) abolition of impressment (1853) abolition of press gangs (19th century) abolition of the slave trade patrol introduction of Victoria Cross (1856) introduction of continuous service (1853) introduction of destroyers introduction of naval bands introduction of naval chaplains introduction of naval colleges introduction of naval dockyards introduction of naval gunnery schools introduction of naval hospitals introduction of naval medals introduction of naval signals introduction of naval uniforms introduction of semaphore introduction of shipboard chapels introduction of shipboard discipline introduction of shipboard education introduction of shipboard hygiene introduction of shipboard libraries introduction of shipboard medical care introduction of shipboard music introduction of shipboard newspapers introduction of shipboard rations introduction of shipboard recreation introduction of shipboard sports introduction of shipboard theatre introduction of signal flags introduction of submarines introduction of torpedo boats introduction of wireless telegraphy launch of HMS Dreadnought (1906) transition to steam power introduction of naval aviation (early 20th century) abolition of the rum ration (not until 1970, but tradition established earlier)
gptkbp:notableFor	gptkb:Chatham gptkb:Plymouth gptkb:Portsmouth gptkb:Scapa_Flow
gptkbp:notableShip	gptkb:HMS_Hood gptkb:HMS_Dreadnought HMS Victory HMS Warrior
gptkbp:peak_size	largest navy in the world (18th–19th centuries)
gptkbp:predecessor	gptkb:English_Navy
gptkbp:role	naval warfare maritime security colonial expansion protection of trade
gptkbp:technological_innovation	ironclad warships dreadnought battleship steam propulsion
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:CFB_Esquimalt
gptkbp:bfsLayer	5