Wrens (Women's Royal Naval Service)

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Wrens_(Women's_Royal_Naval_Service)
GPTKB entity
Statements (32)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:military_organization
gptkbp:abbreviation gptkb:WRNS
gptkbp:activeDuring gptkb:World_War_I
gptkb:World_War_II
gptkbp:branch gptkb:Royal_Navy
gptkbp:country gptkb:United_Kingdom
gptkbp:disbanded 1919
1993
gptkbp:firstDirector gptkb:Dame_Katherine_Furse
gptkbp:founded 1917
gptkbp:fullName gptkb:Women's_Royal_Naval_Service
gptkbp:headquarters gptkb:London
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Wrens (Women's Royal Naval Service)
gptkbp:integratedYear 1993
gptkbp:integratesWith gptkb:Royal_Navy
gptkbp:motto gptkb:Never_at_Sea
gptkbp:nickname gptkb:Wrens
gptkbp:notableMember gptkb:Jean_Barker,_Baroness_Trumpington
gptkb:Kathleen_Best
gptkb:Vera_Laughton_Mathews
gptkbp:parentOrganization gptkb:Royal_Navy
gptkbp:peakStrength over 74,000 (World War II)
gptkbp:reformed 1939
gptkbp:role gptkb:artificial_intelligence
communications
clerical work
mechanical work
support roles in Royal Navy
gptkbp:successor gptkb:Women_in_the_Royal_Navy
gptkbp:uniform navy blue skirt and jacket
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Bombe
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5