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Royal Navy

maritime service branch of the British Armed Forces
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Royal Navy

Summary

Royal Navy is a navy[1]. It ranks in the top 1% of navy entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (10,055 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Royal Navy received the Ig Nobel Prize[3].
  • Royal Navy is in the country of United Kingdom[4].
  • Royal Navy's instance of is recorded as navy[5].
  • Royal Navy's item operated is recorded as Royal Navy submarine fleet[6].
  • Royal Navy's item operated is recorded as Royal Navy fleet[7].
  • Royal Navy's item operated is recorded as de Havilland DH.114 Heron[8].
  • Royal Navy's headquarters location is recorded as Whitehall[9].
  • Royal Navy's military branch is recorded as His Majesty's Naval Service[10].
  • Royal Navy is part of His Majesty's Naval Service[11].
  • Royal Navy's Commons category is recorded as Royal Navy[12].
  • Royal Navy comprises Ha-Yishuv's volunteers in the Royal Navy[13].
  • 1546 marks the founding of Royal Navy[14].
  • Royal Navy's parent organization or unit is recorded as Ministry of Defence[15].
  • Royal Navy's official website is recorded as https://www.royalnavy.mod.uk/[16].
  • Royal Navy's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Royal Navy[17].
  • Royal Navy's Commons gallery is recorded as Royal Navy[18].
  • Royal Navy's allegiance is recorded as monarch of the United Kingdom[19].
  • Royal Navy's employees is recorded as {'amount': '+102000'}[20].
  • Royal Navy's employees is recorded as {'amount': '+106000'}[21].
  • Royal Navy's employees is recorded as {'amount': '+112000'}[22].
  • Royal Navy's employees is recorded as {'amount': '+33080'}[23].
  • Royal Navy's employees is recorded as {'amount': '+32500'}[24].
  • Royal Navy's employees is recorded as {'amount': '+32590'}[25].
  • Royal Navy's employees is recorded as {'amount': '+32740'}[26].
  • Royal Navy's employees is recorded as {'amount': '+32880'}[27].

Product Details

The following facts are restated verbatim from public-domain and CC0 open-data sources — every line is independently verifiable against the named source's catalog.

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  • Type: Group[28]

  • Country: GB[29]

  • Began / founded: 1546[30]

  • MusicBrainz ID: ec791a62-daa8-4dfa-8af9-1f9b7ba4d55c[31]

Body

Founding

1546 marks the founding of Royal Navy[14].

Identity

Royal Navy is part of His Majesty's Naval Service[11].

Operations

Royal Navy's headquarters location is recorded as Whitehall[9]. Its parent organization or unit is recorded as Ministry of Defence[15].

Recognition

Royal Navy received the Ig Nobel Prize[3].

Brands and Namesakes

Things named for Royal Navy include navy blue[32], a color[33] and Navy Island, Jamaica[34], an island[35], in Jamaica[36].

Why It Matters

Royal Navy ranks in the top 1% of navy entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (10,055 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[37] It is known by 125 alternative names across languages and contexts.[38]

Entities named for it include navy blue[32], a color[33] and Navy Island, Jamaica[34], an island[35], in Jamaica[36].

FAQs

What awards did Royal Navy receive?

Honors received include Ig Nobel Prize[3].

Related Entities

Alec Guinness Alistair MacLean Andrew Cunningham, 1st Viscount Cunningham of Hyndhope Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor Arthur Phillip Charles III Chevaline Re-entry Body David Attenborough David Beatty, 1st Earl Beatty Ernest Shackleton Evelyn Waugh Fletcher Christian Francis Beaufort Francis Drake Frederick Marryat George Martin George V George Vancouver George VI Graham Hill Henry Allingham Horatio Nelson Ian Fleming James Callaghan James Clark Ross James Cook James Lind Jean Vanier John Franklin John French, 1st Earl of Ypres

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [3] ↑ . improbable.com. Retrieved . improbable.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . Jane's Fighting Ships. wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . Jane's Fighting Ships. wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . Jane's Fighting Ships. wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . gov.uk. gov.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . gov.uk. gov.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . gov.uk. gov.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . gov.uk. gov.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . gov.uk. gov.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Product details (FDA / USDA / NHTSA public-domain catalog data)

  1. [28] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [29] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  3. [30] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  4. [31] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [32] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [34] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [33] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [35] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [36] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [37] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [38] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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