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The name for the navy of the UK.

England's first navy was established by King Alfred, but soon fell into disrepair.

The reformation of the Royal Navy occurred during the reign of [King Henry XIII]? whose ships the "Great Harry" and the "Mary Rose" engaged the French navy in a battle in the Solent in 1545.

The Royal Navy is the navy of the United Kingdom.

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England's first navy was established by King Alfred, but soon fell into disrepair. The reformation of the Royal Navy occurred during the reign of King Henry VIII whose ships the "Great Harry" and the "Mary Rose" engaged the French navy in a battle in the Solent? in 1545?.

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The Naval Service didn't really exist until the mid 17th Century when the Fleet Royal was incorporated into the Government following the defeat of Charles I in the English Civil War.

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The formation of Royal Dockyards at London, Plymouth, Portsmouth, Chatham?, Rosyth?...

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*[Patrick O'Brien]? = Aubrey-Maturin?

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Her (or His) Majesty's Ship = HMS (acronym)

HMS (acronym) = Her (or His) Majesty's Ship

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HMS Ark Royal

[Royal Fleet Auxiliary]?

[Fleet Air Arm]?

[Royal Marines]? / Commando?

Wrens?

[Royal Yacht]?

Royal Navy Timeline

1805 [Battle of Trafalgar]?

1821 First Steam Paddle ships for auxiliary use (tugs etc)

1840 First Screw driven Steamship, HMS Rattler

1905 First SteamTurbine? battleship, HMS Dreadnought

1916 Battle of Jutland

1941 Sinking of HMS Hood and the Bismarck

1982 Falklands War Task force despatched

1991 Gulf War

1999 [Kosovo Conflict]?

Some components of the Royal Navy

*[Royal Fleet Auxiliary]?
*[Fleet Air Arm]?
*[Royal Marines]? / Commando?
*Wrens?
*[Royal Yacht]?

Royal Navy Timeline

1690 [Battle of Beachy Head]?

1692 [Battle of La Hogue]?

1797 Battle of Cape St. Vincent

1798 Battle of Aboukir Bay

1805 [Battle of Trafalgar]?

1821 First Steam Paddle ships for auxiliary use (tugs etc)

1840 First Screw driven Steamship, HMS Rattler

1905 First [Steam turbine]? battleship, HMS Dreadnought

1916 Battle of Jutland

1941 Sinking of HMS Hood and the Bismarck

1982 Falklands War Task force despatched

1991 Gulf War

1999 Kosovo conflict

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Some famous members of the Royal Navy

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*[Admiral Jellicoe]?
*[Admiral Beattie]?
*Rear-Admiral? [Sandy Woodward]?

*Captain William Bligh
*Admiral Jellicoe
*Admiral Beatty
*Admiral John "Sandy" Woodward

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*Lt. Charles Robert Malden

Some famous ships of the Royal Navy

*HMS Ark Royal
*HMS Hood
*HMS Beagle
*HMS Dreadnought
*HMS Resolution - first submarine of the Resolution Class

Weapons Systems

*Trident missile