British Navy
UK's maritime force
The British Navy, more formally the Royal Navy, is the naval warfare branch of the United Kingdom's armed forces.
One of the world's oldest and historically most powerful navies, it dominated global seas from the 18th through early 20th centuries, enabling British colonial expansion: Britannia rules the waves.
The term appears in historical contexts and informal speech; official usage prefers Royal Navy.
- AdmiraltyGovernment body governing fleets
- HMS VictoryPreserved first-rate ship-of-the-line
- ship of the lineLarge armed sailing vessel
- wooden wallsVertical timber barriers
- frigateMedium-sized naval warship
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- Georgian BritainGeorge III, Walpole, Culloden, Georgian era, Regency period
- Napoleonic EgyptNapoleon Bonaparte, Bonaparte, French fleet, Rosetta Stone, Mamluks
- rum historyrum, molasses, sugarcane, distillation, grog
- Seven Years WarSeven Years War, French and Indian War, Quebec, Montreal, Treaty of Paris
- seafaring peoplessailors, navigators, Vikings, fishermen, Polynesians
- explorationexploration, explore, expedition, expeditions, voyage
British Navymerchant navy
Civilian commercial shipping fleet
merchant marine · commercial shipping · fishing fleet · passenger liners · cargo vessels
British NavyBritish Army
UK's land warfare branch
infantry · army · Royal Air Force · ground forces · land forces