Royal Navy

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The Royal Navy is the Navy of the United Kingdom.

Due to the island location, the Navy always played a major role in the history of the states on the British Isles. This applies to both defense and imperialist expansion within the framework of the British Empire. At the height of its power, it was the most combat-strong navy in the world and due to its historical prominence and importance is also referred to by non-British simply as the Royal Navy, a possible national designation is omitted.

In January 2007, the Royal Navy comprised 91 warships and 74 auxiliary and supply ships, making it one of the largest navies in the world. Together with the Royal Marines, the Naval Reserve Forces and the Naval Careers Service, the Royal Navy forms the Naval Service (also called Senior Service) of the British Armed Forces. The Royal Navy is one of the six navies worldwide that has submarines with nuclear intercontinental ballistic missiles.

History

There is no “real” founding date or concrete historical date for the start of the British Navy. The origins of the Royal Navy are to be found in the more or less small fleets that the Scottish and English kings assembled in the Middle Ages as needed to ward off external enemies. These fleets were usually quickly disbanded after the end of a conflict.

Only in the course of the 16. During the seventeenth century, during the war against Spain and its armada, a permanent fleet formed, which was formed during the seventeenth century. The century became a permanent institution. In particular, the military conflicts with France from 1690 onwards, which lasted until the Napoleonic wars, led to the establishment of a large force which dominated the world's oceans.

Since the Battle of Trafalgar in 1805, the Royal Navy has been considered the most powerful navy in the world, playing an essential role in establishing and securing the British Empire. The rest of the 19th century brought a long period of peace between Britain and its great rival France. The introduction of steam power, steel as a building material and large-caliber, far-reaching weapons changed the warships, as the then leading industrial nation, the United Kingdom was at the forefront of the Industrial Revolution and was able to absorb the paramount importance of its fleet into the 20th century. Keep the century in.

After victory in World War I, the Royal Navy was greatly reduced in numbers, but on the eve of World War II it was still the most combat-strong navy in the world. Only after 1945 did the Royal Navy lose its former leadership position in technology and combat power to the United States Navy.

Vessel prefix
Since 1789/1790, all Royal Navy warships have been ship prefixed with HMS = His (or Her) Majesty’s Ship. The Help