Flashcards: Royal Navy

The Commander-in-Chief, East Indies was a British Royal Navy admiral and the formation subordinate to him from 1865 to 1941.

The British Eastern Fleet (also known after 1944 as the East Indies Fleet and the Far East Fleet) was a fleet of the Royal Navy which existed between 1941 and 1971.

Her Majesty's Naval Service, also known as the Senior Service, is the United Kingdom's naval warfare and maritime service.

The Commander-in-Chief, China was a senior officer position of the British Royal Navy.

Her Majesty's Naval Base, Clyde (HMNB Clyde; also HMS Neptune) primarily sited at Faslane is one of three operating bases in the United Kingdom for the Royal Navy (the others being HMNB Devonport and HMNB Portsmouth).

The Home Fleet was a fleet of the Royal Navy that operated in the United Kingdom's territorial waters from 1902 with intervals until 1967.

The North America and West Indies Station was a formation or command of the United Kingdom's Royal Navy stationed in North American waters from 1745-1956.

The Grand Fleet was the main fleet of the British Royal Navy during the First World War.

The Channel Fleet was the Royal Navy formation of warships that defended the waters of the English Channel from 1690 to 1909.

Commander-in-Chief, Western Approaches was the commander of a major operational command of the Royal Navy during World War II.

The Fleet Air Arm (FAA) is the branch of the British Royal Navy responsible for the operation of naval aircraft.

The British Mediterranean Fleet was part of the Royal Navy.

Diamond Rock (French: rocher du Diamant) is a 175-metre-high (574 ft) basalt island located south of "Grande Anse du Diamant" before arriving to Fort-de-France from the South.

The Dover Patrol was a Royal Navy command of the First World War, notable for its involvement in the Zeebrugge Raid on 22 April 1918.

Force H was a British naval formation during the Second World War.

The Royal Navy Medical Service is the branch of the Royal Navy responsible for medical care.

The East Indies and China Station was a formation of the British Royal Navy from 1831 to 1865.

Admiral Sir Geoffrey John Audley Miles, KCB, KCSI (2 May 1890 – 31 December 1986) was a senior Royal Navy admiral who served as Deputy Naval Commander, South East Asia Command under Lord Mountbatten during the Second World War, as the Senior British Representative on the Tripartite Naval Commission and as the last Commander-in-Chief, Indian Navy of the unified Royal Indian Navy.

For the division in the Israel Navy, see Naval Intelligence Division (Israel).

Force K was the name of three British Royal Navy task forces during the Second World War.

RNRMC (full name Royal Navy and Royal Marines Charity) is a charity registered in England and Wales and Scotland.

Warship is a popular British television drama series produced by the BBC between 1973 and 1977.

Navy News, the official newspaper of the Royal Navy, is produced by a small team of editorial and support staff and is published by the Ministry of Defence on a monthly basis.

The Landing Craft, Mechanised Mark 1 or LCM (1) was a landing craft used extensively in the Second World War.

The Sea Cadet Corps (SCC) is a national youth organisation sponsored by the United Kingdom's Ministry of Defence and the Royal Navy.

Edward Holl was an architect to the Navy Board.

The Royal Naval Reserve (RNR) is the volunteer reserve force of the Royal Navy in the United Kingdom.

Queen Alexandra's Royal Naval Nursing Service (QARNNS) is the nursing branch of the British Royal Navy.

The Admiralty Board is the body established under the Defence Council of the United Kingdom for the administration of the Naval Service of the United Kingdom.

Singeing the King of Spain's Beard is the name derisively given to the attack in April and May 1587 in the Bay of Cádiz, by the English privateer Francis Drake against the Spanish naval forces assembling at Cádiz.

Landing Craft Assault (LCA) was a landing craft used extensively in World War II.

Navy Board is the name of two otherwise unrelated bodies, one past, one present, which are or were involved in oversight of the Royal Navy or of aspects of its operation.

The Tondern raid, officially designated Operation F.

The Royal Maritime Auxiliary Service (RMAS) was a British Government agency which ran a variety of auxiliary vessels for Her Majesty's Naval Service (incl. Royal Navy, Royal Marines) and the Royal Fleet Auxiliary.

The Bermuda Sea Cadet Corps was created as a registered charity under the Bermuda Sea Cadet Association Act, 1968.

Making Waves is a British television drama series produced by Carlton Television for ITV.

The Royal Navy Chaplaincy Service provides chaplains to the Royal Navy.

The Volunteer Cadet Corps (VCC) is a national youth organisation sponsored by the United Kingdom's Royal Navy and recognized by the UK's Ministry of Defence.

The Royal Navy Police (RNP) is the service police branch of the Royal Navy and Royal Marines.

The Navy Lark was a radio sit-com about life aboard a British Royal Navy frigate named HMS Troutbridge, (a play on HMS Troubridge, a Royal Navy destroyer) based in HMNB Portsmouth.

The Rear-Admiral of the United Kingdom is a now honorary office generally held by a senior (possibly retired) Royal Navy admiral.

Richard Paton (1717 – 7 March 1791) was a British marine painter.

The Royal Hospital School (usually shortened as "RHS" and historically nicknamed "The Cradle of the Navy") is a British co-educational independent day and boarding school with naval traditions.

Çıkaran is a Moor-class mooring and salvage tug.

737 Naval Air Squadron was a squadron of the Fleet Air Arm which operated Westland Wessex HAS.

The Defence School of Transport (DST) is situated in Leconfield near Beverley, East Riding of Yorkshire, England on the former RAF Leconfield site, now known as Normandy Barracks.

HMS Calliope is a training centre and 'stone frigate' of the Royal Naval Reserve, located in Gateshead, Tyne and Wear.