Royal Navy

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Royal Navy
The Royal Navy (RN) is the principal naval warfare force of the United Kingdom. The force traces its origin from the Royal English Navy and was amalgamated, with the Royal Scots Navy, at the Acts of the Union in 1707. Ships of the Royal English Navy retained title and seniority and, as such, the force is regarded, in the United Kingdom, as the oldest of the armed services and is known as the Senior Service. Vessels, and crew, of the Royal Scots Navy were transferred to the new Royal Navy although not all retained seniority.

Wars:

• For the Royal Navy in World War I see: Royal Navy in World War I.
• For the Royal Navy in World War II see: Royal Navy in World War II.
• For the Royal Navy in the Korean War see: Royal Navy, Korean War.

See:

• The official site for the Royal Navy is RoyalNavy.mod.uk.
• For the history of the Royal Navy, wikipedia is relatively comprehensive.
• For the history of the Royal Scots Navy wikipedia provides a sound basis to commence research.
• More information on the current Royal Navy is available at Wikipedia:Royal Navy.
• Wikipedia:List of ship names of the Royal Navy contains a comprehensive list of ships.
• Royal Naval Reserve
• Royal Naval Biography, by John Marshall covers officers in the Royal Navy ranked Commander or higher who were alive up to the time of publication (1823) or shortly before.
• A Naval Biographical Dictionary, by William Richard O'Byrne contains short biographies of all officers in the Royal Navy who were alive up to the time of publication (1849) or shortly before.