See also: royal Navy

The Royal Navy is the marine of British Guerre .

Royal Navy becomes a fleet of permanent war only in the middle of the 17th century. She knew many feats of arms during her history, such as her victory against the Invincible Armada in 1588, her success with the Bataille of Hougue in 1692 which opposed it to the French fleet. She established fully her supremacy as from the 18th century, in spite of some rare defeats, against Spain with the battle of Cartagena de Indias in 1741 for example, or against France with the battle of Chesapeake. After the beginning of the 19th century, the domination of the British navy on the oceans of the whole world can be any more called into question by no power until the Second world war.

History

See also: History of Royal Navy

Current organization

The Amirauté is the political and administrative body managing Royal Navy.

In 2004,37 045 people worked for Royal Navy.

Currently, the general headquarter of Royal Navy is located on the island of Whale at broad of Portsmouth.

Deployments

• Fleet Flagship and R2 Carrier

At least a aircraft carrier is maintained at 48 hours of notice before equipment.

• Fleet Ready Escort

A ship (Destroyer or frigate) is maintained permanently ready with equipment.

• Atlantic Patrol Task (North) (Patrol of the Atlantic northern)

A ship (Destroyer or frigate) is deployed permanently with the the Caribbean, its main mission is the fight against the drug trafficking.

• Atlantic Patrol Task (South) (patrol of the Atlantic southern)

A ship (Destroyer or frigate) assisted by a building of Royal Fleet Auxiliary, patrols the Atlantique southern. Moreover the HMS Endurance is useful like Ice Patrol Ship (ship of patrol of the ices) six months in the year around the the Antarctic.

• Armilla Patrol (patrol in the Persian Gulf)

A ship (Destroyer or frigate) there patrols constantly.

• 1st Patrol Boat Squadron

The patrol craft of University Royal Naval Units ensure the presence in territorial water.

• Fishery Protection Squadron

Patrol craft class To rivet it and Hunt ensure the protection and the control of the fishing zones and oil extraction in the North Sea.

• Northern Ireland Squadron

Three minesweepers modified Hunt take turns to counter the traffic of weapons on the Irish coasts.

• Falkland Islands Patrol Ship

A ship generally of the Castle class is constantly deployed with the Falkland Islands

Within NATO:

• Standing NATO Response Forces Maritime Group 1 (SNMG1)

Known under the name of Naval Standing Atlantic (STANAVFORLANT) Forces - permanent naval force of NATO in Atlantique, until January 1st 2005. British contribution: 1 Destroyer

• Standing NATO Response Forces Maritime Group 2 (SNMG2)

Known under the name of NATO Naval Standing Mediterranean (STANAVFORMED) Forces - permanent naval force of NATO in the Mediterranean, until January 1st 2005 and before the April 30th 1992, like NATO Naval One-Cal Forces Mediterranean (NAVOCFORMED).

• Mine Countermeasures Forces (North)

British contribution: 1 Minesweeper

• Mine Countermeasures Forces (South)

British contribution: 1 Minesweeper

Administrative commands

In 2002, Royal Navy removed its squadrons of large units and distributed them in flotillas corresponding to its three principal home ports.

• Portsmouth flotilla , is ratachés there

• 1st Mine Countermeasures Squadron
• 2nd Mine Countermeasures Squadron
• 1st Patrol Boat Squadron
• Fishery Protection Squadron
• Falkland Island' S Patrol Ship
• Antarctic Patrol
• Devonport flotilla , is attached there
• Surveying Squadron
• Faslane Flotilla
• 3rd Mine Countermeasures Squadron
• Northern Ireland Duties
• Gibraltar Squadron
• Cyprus Squadron

• Royal Navy (marine fusiliers)

• 3rd Commando Brigade off Royal Navy
• 40 Commando
• 42 Commando
• 45 Commando
• 539 Assault Squadron
• Special Boat Service RM
• Fleet Protection Group RM

• Fleet Air ARM (air and sea)

• Captain HMS Sea Hawk (RNAS Culdrose): Naval Air Squadrons 814,820,824,829,849,700M, 750,771,792
• Commodore HMS Heron (RNAS Yeovilton): Naval Air Squadrons 801,815,702,727
• CO To order Helicopter Forces (RNAS Yeovilton): Naval Air Squadrons 845,846,847,848

• Royal Fleet Auxiliary
• Royal Naval Royal Reserve
• Naval College Britannia
• Maritime Warfare School
• Center of drive commando of Lympstone

Ships in service nowadays (2005)

See the article: List of the ships of Royal Navy

Format of Royal Navy in 2015

The program of admiralty in 2005 provides that its manpower will be of 36.000 sailors in 2015 but the explosion of the costs of the programs and the restriction measures budgetary make that one doubts that this program is held.

The battle order would be of:

• 2 Aircraft carrier Invincible class (replaced by 2 Aircraft carrier CVF from here 2015)

• 8 nuclear underwater of attack (in the long term all of class Astute )
• 4 underwater launchers of machines class '' Vanguard ''
• 8 Destroyer S of anti-aircraft fight Standard 45 class '' Daring '' (to replace the destroyers Type 42)
• 13 Standard frigates 23
• 4 Type frigates 22 Batch 3

A future generation of buildings of surface to replace the frigates Type 22 and 23 must be built (in the past program FSC, now cancelled)

• 1 LPH ( HMS Ocean ), in the long term replaced by one or two buildings of attack amphibious carry-helicopter (LHD)
• 2 LPD classifies Albion
• 4/5 LPD classifies Bay
• 16 buildings of fight against the mines (classes Sandown and Hunt)
• 6 patrol of open sea
• 6 buildings océano/hydrographic
• At least a dozen major buildings of logistical support (program MARCH, to replacecurrent buildings of ships type of support for the combat, supply tankers, ships of repair, medical support, etc)

• 40 or 50 fighters F-35

• 44 Helicopter S Merlin and Lynx
• 12 planes of maritime patrol Nimrod MR4

Ranks in Royal Navy

Foot-note : The most literal translation of warrant officer would be " officer by autorisation". This authorization distinguishes the warrant officers from the officers itself, who are commissioned officers (officers by " Commission ").

Famous ships of this marine

• HMS Victory, Ship of the line of the end of the 18th century.
• Black Prince, Duke off Edinburgh
• HMS Phaeton
• HMS Queen Elizabeth (1913-1948)
Inflexible, Invincible
• HMS and Indomitable.
• HMS Vanguard (last British, contemporary battleship of the French Sailor-hat).

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