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The '''Royal Navy''' is part of the [[navy|naval]] branch of the [[military]] forces of the [[United Kingdom]], alongside the Royal Marines, RFA, RMR, and the RNR. With 91 commissioned vessels, it is considered the world's second most powerful navy in terms of global force projection, closely following the [[United States Navy]].<ref>[http://www.royal-navy.mod.uk/server/show/nav.3867 Royal Navy website]</ref><ref>[http://zope06.v.servelocity.net/hjs/sections/britain_world/naval_trident Henry Jackson Society website]</ref>. The Royal Navy was the most powerful armed force on the planet, from the 17th century, to the end of the 20th century, and was critical in propelling Great Britain as the predominant superpower for nearly 3 centuries. Up until the end of the Second World War, the Royal navy was the world's largest, until it was surpassed in size by the United States Navy, and the Soviet Navy.

The '''Royal Navy''' is part of the [[navy|naval]] branch of the [[military]] forces of the [[United Kingdom]], alongside the Royal Marines, RFA, RMR, and the RNR. With 91 commissioned vessels, it is considered the world's second most powerful navy in terms of global force projection, closely following the [[United States Navy]].<ref>[http://www.royal-navy.mod.uk/server/show/nav.3867 Royal Navy website]</ref><ref>[http://zope06.v.servelocity.net/hjs/sections/britain_world/naval_trident Henry Jackson Society website]</ref> The Royal Navy was the most powerful armed force on the planet, from the 17th century, to the end of the 20th century, and was critical in propelling Great Britain as the predominant superpower for nearly 3 centuries. Up until the end of the Second World War, the Royal navy was the world's largest, until it was surpassed in size by the United States Navy, and the Soviet Navy.

==History==

==History==

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[[category:United Kingdom]]

[[Category:United Kingdom]]