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The '''Royal Navy''' is the [[navy|naval]] branch of the [[military]] forces of the [[United Kingdom]]. With 91 commissioned vessels, it is considered the world's second most powerful navy in terms of global force projection, after 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> As of November 2006, the Naval Service (including the [[Royal Marines]]) had 38,710 regular personnel.
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==
In 1982, the Royal Navy was the principal British force in the [[Falklands War]]. The British submarine HMS ''Conqueror'', a nuclear-powered submarine, sank the Argentine cruiser ARA ''General Belgrano'' during this conflict, the first time in naval history that a nuclear-powered submarine had engaged an enemy ship with torpedoes.
In 1982, the Royal Navy was the principal British force in the [[Falklands War]]. The British submarine HMS ''Conqueror'', a nuclear-powered submarine, sank the Argentine cruiser ARA ''General Belgrano'' during this conflict, the first time in naval history that a nuclear-powered submarine had engaged an enemy ship with torpedoes.
==Technology==
The Royal Navy operates a variety of highly sophisticated ships, including 2 x 65,000t aircraft carriers, 2 Amphibious Landing Ships, 3 landing platforms, 4 nuclear ballistic missile submarines, 8 nuclear fleet submarines, and 57 other ships. It also operates a variety of fixed wing aircraft eg F35B, and non-fixed wing craft such as helicopters. The Royal Navy is considered a blue water navy by most measures.
==References==
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