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    The North Sea Fleet was a naval formation and major operational command of the British Royal Navy based at Great Yarmouth from 1745 to 1802 then at Ramsgate...
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    navy for the majority of its history, defending the vital sea link between the United Kingdom and the majority of the British Empire in the Eastern Hemisphere...
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    The Black Sea Fleet (Russian: Черноморский флот, romanized: Chernomorskiy flot) is the fleet of the Russian Navy in the Black Sea, the Sea of Azov and...
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    Sea. The formations were under the ultimate command of the Commander-in-Chief, Baltic Fleet. The Baltic Fleet comprised a series of temporary fleets assembled...
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  • Fleet Pacific (Maritime Forces Pacific) (HQ Esquimalt, British Columbia) Chinese treasure fleet Beiyang Fleet Nanyang Fleet East Sea Fleet North Sea Fleet...
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    be self-sufficient meant the establishment of a fleet train that could support a naval force at sea for weeks or months. The Royal Navy had been accustomed...
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    Eastern Fleet included many ships and personnel from other navies, including those of the Netherlands, Australia, New Zealand, France and the United States...
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    "A Question of Honour? Scuttling Vichy's Fleet". History Today. 42 (11). London, England, United Kingdom: History Today Ltd: 32. ISSN 0018-2753. Jackson...
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    Fleet Auxiliary. The professional head of the Naval Service is the First Sea Lord who is an admiral and member of the Defence Council of the United Kingdom...
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    North Sea" using OpenStreetMap Download coordinates as: KML GPX (all coordinates) GPX (primary coordinates) GPX (secondary coordinates) The North Sea...
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    The North Sea Empire, also known as the Anglo-Scandinavian Empire, was the personal union of the kingdoms of England, Denmark and Norway for most of the...
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    The Sea Cadet Corps is a national youth charity. It is present in England, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland, Malta and Bermuda. Cadets follow an ethos...
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    First Sea Lord and Chief of the Defence Staff, was also appointed an honorary admiral of the fleet. United Kingdom portal Admiral of the fleet as used...
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    the United Kingdom is surrounded by the Atlantic Ocean, the North Sea, the English Channel, the Celtic Sea, and the Irish Sea. The United Kingdom had...
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    "Maritime War-The British Shore Organisation". The War at Sea. Retrieved 23 September 2012. "Reserve Fleet 1950". British Pathe. Retrieved 23 September 2012....
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    allied tonnage lost). The United Kingdom alone suffered the loss of 11.7 million tons, which was 54% of the total Merchant Navy fleet at the outbreak of the...
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    North Sea oil is a mixture of hydrocarbons, comprising liquid petroleum and natural gas, produced from petroleum reservoirs beneath the North Sea. In...
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  • The First Fleet was a formation of the Royal Navy that briefly existed before the First World War from 1912 to 1914. The First Fleet was formed on 31 July...
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    The Home Fleet was a fleet of the Royal Navy that operated from the United Kingdom's territorial waters from 1902 with intervals until 1967. In 1967,...
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    Eastern Fleet, later called the East Indies Fleet, was a fleet of the Royal Navy which existed between 1941 and 1952. In 1904, the British First Sea Lord...
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    The Atlantic Fleet was a naval fleet of the Royal Navy. It existed for two periods; 1909 until 1914, and then 1919 until 1932. On 14 December 1904 the...
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    The largest airline in the United Kingdom by passenger traffic is easyJet, whereas British Airways is largest by fleet size and international destinations...
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    The Admiralty was a department of the Government of the United Kingdom responsible for the command of the Royal Navy until 1964, historically under its...
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    The Baltic Fleet (Russian: Балтийский флот, romanized: Baltiyskiy flot) is the fleet of the Russian Navy in the Baltic Sea. Established 18 May 1703, under...
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    United Kingdom Commando Force (UKCF), previously called 3 Commando Brigade (3 Cdo Bde), is a commando formation of the Royal Marines. It is composed of...
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    The Fleet Air Arm (FAA) is the naval aviation component of the United Kingdom's Royal Navy (RN). The FAA is one of five RN fighting arms. As of 2023[update]...
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    as Commander in Chief of the Grand Fleet, in which capacity he received the surrender of the German High Seas Fleet at the end of the war. He then followed...
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    Napoleon's planned invasion of the United Kingdom at the start of the War of the Third Coalition, although never carried out, was a major influence on...
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  • Events from the year 2024 in the United Kingdom. This year is noted for a landslide general election victory for the Labour Party under Keir Starmer. Monarch...
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    Battle of Jutland (category North Sea operations of World War I)
    the German surface fleet access to the North Sea and the Atlantic for the remainder of the war, as Germany avoided all fleet-to-fleet contact thereafter...
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