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Pages in category "Royal Navy admirals of World War II" The following 142 pages are in this category, out of 142 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
This article has an unclear citation style. The references used may be made clearer with a different or consistent style of citation and footnoting. (April 2019) (Learn how and when to remove this message) British Admirals. Britannia Viewing the Conquerors of the Seas, 1800 Admiral is a senior rank of the Royal Navy of the United Kingdom, which equates to the NATO rank code OF-9, formally ...
At the beginning of the Second World War, the Royal Navy was the strongest navy in the world. It had 20 battleships and battlecruisers ready for service or under construction, twelve aircraft carriers, over 90 light and heavy cruisers, 70 submarines, over 100 destroyers as well as numerous escort ships, minelayers, minesweepers and 232 aircraft.
[2] The Royal Navy had launched the first all-aircraft naval attack in history, flying a small number of aircraft from an aircraft carrier. This, and other aspects of the raid, were important facts in the planning of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941 : the Japanese planning staff were thought to have studied it intensively.
Pages in category "Royal Navy officers of World War II" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 671 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
At the start of World War II in 1939, the Royal Navy was still the largest in the world, with over 1,400 vessels. [ 73 ] [ 74 ] The Royal Navy provided critical cover during Operation Dynamo , the British evacuations from Dunkirk , and as the ultimate deterrent to a German invasion of Britain during the following four months.
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This category is senior British military leaders such as generals, admirals and air marshals who served during World War II. Subcategories This category has the following 6 subcategories, out of 6 total.