Royal Navy: Quick Facts

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Facts

Also Known As	RN
Areas Of Involvement	naval warfare • defense
Related People	Charles III • Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor • Sir John Franklin • Rupert Brooke • Joseph Mallalieu • Sir Henry Bradwardine Jackson

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HMS Prince of Wales

Anglo-Dutch Wars

HMS Inflexible; battleship

HMS Orion; dreadnought

The Argentinian cruiser General Belgrano lists heavily as it sinks in the South Atlantic, surrounded by orange life rafts holding survivors in rough water.

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United States Navy