Cold War-era Royal Navy

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The Cold War-era Royal Navy was the United Kingdom’s maritime force during the geopolitical standoff between NATO and the Warsaw Pact, focused on nuclear deterrence, anti-submarine warfare, and global power projection.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf military organization ⓘ
airArm Fleet Air Arm ⓘ
alliance North Atlantic Treaty Organization ⓘ
linked to: NATO
commandedBy First Sea Lord ⓘ
country United Kingdom ⓘ
endTime 1991 ⓘ
headquartersLocation London ⓘ
linked to: London, England
homePort HMNB Clyde ⓘ
HMNB Devonport ⓘ
HMNB Portsmouth ⓘ
introducedTechnology V/STOL carrier aviation with Sea Harrier ⓘ
guided missiles on surface ships ⓘ
helicopter-based anti-submarine warfare ⓘ
nuclear propulsion for submarines ⓘ
mainASWAreaOfOperations GIUK gap ⓘ
North Atlantic Ocean ⓘ
linked to: North Atlantic
maintainedCapability amphibious warfare ⓘ
blue-water navy ⓘ
carrier aviation ⓘ
mine countermeasures ⓘ
submarine warfare ⓘ
marineInfantryComponent Royal Marines ⓘ
notableAircraftCarrierClass Audacious-class aircraft carrier ⓘ
Centaur-class aircraft carrier ⓘ
Invincible-class aircraft carrier ⓘ
notableDestroyerClass County-class destroyer ⓘ
notableFrigateClass Leander-class frigate ⓘ
notableSSBNClass Resolution-class submarine ⓘ
notableSSNClass Swiftsure-class submarine ⓘ
Trafalgar-class submarine ⓘ
Valiant-class submarine ⓘ
nuclearDeterrentPlatform Resolution-class submarine ⓘ
nuclearDeterrentSystem Polaris ballistic missile system ⓘ
operated Fleet Air Arm ⓘ
Royal Fleet Auxiliary (support ships) ⓘ
Royal Marines ⓘ
Royal Navy Submarine Service ⓘ
aircraft carriers ⓘ
amphibious assault ships ⓘ
attack submarines ⓘ
ballistic missile submarines ⓘ
frigates ⓘ
guided missile destroyers ⓘ
minehunters ⓘ
minesweepers ⓘ
nuclear-powered submarines ⓘ
surface fleet ⓘ
opposedTo Warsaw Pact ⓘ
participatedIn Cod Wars ⓘ
Falklands War ⓘ
Indonesian Confrontation ⓘ
Korean War ⓘ
Suez Crisis ⓘ
partOf British Armed Forces ⓘ
primaryAdversaryNavy Soviet Navy ⓘ
primaryRole anti-submarine warfare ⓘ
nuclear deterrence ⓘ
power projection ⓘ
protection of sea lines of communication ⓘ
sea control ⓘ
reducedGlobalPresence post-1968 withdrawal from east of Suez ⓘ
startTime 1945 ⓘ
successorNuclearDeterrentPlatform Vanguard-class submarine ⓘ
successorNuclearDeterrentSystem Trident ballistic missile system ⓘ
supportedAllianceStrategy NATO forward maritime strategy ⓘ
task escort of NATO convoys across the Atlantic ⓘ
presence missions east of Suez (early Cold War) ⓘ
protection of UK nuclear deterrent patrols ⓘ
surveillance of Soviet naval activity ⓘ
timePeriod Cold War ⓘ
trainingInstitution Britannia Royal Naval College Dartmouth ⓘ
usedDoctrine NATO maritime strategy ⓘ

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Christopher Wreford-Brown → serviceIn → Cold War-era Royal Navy ⓘ