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Navy Quiz Questions I
- Which ship was known for her role as Lord Nelson's flagship at the Battle of Trafalgar?
- The Royal Navy was formally founded in 1546 by which monarch?
- On 26 September 2018, the last of which helicopter was retired from service by the Royal Navy?
- Which battle was the largest naval battle of the First World War?
- As of July 2021, can you name the oldest U.S. aircraft carrier still in service, which is also the oldest serving aircraft carrier in the world?
- Which country controls over 23 percent of the world's total merchant fleet, making it the largest in the world?
- How many nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarines are in service with the Royal Navy?
- Which helicopter carrier, decommissioned from service in 2018, was the fleet flagship of the Royal Navy?
- What male first name is also the Royal Navy's nickname?
- Which ship served as the flagship of the British forces during the 1982 Falklands War?
- The United States Naval Academy is in which city in Maryland?
- Which Royal Navy battleship's design revolutionised naval power on its entry into service in 1906?
- What's the name of the only U.S. Navy vessel to have a Foreign Naval Officer permanently assigned to the ship's company?
- Which Scottish-American naval captain became the United States' first well-known naval commander during the American Revolutionary War?
- Can you name the German battleship that sunk the pride of the British fleet, HMS Hood, on May 24, 1941?
- Can you name the world's first operational nuclear-powered submarine?
- The wreck of which ship was raised on 11 October 1982 from the Solent?
- What name was shared by the flagship of the English fleet during the Spanish Armada and a Royal Navy aircraft carrier, launched in 1981?
- Which rank of the Royal Navy is above captain and below rear admiral?
- Which American battleship is best remembered as the site of the surrender of Japan at the end of World War II?
Answers:
- HMS Victory (on 21 October 1805)
- Henry VII
- Sea King
- The Battle of Jutland (31 May - 1 June 1916)
- Nimitz
- Greece
- Four
- HMS Ocean
- Andrew (The Royal Navy is often called 'The Andrew')
- HMS Hermes
- Annapolis
- HMS Dreadnought
- USS Winston S. Churchill
- John Paul Jones
- Bismarck
- USS Nautilus
- Mary Rose
- HMS Ark Royal
- Commodore
- USS Missouri