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Special Boat Service

special forces unit of the Royal Navy
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Special Boat Service
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Special Boat Service

Summary

Special Boat Service is a special forces[1]. It ranks in the top 6% of special_forces entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,805 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Special Boat Service is in the country of United Kingdom[3].
  • Special Boat Service's image is recorded as Sbs0005.jpg[4].
  • Special Boat Service's instance of is recorded as special forces[5].
  • Special Boat Service's headquarters location is recorded as RM Poole[6].
  • Special Boat Service's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 137168633[7].
  • Special Boat Service's military branch is recorded as Royal Navy[8].
  • Special Boat Service's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as n00002443[9].
  • Special Boat Service's location is recorded as Poole[10].
  • Special Boat Service's part of is recorded as United Kingdom Special Forces[11].
  • Special Boat Service's Commons category is recorded as Special Boat Service[12].
  • +1940-01-01T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Special Boat Service[13].
  • Special Boat Service's participated in conflict is recorded as World War II[14].
  • Special Boat Service's participated in conflict is recorded as Falklands War[15].
  • Special Boat Service's participated in conflict is recorded as War in Afghanistan (2001–2021)[16].
  • Special Boat Service's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0143z0[17].
  • Special Boat Service's NL CR AUT ID is recorded as osa20191059798[18].
  • Special Boat Service's official website is recorded as https://www.royalnavy.mod.uk/organisation/units-and-squadrons/special-boat-service/special-boat-service[19].
  • Special Boat Service's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as topic/Special-Boat-Service[20].
  • Special Boat Service's Quora topic ID is recorded as Special-Boat-Service[21].
  • Special Boat Service's UK Parliament thesaurus ID is recorded as 68708[22].
  • Special Boat Service's WhatDoTheyKnow organisation ID is recorded as sbs[23].
  • Special Boat Service's National Library of Israel J9U ID is recorded as 987007441497805171[24].
  • Special Boat Service's Yale LUX ID is recorded as group/317062c6-4eaa-4f64-800c-375e2cecb31f[25].

Body

Founding

+1940-01-01T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Special Boat Service[13].

Identity

Special Boat Service's part of is recorded as United Kingdom Special Forces[11].

Operations

Special Boat Service's headquarters location is recorded as RM Poole[6].

Why It Matters

Special Boat Service ranks in the top 6% of special_forces entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,805 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 24 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[26] It is known by 21 alternative names across languages and contexts.[27]

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References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [26] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [27] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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