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	Royal Navy and the First World War
		The British government took the view that to do all this, the Royal Navy had to possess a battlefleet that was larger than the world's two next largest navies put together.
		After the outbreak of the First World War, most of the Royal Navy's large ships were stationed at Scapa Flow in the Orkneys or Rosyth in Scotland in readiness to stop any large-scale breakout attempt by the Germans.
		The Royal Navy was shocked by the outcome considering that it clearly outnumbered outnumbered German forces (151 to 99).
	www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk /FWWnavy.htm (692 words)

	Royal Navy - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Royal Navy is established under the royal prerogative and the head of the Royal Navy is the Lord High Admiral, the overall head of the Armed Forces is the British Sovereign with the two roles currently vested in the same individual, Queen Elizabeth II.
		The first reformation and major expansion of the Navy Royal, as it was then known, occurred in the 16th century during the reign of Henry VIII whose ships, Henri Grâce a Dieu ("Great Harry") and Mary Rose, engaged the French navy in the battle of the Solent in 1545.
		The Royal Navy was also vital in guarding the sea lanes that enabled British forces to fight in remote parts of the world such as North Africa, the Mediterranean and the Far East.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/British_Royal_Navy (5622 words)

	Definition of British Royal Navy
		The Royal Navy is known as the "senior service" in the UK Armed Forces, as it is the oldest of the three branches.
		The first reformation and major expansion of the Navy Royal, as it was then known, occurred in the 16th Century during the reign of King Henry VIII whose ships, the "Henri Grace a Dieu ("Great Harry")" and "Mary Rose", engaged the French navy in a battle in the Solent in 1545.
		In that time, the Royal Navy suffered only one major defeat, the Battle of the Chesapeake against France in 1781, and was able to defeat all challengers, as at the Battle of Trafalgar in 1805 where a combined Spanish and French fleet was decisively beaten.
	www.wordiq.com /definition/British_Royal_Navy (1833 words)

	NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Current Royal Navy ships (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		The Royal Naval Reserve (RNR) is the volunteer reserve force of the Royal Navy in the United Kingdom.
		HMS Ark Royal (R07), the last Invincible-class light aircraft carrier, is the fifth ship of the Royal Navy named in honour of the flagship of the English fleet that defeated the Spanish Armada.
		The tenth HMS Vanguard (S28) of the British Royal Navy is the lead boat of her class of Trident ballistic missile-capable submarines.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Current-Royal-Navy-ships (2831 words)

	NationMaster - Encyclopedia: List of senior officers of the Royal Navy (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		The Royal Navy of the United Kingdom is the senior service of the British armed services being the oldest of its three branches.
		In that time, the Royal Navy suffered only one major defeat, the Battle of the Chesapeake against France in 1781, and was able to defeat all challengers, as at the Battle of Trafalgar in 1805 where a combined Spanish and French fleet was decisivly beaten.
		The Royal Navy is established under the royal prerogative, and the head of the Royal Navy, known as the Lord High Admiral, is Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II (who is the overall head of the UK Armed Forces).
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/List-of-senior-officers-of-the-Royal-Navy (774 words)

	British Royal Navy Imperial Rum (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		The British had a centuries-long tradition of serving rum on board Royal Navy ships.
		Over the years, the consumption of rum in the Royal Navy evolved, but remained an important part of the sailor's experience.
		British Royal Navy Imperial Rum celebrates the spirit of adventure, honor, and bravery on the high seas.
	www.greatspirits.com /brands/brnir.php (267 words)

	Royal Australian Navy (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		The Navy is commanded by the Chief Navy (CN) Vice Admiral Chris Ritchie AO RAN.
		After independence (1 January 1901) in 1904 a group of obsolete gunboats of state navies was assimilated into the Commonwealth Forces and assigned to protect harbours and installations while the seaward or blue water were the responsibility of a Royal Navy squadron subsidised by the Australian Government.
		In October 1911 King George V fixed his signature to the approval the Royal Australian Navy and the ships received the prefix HMAS His Majesty's Australian The manpower of the fleet stood at hundred officers and men and for the two years ships were built for the navy.
	www.freeglossary.com /Royal_Australian_Navy (654 words)

	Gibraltar honors British Royal Navy with its 'freedom' (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Celebrations marking 300 years of British rule in Gibraltar climaxed Wednesday evening as its "freedom", the territory's highest honor, was bestowed upon the Royal Navy that helped to capture "the Rock" from Spain on August 4, 1704.
		West earlier spoke to the media about "the usefulness and importance" of Gibraltar to the Royal Navy.
		He and Defence Secretary Geoff Hoon attended a special sitting of the House of Assembly, where members unanimously passed a motion "remembering with gratitude the courage of the many generations of British servicemen who from 1704 to date have defended and served in Gibraltar".
	www.spacewar.com /2004/040804191711.b77vi7wh.html (213 words)

	Navy News - Archives - News & Features - September 2002 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		The Royal Navy is an organisation which embraces many kinds of engineering – but social engineering is definitely not one of them.
		The funeral flag of a British Royal Marine who died on American-led operations during the Korean War is to be put on display at the Royal Marines Museum.
		Royal Navy frigate HMS Chatham has returned to her home base of Devonport after a two-month deployment as flagship for a NATO force.
	www.navynews.co.uk /archive/stories/2002/archive_news_0209.asp (449 words)

	ROYAL NAVY SUBMARINES \| THE MINISTRY OF DEFENCE AND THE BRITISH ROYAL NAVY, HISTORY, SHIPS, CAREERS AND CONTACT LINKS - ...
		Holland one, the Royal Navy’s first submarine, fitted with a single torpedo tube, was born at Vickers, Sons and Maxim Ltd. (now BAE Systems Marine, Barrow) amidst great controversy in an era when the submarine was regarded as the weapon of the weaker power.
		The Royal Navy Submarine Museum looks after the heritage of a remarkable service whose reluctant conception and fragile birth into the Royal Navy in 1901 established the fighting service that today operates the most powerful ships in the Fleet and maintains the strategic and sub-strategic National Deterrent.
		The Royal Marines Museum is dedicated to the preservation and presentation of all aspects of Royal Marines history.
	www.solarnavigator.net /royal_navy_submarines.htm (947 words)

	Royal Navy Regulating Branch (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		The Royal Navy Regulating Branch is the military police branch of the British Royal Navy.
		Among the rest of the Navy, Regulators are held in a certain amount of suspicion for leaving their initial trade (as all Regulators entered the Navy and served for a time as something else; similar aspersions are cast on Physical Training Instructors, also known as "Club-Swingers", for the same reason).
		Abstract: The son of the ninth Earl of Dundonald, was born in Annsfield, Lanarkshire in 1775.
	www.omniknow.com /common/wiki.php?in=en&term=Royal_Navy_Regulating_Branch (1920 words)

	Royal Navy Toast
		The experienced guest is always careful to leave enough wine in his or her glass toward the end of the meal to be able to join in several toasts.
		At regular mess dinners in the Royal Navy, the senior member of the mess proposes the toast, "The King," and all present in a low voice repeat, "The King" and sip the toast.
		The privilege accorded to the Royal Navy of remaining seated while drinking the Sovereign's health is of long standing but obscure in origin.
	www.hmsrichmond.org /toast.htm (860 words)

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		The Union Navy: Legatee of the Royal Navy and of the U.S. Navy in the Mexican War -- offensive naval warfare B.
		A great navy is one designed to fight an enemy in fleet engagements in order to win command of the sea, not one designed for commerce raiding or guerre de course.
		In a given situation, the Navy's main purpose may be: (1) Sea control: Establish such control/deny it to the enemy (2) Combined operations: Support one's army/hinder the opponent's armies (3) Commerce war: Protect one's SLOC/destroy the opponent's communications g.
	www.owlnet.rice.edu /~nava202/Rev12-02.doc (16437 words)

	Brazilian Navy - Marinha do Brasil
		The navy is the most aristocratic and conservative of the services and draws a larger share of its officers from the upper middle class and upper class.
		After years of intense rivalry between the navy and the air force for the control of naval aviation, President Castelo Branco decreed in 1965 that only the air force would be allowed to operate fixed-wing aircraft and that the navy would be responsible for helicopters.
		As of late 2002, the Navy had reportedly become responsible for flying all aircraft with the rivalry having subsided between the two branches of the armed forces.
	www.globalsecurity.org /military/world/brazil/navy.htm (575 words)

	Welcome To Replicaters.com
		Our British Royal Navy blue uniform is also available in Doeskin, if it is in stock, but we strongly suggest that this be purchased in barathea.
		The British Royal Navy Khaki uniforms had their origins in India, and are sometimes still used by the Indian Navy.
		The British Royal Navy shorts are available in white 100% cotton drill fabric with 3 belt loops for the p37 belt.
	www.replicaters.com /ww2navyuniforms.html (878 words)

	Guardian Unlimited \| Special reports \| British minesweepers diverted to Gulf
		Four Royal Navy minesweepers are to be diverted to the Gulf ready for possible military action against Iraq, it was disclosed yesterday.
		The Royal Navy was particularly active during the 1991 Gulf war clearing Iraqi mines.
		The Ark Royal, with a state-of-the-art command and control system and Harrier jump jets on board, could also be ordered to stay in the eastern Mediterranean or head towards the Gulf after its Nato exercise, called Destined Glory, is over.
	www.guardian.co.uk /Iraq/Story/0,2763,815033,00.html (477 words)

	British Royal Navy, US Marines Help Tsunami Damaged Communities in Sri Lanka (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		British sailors are on the frontlines of a humanitarian disaster.
		It's the Royal Navy's second visit to the district of Kallady in eastern Sri Lanka, virtually cut off from the nearby city of Batticaloa.
		About 300 Royal Navy personnel are in Sri Lanka from the RFA Diligence and HMS Chatham to provide emergency medical supplies, clean wells, clearing debris and do whatever they can to help.
	www.voanews.com /english/2005-02-04-voa71.cfm (577 words)

	Navy friends . Royal Navy friends . Forces Friends Reunited
		Navy friends from Navy bases around the world can also be found.
		Mike and I served in the army together, him in the Queens Royal Irish Hussars and me in the REME attached to this regiment.
		We got to know each other on patrols into the desert in Sharjah in the Persian Gulf then at a later date in Brunei, Borneo, where we spent two weeks up river living in the long huts with the Ebans and Dyaks which was an experience of a life time never to be forgotten.
	www.friendsreunited.co.uk /navy-friends.asp (394 words)

	Bells on Ships
		Originating in the British Royal Navy, it is a custom to baptize a child under the ship's bell; sometimes the bell is used as a christening bowl, filled with water for the ceremony.
		U.S. Navy bells, part of the many artifacts removed from decommissioned vessels, are preserved by the Naval Historical Center.
		They may be provided on loan to new namesake ships; naval commands with an historical mission or functional connection; and to museums and other institutions that are interpreting specific historical themes and displays of naval history.
	www.history.navy.mil /faqs/faq83-1.htm (948 words)

	People's Daily Online -- Chinese, British navies to hold maritime exercises
		During their visit in Qingdao, the British navy officers are expected to meet with Zhang Zhannan, commander of the North Sea Fleet of PLAN and other officials of Qingdao.
		The British fleet, which is on an eight-month trip to the Far East, has enjoyed trips to Madras of India, Singapore, Ho Chi Minh City of Vietnam, Hong Kong and Shanghai.
		The Chinese navy had maritime exercises with the Pakistan and Indian navy forces in Shanghai last year and with the French navy in Qingdao in March this year.
	english.peopledaily.com.cn /200406/17/eng20040617_146710.html (443 words)

	British Royal Marines
		The Royal Marines are the United Kingdom's amphibious forces and a core component of their Rapid...
		Royal Marines Museum - Royal Marines Museum is dedicated to the preservation and presentation of all aspects of Royal Marines history...
		Royal Navy : Royal Marines - Royal Navy Modern and relevant, capable and resilient and top class employer with top class people.
	www.boats-to-buy.com /british-royal-marines.html (667 words)

	Pakistani Defence Forum > Solution To Scorpian Is Type 214 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		In late August 2003, the Singaporean Navy requested that the three bidders in its naval helicopter program submit their final offers so a decision on a preferred supplier could be made by early 2004.
		Sep 30 2004, 08:00 PM Indian navy envisiages the fact that most of the submarines should be manufactured with TOT in india to reduce dependence for overhaul/upgrade as well as spares from foreign vendors as its a painstaking process to get deals cleared through the MOD.
		Navy is as of now investing heavily on surface ships and upgradation of Kilo's to fire cruise missiles as well as heavy investment will also go in to new class of minesweepers and more ASW P28 corvetts.
	www.pakistanidefenceforum.com /lofiversion/index.php/t36575.html (6530 words)

	Royal Navy
		The main strategy of the Royal Navy at the start of the war was to try and blockade Germany from the North Sea and to protect Britain's vital ocean trade routes.
		It was not until the second-half of 1943 that the Royal Navy was able to re-establish itself in the East Indies.
		The ability of the Royal Navy to escort the convoys upon which Britain's life depended was tried to the limit during this summer.
	www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk /2WWnavyUK.htm (1547 words)

	Hawker Fury MK 10
		After deck trials aboard HMS Victorious, the Royal Navy approved the aircraft for carrier use in the Spring of 1947, and soon equipped five Fleet Air Arm squadrons.
		For example, on August 9, 1952, Royal Navy Lieutenant “Hoagy” Carmichael, flying a Sea Fury of HMS Ocean’s 802 Squadron, shot down a Soviet-built North Korean Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG 15, marking the first such kill by a piston-engined fighter, and the only air-to-air kill by a British pilot flying a British aircraft in the Korean War.
		The Royal Navy disbanded its last Sea Fury squadron in 1955, but these popular, versatile aircraft continued to fly for years elsewhere.
	www.war-eagles-air-museum.com /hawker_1.html (936 words)

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