The name for the navy of the UK.
England's first navy was established by
King Alfred, but soon fell into disrepair.
The reformation of the Royal Navy occurred during the reign of [King Henry XIII]
? whose ships the "Great Harry" and the "
Mary Rose" engaged the French navy in a battle in the Solent in 1545.
Nicknames include "The Mob", "The Andrew" and "The Senior Service"
The formation of Royal Dockyards at London, Plymouth, Portsmouth, Chatham?, Rosyth?...
The Napoleonic campaigns as dramatised by [Jack Aubrey]?, Hornblower and Bolitho
- [Patrick O'Brien]? = Aubrey-Maturin?
- [C.S. Forrester]? = [Horatio Hornblower]?
- [Alexander Kent]? = [Richard Bolitho]?
Her (or His) Majesty's Ship = HMS (acronym)
HMS Ark Royal
[Royal Fleet Auxiliary]?
[Fleet Air Arm]?
[Royal Marines]? / Commando?
Wrens?
[Royal Yacht]?
Royal Navy Timeline
1805 [Battle of Trafalgar]
?
1821 First Steam Paddle ships for auxiliary use (tugs etc)
1840 First Screw driven Steamship, HMS Rattler
1905 First SteamTurbine
? battleship,
HMS Dreadnought
1916
Battle of Jutland
1941 Sinking of
HMS Hood and the
Bismarck
1982
Falklands War Task force despatched
1991
Gulf War
1999 [Kosovo Conflict]
?
- Admiral Horatio Nelson
- [Admiral Jellicoe]?
- [Admiral Beattie]?
- Rear-Admiral? [Sandy Woodward]?
- Admiral Hood
- Admiral Rodney
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