“The wife of a junior officer cooped up in a horrible canvas partition in steerage for five months wrote: "I had enjoyed… — Stephen Taylor Copy Share Image
We forget today that Britain still depends for its livelihood and, indeed, its day-to-day survival, on the sea. But the Royal Navy… — John Keegan Copy Share Image
“The British government in 1807 had issued the “Orders in Council,” which enforced a naval blockade against France, and with a shortage… — Charles River Editors Copy Share Image
“Then it hits me.... And it hits me with the force of a blow. I am maybe fifteen years old. I am… — L.A. Meyer Copy Share Image
“Shortly after Seward departed, a report arrived from China that the U.S. Navy commodore in command of the American squadron had come… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The Royal Navy of England hath ever been its greatest defense and ornament; it is its ancient and natural strength; the floating… — William Blackstone Copy Share Image
“The dangers of the sea should always take precedence over the violence of the enemy” — Ben Bryant Copy Share Image
“All doctors are quacks. And all patients too. Only the Royal Navy is honest in England.” — Eugène Ionesco Copy Share Image
When it comes to his sons, it would be easy to think that the macho Duke of Edinburgh has most in common… — Ingrid Seward Copy Share Image
“A vast charitable effort swung into action in order to head off widespread famine: a lecture tour of the United States undertaken… — Neil Hegarty Copy Share Image
It was a civilian ship, and the Lusitania could outrun any submarine. So this population of people was very confident that Cunard… — Erik Larson Copy Share Image
“He had panicked. Tessier cursed his own stupidity. He should have remained in the column where he would have been protected. Instead,… — David Cook Copy Share Image
The only traditions of the Royal Navy are rum, sodomy and the lash. — Winston Churchill Copy Share Image
If the Royal Navy and wider defence is to deliver on the ambitions of our country, we must tackle the inadequate funding… — Penny Mordaunt Copy Share Image
“The Royal Navy had not built its magnificent reputation over the centuries by avoiding battle.” — Arthur Nicholson Copy Share Image
“The world of 1906...was a stable and a civilized world in which the greatness and authority of Britain and her Empire seemed… — Violet Bonham Carter Copy Share Image
“Pray state, this day, on one side of a sheet of paper, how the Royal navy is being adapted to meet the… — Michael Paterson Copy Share Image
From the 1920s into the 1940s, Britain's standard of living was supported by oil from Iran. British cars, trucks, and buses ran… — Stephen Kinzer Copy Share Image
“Apparently, the British Royal Navy had just recruited an elephant hunter to bring down a battleship.” — Robert Gaudi Copy Share Image
The royal navy of England hath ever been its greatest defence and ornament; it is its ancient and natural strength, - the… — William Blackstone Copy Share Image
It is not surprising that only one medieval state, Venice, long possessed anything clearly identifiavble as a navy in this sense. We… — Nicholas Rodger Copy Share Image
“In March 1812 the British Caribbean press described how the British squadron based at Jamaica had earlier captured a “Haytian frigate.” In… — Troy Bickham Copy Share Image
“It was your first time?" Her head snapped up, eyes stabbing her sister. "Of course it was," Lisa backtracked at once, and… — Lynsay Sands Copy Share Image
My uncles and my father were all in the Royal Navy. One of my uncles, as a matter of fact, was drowned… — Vanessa Redgrave Copy Share Image
“The CSS Alabama’s captain, Rafael Semmes, was a devout Catholic who saw the Civil War as a religious struggle. He associated Northern… — Andrew Lees Copy Share Image
