“Crimping or Shanghaiing was the act of kidnapping unsuspecting men to serve aboard ships usually destined to sail to the far east.… — Captain Hank Bracker, "Seawater One 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
Our quality of life and our way of life is dependent on the Royal Navy and the other Armed Forces. — Penny Mordaunt Copy Share Image
“At a time of deep naval peace, when social connections were a means to the top, when royal yachts brought career advantage,… — Gilbert Andrew Hugh Gordon Copy Share Image
“Black seamen - or "Black Jacks" as African sailors were known - enjoyed a refreshing world of liberty and equality. Even if… — Tony Williams Copy Share Image
“In answer to 'But violence hasn't solved anything!' The hell it hasn't. The application of violence - of killing and a willingness… — Markham Shaw Pyle Copy Share Image
My dad had a small suitcase stuffed with photos, mementoes from wherever he'd traveled as a Royal Navy gunner. Not that he… — Honeysuckle Weeks Copy Share Image
“be raised only by the Royal Navy and replenishment, for Lowe’s guns had” — Tom Pocock Copy Share Image
“The defenders retreated, but in good order. A musket flamed and a ball shattered a marine’s collar bone, spinning him around. The… — David Cook Copy Share Image
I'm obsessed with the Victorian era and the British Royal Navy... I'd love to play a troubled sailor or captain or a… — Nick Offerman Copy Share Image
“more than 300 other ships bound for Algeria steamed from anchorages on the Clyde and along England’s west coast. For all these… — Rick Atkinson Copy Share Image
Jack Sparrow: No! Not good! Stop! Not good! What are you doing? You've burned all the food, the shade, the RUM! Elizabeth… — Pirates Of The Carribein Copy Share Image
“...a large and ridiculous gunner told me that I looked like an out-of-work chorus boy. He was very startled when I told… — william donaldson Copy Share Image
“On Elizabeth Gaskell's 'Sylvia's Lovers'. 'Philip Hepuburn worships Sylvia Robson, and finds dishonour' Sylvia Robson worships Charley Kinraid, and finds disillusionment. Charley… — Lucinda Elliot Copy Share Image
Paradoxically, the few eras of peace were times when men of war had high influence. The Pax Romana was enforced by Caesar's… — Jerry Pournelle Copy Share Image
“So you’re ex-Royal Navy, right?’ He tensed. ‘How do you know that?’ Lucy pointed at his arm. ‘Cabot wristwatch. It’s a dead… — James Swallow Copy Share Image
“[Admiral Sir Erasmus Gower] 'No other contemporary officer approached his accumulated experience...' From Champion of the Quarterdeck: Admiral Sir Erasmus Gower 1742-1814.” — Ian M Bates Copy Share Image
“The most impressive naval career of all the female sailors is that of William Brown, a black woman who spent at least… — David Cordingly Copy Share Image
