Air Quote by Christopher Cockerell

“The boat—no, it was a ship, as one of the crew had explained, since it had a solid superstructure and was stabilized by ballast,”

— Jack L. Chalker

It Was Never Planed...

— Crystal

We were all flying around up and down the coast near Dunkirk looking for enemy aircraft which seemed also to be milling around with…

— Douglas Bader

It was a civilian ship, and the Lusitania could outrun any submarine. So this population of people was very confident that Cunard and the…

— Erik Larson

I was a child of World War Two . I saw films of pilots taking off from aircraft carriers and decided that was the…

— Anonymous

“Apparently, the British Royal Navy had just recruited an elephant hunter to bring down a battleship.”

— Robert Gaudi

“The British Navy built a ship called Friday the 13th, and when it left dock, it was never heard from again”

— Adam Anderson

Ships are but boards, sailors but men.

— William Shakespeare

“The Royal Navy had not built its magnificent reputation over the centuries by avoiding battle.”

— Arthur Nicholson

Was it proof of madness in the first corps of sea officers to have, at so critical a period, launched out on the ocean…

— John Paul Jones

We were very fortunate that the carriers weren't in the harbor.

— Barney Ross

Airplanes are interesting toys, but of no military value.

— Anonymous