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“Apparently, the British Royal Navy had just recruited an elephant hunter to bring down a battleship.” — Robert Gaudi Copy Share Image
“The advantage of being in command of all the guns was that no matter how nicely you asked for something, it was still an… — James S.A. Corey 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 giveaway.’ Marc… — James Swallow Copy Share Image
“The Royal Navy had not built its magnificent reputation over the centuries by avoiding battle.” — Arthur Nicholson Copy Share Image
Navy wives, we salute you. For without you, this great Navy of ours would not be what it is today. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“And he was leveling the pistol on Gideon as if he itched to fire it. “What do you want with me? Is it gold… — Sabrina Jeffries Copy Share Image
“When they arrived, they arrived in force- a dozen military ships surrounding the safe house, guns drawn.” — Marissa Meyer Copy Share Image
“no man who rises to command of a United States naval ship can possibly be a coward. And” — Herman Wouk Copy Share Image
The Navy's a very gentlemanly business. You fire at the horizon to sink a ship and then you pull people out of the water… — William Golding Copy Share Image
“Without a dedicated naval staff to define requirements and shape policy in technical matters, and, where appropriate, tap civilian expertise, the Navy was bound… — Gilbert Andrew Hugh Gordon Copy Share Image
“On the other hand, my horse and my rifles could also still give me away. It was well known that Old Shatterhand owned a… — Karl May Copy Share Image
“The wife of a junior officer cooped up in a horrible canvas partition in steerage for five months wrote: "I had enjoyed much peace… — 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 is now… — 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 of seamen… — 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 a girl.… — 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 to the… — 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 bulwark of… — 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 with Prince… — 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 by Parnell… — 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 and the… — 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, he saw… — David Cook Copy Share Image
