Theres no navy like the royal navy

[Kapitan]

For more than 400 years the royal navy has prowled the oceans of the world, in peace and war, today the royal navy is as stong as ever.

new faster more powerful ships and submarines equiped with the latest equipment sensors and weapons that will keep the royal navy at the fore front of any naval battle for years to come.

many naval heros born out from englands mighty navy many commanders and admirals try to mirror nelson the hero of the entire royal navy.

im battle the royal navy has never lost a major battle in 400 years a record that no other navy in the entire world has yet claimed,

many will full enamys challenged the might of the royal navy and lost hitler one quoted "because of the royal navy im afraid gentlemen we have lost the war"

churchill a believer in the royal navy put his entire faith in it and so do many a politicians even today.

saddam hussien once said "if the nroyal navy turns up here you know we have lost everything"

the royal navy has a reputation second to none a reputation that can only be admired through out the world the gentlemen sailors of her majestys navy help guide and defend her till the end.

despite the lack of numbers the royal navy remains a super power although small her status is super power and has been for over 375 years from henry the eight to nelson and now to HM Queen elizabeth the second the royal navy is the only true solid navy.

the once great broadsides and capital ships and drednoughts have been replaced with more advanced capible warships including the new carriers and destroyers the submarines which are more powerful than ever before ensure that britian is well defended.

In 1982 argentina invaded the falklands to her horror britain sent the mighty royal navy a force of over 100 ships two carriers and 10,000 men in less than two months (dont quote) the pride of argentina the belgrano was sunk and the airforce was obliterated of the 200 strong argentine airforce 91 planes were shot down with not a single loss to the 24 british planes a testement to the royal navy.

despite the loss of coventry sheffield sir galahad and glamorgan the royal navy 8000 miles from home won the day and since no navy has challenged her not even the american or russian navy because the training of the royal navy is "superior" (quote from two american analysts) to that of any navy on earth.

[ABBAFAN]

Quite true.But remember that sir Galahad was an RFA ship not RN. :up:

[The Avon Lady]

The thread title is a musical number that Ethel Merman turned down, right?j :lol:

[Godalmighty83]

its just a shame that idiot politicians dictate to the navy what it can and cant do, and the reason the modern navy hasnt really been tested by any nation is that britain now has this odd policy of trying to get along with other countries instead of taking them over.

now heres hoping BAE pull their fingers out and actually finish a new ship,we have a whole host of new missiles sat around waiting to be carried by something.

[CB..]

you have to notice that you can actually say the phrases "Royal Navy" or the "Royal Air Force" and every-body knows exactly what your talking about- despite the fact no mention is made of the country of origin of these forces --which considering that Great Britain is not the only country in the world with a Royal family-- rather says it all- if you see what i mean/

[Godalmighty83]

yeah we could be talking about the australian navy....
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HAHAhahaahahahahaha :rotfl: :rotfl:

[CB..]

yeah we could be talking about the australian navy....
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HAHAhahaahahahahaha :rotfl: :rotfl:

---note you needed to include the rather tell tale word "Australian" in that description---

[Kapitan]

royal australian navy and canadian navy is semi controled by the UK if you look into black polotics its more a pupet government if you look back australia and canada new zealand fiji have never been giver 100% independance

also when most dictators and what not hear the royal navy is coming they tended to say weve just lost

[TLAM Strike]

For the record the Royal Navy was once defeated the French...(Battle of Chesapeake Bay)

Other battles of interest...
Battle of Lake Champlain
Battle of Lake Erie
USS Constitution Vs. HMS Guerriere
USS United States Vs. HMS Macedonian
USS United States Vs. HMS Java
USS Essex Vs. British Whaling Fleet
USS Bonhomme Richard Vs. HMS Serapis
:D :D :D

For the last time Kapitain the Royal Navy is not undefeated! :lol:

What do Americans say when they encounter the Royal Navy?
"I have not yet begun to fight!" -John Paul Jones
"We have met the enemy and they are ours. Two ships, two brigs, one schooner and one sloop." -Oliver Hazard Perry
“We saved your ass in World War Two!” -Homer Jay Simpson USNR
;)

[Etienne]

royal australian navy and canadian navy is semi controled by the UK if you look into black polotics its more a pupet government if you look back australia and canada new zealand fiji have never been giver 100% independance

also when most dictators and what not hear the royal navy is coming they tended to say weve just lost

Damn it, Kapitain, will you ever learn not to talk crap about stuff you don't know?

[Kapitan]

royal navy i do slightly know

but its true if canada and australia had been given 100% independance they wouldnt come under the british commonwealth would they

royal navy isnt undefeated but it hasnt lost a major engaugement ie some thing the size of dogger bank jutland ect

for the record been doing serious research for over 10 years now so i may have a rough idea about whats what dont you think or cant you see past your nose?

[CCIP]

but its true if canada and australia had been given 100% independance they wouldnt come under the british commonwealth would they


I think you're hugely mis-informed in what your idea of the Commonwealth :88)

I'll put it to you this way, when was the last time the Queen had anything to do with making actual policy, eh? Cause the Queen is the only thing British that is still recognized in Canadian government structure; but of course, she doesn't have any more of a real political role than for you over there :hmm:

[Kapitan]

huh i was told she did and read she did :hmm: thats odd

i know this though she can refuse the bill of war which means the armed forces can only defend not attack, i know she can still do that one.

unless im mistaken again :-?

[CCIP]

Anyway, the point is that the RCN is not part of the RN. It once has been, but there is simply no way any more that the British parliament can excercise any direct power over it. Both answer to the Crown, but the Crown really does not have a power to over-ride parliament nowadays. And in this case, you're dealing with two different parliaments - the British and the Canadian, which are completely independent of each other, and are democratically elected by the people of their respective nations.

But that doesn't mean our navies still can't be friends :)

[Kapitan]

i see i had family in the RCN and RAN and a few other navies probly where i get the link from my dad is also a historian but he does the family side so far we know of the HMCS stadaconia in which one of our family was lost on

one of my relatives lost her husband and three sons in the space of 4 weeks

my great great uncle was lost on HMS K13 a steam power submarine

few others lost on submarines and ships

omg shock horror

I MIGHT BE NEXT !!!!!!!!! :o :o :o :o :o

[TLAM Strike]

royal navy isnt undefeated but it hasnt lost a major engaugement ie some thing the size of dogger bank jutland ect At the battle of Battle of Chesapeake Bay the reinforcement of a majority of your army was stopped and thus you lost the war at Yorktown. Even if you discount the next two this is a major defeat for the RN.

At the Battle of Lake Erie Perry captured 6 British at the cost of 1 and allowed the US to invade Canada and forced a stalemate and eventual withdrawal of British forces from US soil.

At the Battle of Lake Champlain the US denied the British any possibility of controlling more of the Great Lakes than they already did. Again forcing a stalemate and eventual withdrawal of British forces from US soil.

At each of these battles the US and its allies were able to help force the British out of the war and maintain the independence and eventually sovereignty of the US. Just because there wasn’t hundreds of ships fighting on both sides that doesn’t mean it wasn’t a major battle.

[Kapitan]

me + american history = noob

[XabbaRus]

To the tune of "There's No Business Like Showbusiness."

There's No Navy like the Royal Navy
There's no Navy I'm sure.

Their sailors are the best
even though the service is poor.

The marines like to fight naked,
recruits are buggered for sure.

It builds character and strength and they can never complain again about being sore.

There's no navy like the royal navy I'm suuuuuuuuurrrrrreeeee (ending in a high pitched squeel like something was shoved somewhere it shouldn't)


:)

[Kapitan]

lmao i heard that song when i was about 12

think it was my great uncle who told me that one he was RN too and his wife WW2

[Takeda Shingen]

lmao i heard that song when i was about 12

think it was my great uncle who told me that one he was RN too and his wife WW2

I think that Xabba invented that song sometime in the past three hours. I may be wrong.

[Kapitan]

no i have heard it before either that or it was a song like suzi browne

[XabbaRus]

No you haven't I made it up a couple of hours ago.

[Kapitan]

its a tune like that unless ... i cant remember i knew a tune along those bearings some years ago il find out what tune it is if i can my dad probly knows failing that theres plenty of navy and ex navy near me

it similar to that im dam sure of it

[Kapitan]

found it :D it was from down periscope the bit where they throw the XO over board knew i heard something like it but then again i can bearly make the accents out my bad :(

[Etienne]

huh i was told she did and read she did :hmm: thats odd

i know this though she can refuse the bill of war which means the armed forces can only defend not attack, i know she can still do that one.

unless im mistaken again :-?

The Queen could, theorically, through the Governor General (Well, the GG could), refuse a bill.

Practically, if she did that, I'm pretty sure the PM would just recall the house of common, present an amendment to the constitution, have it ratified before morning and go on merrily. The GG and the senate haven't objected a bill in... Gawd, I can't remember a case, and I'm pretty savy in canadian politics.

Canada's independent. We didn't go to Iraq, did we?

[Excalibur Bane]

huh i was told she did and read she did :hmm: thats odd

i know this though she can refuse the bill of war which means the armed forces can only defend not attack, i know she can still do that one.

unless im mistaken again :-?

The Queen could, theorically, through the Governor General (Well, the GG could), refuse a bill.

Practically, if she did that, I'm pretty sure the PM would just recall the house of common, present an amendment to the constitution, have it ratified before morning and go on merrily. The GG and the senate haven't objected a bill in... Gawd, I can't remember a case, and I'm pretty savy in canadian politics.

Canada's independent. We didn't go to Iraq, did we?

Yup. We are not a "puppet" last time I checked. The Brits love their traditions, thus we have the Governor General. No real power, per say just more of a position, then anything.

Still, I did enjoy signing the Oath Of Fealty thing to the Queen when I went to work for Health Canada in 2000. Interesting that they make you sign it, or they won't hire you. I nearly laughed the poor lady in resources off her chair. :)

[Deathblow]

im battle the royal navy has never lost a major battle in 400 years a record that no other navy in the entire world has yet claimed,

Guess that depends on the definition of a "battle." It has lost isolated engagements as all Navy's have. What is probably more accurate is that it has not lost a war... iirc... slept thru my sophmore european history class... Boring!!! :lol:

Except that whole loosing the American Revolutionary War that gave birth to the most dominating nation-state in the history of mankind... :yep: :lol:

despite the lack of numbers the royal navy remains a super power although small her status is super power and has been for over 375 years from henry the eight to nelson and now to HM Queen elizabeth the second the royal navy is the only true solid navy

The UK is not a superpower.

[PeriscopeDepth]

for the record been doing serious research for over 10 years now so i may have a rough idea about whats what dont you think or cant you see past your nose?

Aren't you 18 or thereabouts?

PD

[Kapitan]

i am indeed and yes i know young it was my dad that got me into history, and researching from an early age

and if a country has nuclear weapons its called a global power (ie a country of greater influence) not superpower :doh: :88) thats the one i was looking for comes from playing too much super power 2 :88) :doh:

[Bellman]

Well all I take from this is the sincere and earnest hope that those who fancy their chances at poets
confine their action to modelling, where I am sure they exhibit some real skill.:huh: :arrgh!:

I speak as a broadminded accepter of most 'bilge' topics. :yep:
But sorry our Poet Lance -a -Lot, this time youve had a premature ejaculation ! :o :oops::-j

Heck, I never did do 'disgusted from....' with any real conviction. ;)

[Winston]

The UK is not a superpower.

LIES!!! j/k :up:

[Godalmighty83]

yeah were at least a goodish power.

and cb if you read my post again look to the left of the word navy and you will indeed find the tell tale word 'australian'.

[Kapitan]

with out britian and the london international stock exchange there would be a big gap between tokyo and new york and bingo billions would be lost in minuets