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.

me + american history = noob

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)


:)

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.

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

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

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

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 :(

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. :)

Re: Theres no navy like the royal navy
 

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:

The UK is not a superpower.

Aren't you 18 or thereabouts?

PD

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:

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. ;)