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...Royal Navy. Henry is considered by some to be one of the founders of the Royal Navy, which went from 5 to 53 ships during his reign, largely as a result of his

...operation against France and an air operation against Britain to keep the Royal Navy at bay and keep the allies apart. The campaign was a dramatic success - the

..., decided that evacuation was the only option. During 23 and 24 May, the [[Royal Navy]] evacuated an estimated 4,365 servicemen from Boulogne.</p> ...ngdom could not survive if Germany gained control of the air, although the Royal Navy would at least provide some breathing space. It had been calculated that Ge

...marines, or a limited tactical strike. The second role is one in which the Royal Navy participates in the SIOP, in effect becoming non-distinct from the U.S. Nav The Royal Navy's contribution to the SIOP shows the power of the nuclear arsenal committed

...aixhans-design shell gun, but of much larger bore than the 30-pounder. The Royal Navy in 1839 adopted six patterns of 32-pound long guns, associating with them a ...oles's design. The Royal Navy began using turreted guns in 1864. Seagoing Royal Navy turret ships of the 1860s had masts and rigging, a protective forecastle, a

...ces by mistake. During World War two, submarine ''HMS Triton'' sank fellow Royal Navy submarine ''HMS Oxley'' and, in the 1982 Falklands War, ''HMS Cardiff'' sho

...ion was an essential part of his alliance with the Dutch. With most of the Royal Navy in Parliamentary hands, a Dutch fleet and a friendly port for arms traffic

...ruary 15. At sea it sank the Asian fleets of the [[Netherlands]] and the [[Royal Navy]], and threatened Ceylon and the east coast of India.

...ce the main source of oil was the Middle East, however, the needs of the [[Royal Navy]] would dominate British policy in that region: the source of oil had to be | publisher = [[Royal Navy]]}}</ref>

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...e rebellion be suppressed. He sent two-thirds of his army, and half of the Royal Navy in "the largest projection of seaborne power ever attempted by a European p ...d they had failed and moved their army to Yorktown, Virginia, awaiting the Royal Navy to take it to New York. The British fleet did show up but was defeated by a

...''': Congress outlaws the international slave trade. U.S. Navy and British Royal Navy enforce the prohibition. Some 250,000 slaves were smuggled in anyway before

...approval of Congress, the President in September 1940, turned over to the Royal Navy fifty over-age American destroyers in an effort to make up for the ravages

On April 10, 1940, the First Battle, CAPT Bernard Warburton-Lee of the Royal Navy took five small H-class (U.K. destroyer)|H-class destroyers against six Ger =====Royal Navy against ''IJN Haguro'' group=====

...wing year, and when he turned 18 in 1942 he was called up and joined the [[Royal Navy]] as a wireless operator. He returned to civilian life in 1946 with a prof

...] ''Ninfa''. On the trip back to Europe, the ''Ninfa'' was attacked by the Royal Navy, and Muir lost his left eye and cheek while fighting for his Spanish captor

...rsia by destroying Darius' shore bases for his fleet, and that the British Royal Navy won the war with Spain by defeating the Spanish Armada with sea power.

...days were bad flying weather that grounded most flights. On those days the Royal Navy battleships could plow through the storms and sink the entire invasion flee

British insults continued, especially the practice of using the Royal Navy to intercept unarmed American merchant ships and "[[impressment|impress]]"

...d to attempt an invasion because of her policy of reducing the size of the Royal Navy and withdrawing vessels from the South Atlantic, all in the interests of pr