the Royal Navy

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• The Tudors and the Royal Navy — The Tudor era was a critical one in the development of the Royal Navy.Henry VIIHenry VII deserves a large share of credit in the establishment of a standing navy. Although there is no evidence for a conscious change of policy, Henry soon embarked …   Wikipedia

• Rating system of the Royal Navy — The rating system of the British Royal Navy was used by the British Royal Navy between the middle of the 17th century and the middle of the 19th century to categorise sailing warships according to the number and weight of their guns.Origins… …   Wikipedia

• List of fleets and major commands of the Royal Navy — The professional head of the Royal Navy is known as the First Sea Lord (1SL) who is also as the Chief of Naval Staff (CNS). There are presently two Commanders in Chief, Commander in Chief Fleet and Commander in Chief Naval Home Command, who… …   Wikipedia

• Type system of the Royal Navy — The Type system is a classification system used by the British Royal Navy to classify surface escorts by function. The system evolved in the early 1950s, when the Royal Navy was experimenting with building single purpose escort vessels with… …   Wikipedia

• List of aircraft carriers of the Royal Navy — The following is a list of aircraft carriers of the Royal Navy of the United Kingdom. Active * Invincible class ** Illustrious (1982) ** Ark Royal (1985) Planned * Queen Elizabeth class supercarrier, CTOL/STOVL ships of 65,000 75,000 tonnes **… …   Wikipedia

• History of the Royal Navy — Naval Service of the British Armed Forces …   Wikipedia

• List of ships of the line of the Royal Navy — This is a list of ships of the line of the Royal Navy of England, and later (from 1707) of Great Britain, and the United Kingdom. The list dates from 1660, the year in which the Royal Navy came into being after the restoration of the monarchy… …   Wikipedia

• New Zealand Division of the Royal Navy — Historic ships of the Royal New Zealand Navy Cruisers‎ …   Wikipedia

• List of ship names of the Royal Navy — This is an alphabetical list of all the names of ships that have ever been in service with the Royal Navy. Many of the names have been re used over the years and thus represent more than one ship.Altogether over 13,000 ships have been in service… …   Wikipedia

• Future of the Royal Navy — At the beginning of the 1990s, the Royal Navy was a force designed for the Cold War with its three small aircraft carriers and a force of ASW frigates and destroyers, its main purpose was to search for and destroy Soviet submarines in the North… …   Wikipedia

• List of battleships of the Royal Navy — This is a list of battleships of the Royal Navy of the United Kingdom. The term battleship originates around 1880 with the construction of the Colossus class. A battleship is a heavily armoured warship carrying a battery of heavy calibre… …   Wikipedia