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“In Frederick Marryat's Mr. Midshipman Easy Jack's father, Mr. Easy, became a(n) ____________ as it was the very best profession a man can take up who is fit for nothing else.”

Historical Fiction Nautical British Literature Napoleonic Wars British Navy

Book:Mr. Midshipman Easy

Source: Mr. Midshipman Easy

“The head of a ship however has not always an immediate relation to her name, at least in the British navy.”

Names Relation British Ships Navy British Navy

Book:Falconers Marine Dictionary (1780)

Source: Falconers Marine Dictionary (1780)

“What astounds me about the history of the British Navy is how cheaply we have policed the world for 300 years.”

World Years British Navy Defence British Navy

Author:Ernest Bevin

“Military power tends to be a function of economic power, and the British Navy was the essential capability for establishing the imperial sway - which was attuned to furnish the raw materials for the British manufacturing ascendance. So they were mutually reinforcing.”

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Author:Charles R. Morris

“Don't talk to me about naval tradition. It's nothing but rum, sodomy, and the lash.”

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Author:Winston Churchill

“There is no cannibalism in the British Navy, absolutely none. And when I say none, I mean there is a certain amount, more than I personally admit.”

Mean Certain Amount British Navy Cannibalism British Navy

Author:Graham Chapman

“The British Army should be a projectile to be fired by the British Navy.”

Should War Peace Army British Navy Total War British Army Projectile British Navy

Author:Edward Grey, 1st Viscount Grey of Fallodon

“The only traditions of the Royal Navy are rum, sodomy and the lash.”

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Author:Winston Churchill