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British Navy Quotes

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

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

Winston Churchill
Army, British Navy, Royal

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

Winston Churchill
Funny, Army, British Navy
In Sir Peter Gretton Former Naval Person (1968) ch. 1

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

Ernest Bevin
Years, British Navy, World

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.

Graham Chapman
Mean, British Navy, Cannibalism
"Character: Sir John Cunningham". "Monty Python's Flying Circus", TV Series (1969–1974), "The War Against Pornography", www.imdb.com. 1972.

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

William Falconer
British Navy, Names, Ships
William Falconer (2012). “Falconers Marine Dictionary (1780)”, p.146, BoD – Books on Demand

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.

Charles R. Morris
Military, British Navy, Essentials
Interview with Bob Morris, bobmorris.biz. December 17, 2012.

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