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Royal Navy : British naval supremacyThe Royal Navy is the navy of the United Kingdom. The Royal Navy has historically played an extremely important role in the defense of Great Britain and the British Empire. Because Great Britain is an island in which all locations are within 100 kilometers of the ocean, any power which achieved naval superiority would put Britain in great peril. Moreover, a strong navy was vital to allow Great Britain to maintain supply and communication with distant locations in the British Empire.England's first navy was established by King Alfred, but soon fell into disrepair. The first reformation and major expansion of the Royal Navy occurred during the reign of King Henry VIII whose ships the "Great Harry" and the "Mary Rose" engaged the French navy in a battle in the Solent in 1545. The second reformation was under Admiral Robert Blake during Oliver Cromwell's Commonwealth. The Naval Service didn't really exist until the mid 17th century when the Fleet Royal was incorporated into the Government following the defeat of Charles I in the English Civil War. The incorporation of the royal navy was in contrast to the land forces, which are descended from parliamentary forces and hence are not royal. Between 1690 and World War I, the Royal Navy was the strongest navy in the world with almost uncontested power over the world's oceans. Between 1690 and 1916, the Royal Navy suffered only one major defeat, at the Battle of the Chesapeake, and was able to defeat decisively all challengers, as at the Battle of Trafalgar. After World War II, the growing power of the United States and the retreat from empire reduced the role of the Royal Navy. The most important post-war operation conducted by the Royal Navy involved defeating the Argentines in the Falkland Islands War. Nicknames include "The Mob", "The Andrew" and "The Senior Service". One point of pride of the Royal Navy is that it is known simply as the Royal Navy as opposed to other navies which have the national name in them. The formation of Royal Dockyards at London, Plymouth, Portsmouth, Chatham[?], Rosyth[?]... The Napoleonic campaigns as dramatised by Jack Aubrey[?], Hornblower and Bolitho
HMS (acronym) = Her (or His) Majesty's Ship
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1950 Korean War begins
1962 Indonesian Konfrontasi begins in Borneo
1982 Falklands War Task force despatched
1991 Gulf War
1999 Kosovo conflict
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Baskelett. Cecil had ample reason to suppose his cousin to be friendly
dissensions, in a supremely Christian spirit. He paid his cousin the
he had spoken to Nevil of his designs upon the widow: Nevil said nothing
man named Lydiard, that, never calling to him to put him on his guard,
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gentleman's last appeal in vindication of his character. Mrs. Devereux
injured person communicated it to Lord Avonley, who told Colonel Halkett
command of his temper out of consideration for the family. There was a
it ranked among the unwritten crimes against blood for one offshoot of a
him in her presence, doing his utmost to expose him as a schemer, a
avenge Dr. Shrapnel upon him signally? Miss Denham feared her guardian
Cecilia Halkett, and as an example of Beauchamp's tenacity of purpose and
appear to share it. She objected to Beauchamp's intemperateness and
and that being off her mind, she added, smiling a little and colouring a
and whether it was provoked, she failed to recollect. She described
scorpion. Cecilia fancied he must have resembled his uncle Everard.
Cecilia was conquered, but unclaimed. While supporting and approving him
and still while she blamed him for not seeking an interview with her, she
relations with Lord Avonley.
A problem of her own conduct disturbed the young lady's clear conception
Beauchamp, that was betrayed to her by her forgetfulness of him whenever
recovered her forfeited repose, her poetry of life, her image of.
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