French navy

British

noun

1. a dark dull navy blue
2. ( as adjective )
  
  a French-navy dress

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French money and the French navy were crucial to the American victory.

From Los Angeles Times

Just Jane was built in 1945 and saw service with the French navy.

From BBC

"The French navy is against this. They realise this kind of mission is extremely dangerous and they risk being implicated and ending up in court. It's going to be a disaster," said one source.

From BBC

"We are no longer completely in peacetime because we are both in peacetime and not far from confrontation," Admiral Nicolas Vaujour, chief of staff of the French Navy, said Wednesday, complaining of obstacles preventing the deployment of defence resources.

From Barron's

The Chinese national was handed one count of refusing to follow instructions from the French navy and told to attend a court hearing in the northern coastal city of Brest next February.

From BBC

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