Royal Navy

British

noun

RN. the navy of the United Kingdom

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Royal Navy Cultural

The British navy.

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George’s response reached most colonists in early January, along with news that to start the new year, a royal navy squadron had bombarded Norfolk, then Virginia’s principal port, followed by fires that destroyed the city.

From Salon • Jan. 10, 2026

They will also join a reception on a royal navy frigate.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 22, 2023

For the first time women were on the bridge of a ship of the royal navy at a formal review.

From Time Magazine Archive

Mombasa, an Indian Ocean seaport the royal navy wants to develop now that it is losing Trincomalee in Ceylon, has direct communications with the Persian Gulf, without permission of Nasser.

From Time Magazine Archive

This veteran had served full seventy years in the royal navy.

From Notes and Queries, Vol. IV, Number 94, August 16, 1851 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. by Various

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