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Royal Navy

British  

noun

  1.  RN.  the navy of the United Kingdom

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Royal Navy Cultural  
  1. The British navy.


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Dougie Shelley, from Essex, who joined the Royal Navy aged 17 and received more than 16,000 birthday cards when he turned 100 in September after an appeal, died on 21 March.

From BBC

The Royal Navy destroyer, HMS Dragon, is now providing additional air defences operating off the coast of Cyprus.

From BBC

Some of the Royal Navy helicopters now based at RAF Akrotiri were supposed to join the aircraft carrier HMS Prince of Wales on her planned voyage to the North Atlantic.

From BBC

It was escorted by a Russian navy ship across the English Channel, but the two vessels parted ways when the tanker entered the Atlantic Ocean, according to the British Royal Navy.

From Barron's

It was escorted by a Russian navy ship across the English Channel, but the two vessels split when the tanker entered the Atlantic, according to the British Royal Navy.

From Barron's