The phrase Imperial Navy may refer to:
- The Austro-Hungarian Navy
- The German Navy between 1872 and 1918
- The Imperial Japanese Navy from 1869 until 1947
- The Imperial Navy of Imperial Qing government
- The Imperial Navy from the fictional Star Wars universe.
- The Imperial Navy from the fictional Warhammer 40,000 universe.
- In addition, many other Science Fiction Space Empires have Imperial Navies of various power and benevolence/malevolence.
Famous quotes containing the words imperial and/or navy:
“Fair tresses man’s imperial race ensnare,
And beauty draws us with a single hair.”
—Alexander Pope (1688–1744)
“Give me the eye to see a navy in an acorn. What is there of the divine in a load of bricks? What of the divine in a barber’s shop or a privy? Much, all.”
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)