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:
“All the terrors of the French Republic, which held Austria in awe, were unable to command her diplomacy. But Napoleon sent to Vienna M. de Narbonne, one of the old noblesse, with the morals, manners, and name of that interest, saying, that it was indispensable to send to the old aristocracy of Europe men of the same connection, which, in fact, constitutes a sort of free- masonry. M. de Narbonne, in less than a fortnight, penetrated all the secrets of the imperial cabinet.”
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)
“I wish to reiterate all the reasons which [my predecessor] has presented in favor of the policy of maintaining a strong navy as the best conservator of our peace with other nations and the best means of securing respect for the assertion of our rights of the defense of our interests, and the exercise of our influence in international matters.”
—William Howard Taft (1857–1930)