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:
“If you are ambitious of climbing up to the difficult, and in a manner inaccessible, summit of the Temple of Fame, your surest way is to leave on one hand the narrow path of Poetry, and follow the narrower track of Knight-Errantry, which in a trice may raise you to an imperial throne.”
—Miguel De Cervantes (1547–1616)
“We all know the Navy is never wrong, but in this case it was a little weak on being right.”
—Wendell Mayes, U.S. screenwriter. Otto Preminger. CINCPAC II (Henry Fonda)