Royal Navy Vessels

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    “The Royal Navy of England hath ever been its greatest defence and ornament; it is its ancient and natural strength; the floating bulwark of the island.”
    —William Blackstone (1723–1780)

    “But while meditating
    What we can’t or can
    Let’s keep starring man
    In the royal role.”
    —Robert Frost (1874–1963)

    “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)

    “So near along life’s stream are the fountains of innocence and youth making fertile its sandy margin; and the voyageur will do well to replenish his vessels often at these uncontaminated sources.”
    —Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)