Quotes About Naval

Then seven or eight French and Spanish ships opened up together

all firing at the Victory in unison. Their purpose was to dismast the British flagship

The French and Spanish ships were bigger and better armed, but the British were better sailors.

Some very senior naval officers attended instead, most of them convinced the experiment would fail.

Her foremast was riddled and her foresail collapsed in tatters across the fo'c'sle.

Passing another ship, she learned that firing had been heard off Cape Trafalgar for 'five hours'.

In the sinking of the Dorothea, they had seen the future of naval warfare.

as were the chaloupes canonnières,

But the French still thought in terms of wooden ships and sail, as did the English across the Channel.

A raking shot, which entered in the lower deck, had glanced along the beams and through the thickest of the people,

the French and Spanish fleets were moving hurriedly to form a line of battle in the dark.

The Captain drew a long breath, conscious deep within him of an enormous satisfaction. 'Write this down, and then send it to them. "To Flag Officer in Charge, Londonderry, v Marlborough. HMS Marlborough will enter harbour at 1300 today. Ship is severely damaged above and below waterline. Request pilot, tugs, dockyard assistance, and burial arrangements for one officer and seventy-four ratings." Got that?

Hidden in my desire to become a naval aviator was something more complex: a personal engagement with the problem of violence that expressed itself at first in military fantasies and then, over a period of many years, resolved itself in the pacifism I aspire to today.

Jack, you've debauched my sloth.

This short watch that is about to come, or rather these two short watches--why are they called dog watches? Where, heu, heu, is the canine connection?' Why,' said Stephen, 'it is because they are curtailed of course.

Vader made most of the naval officers he encountered uncomfortable

Vader made most of the naval officers he encountered uncomfortable. To them, he was a towering dark figure outside their chain of command who had emerged from nowhere and possessed powers they did not understand.