Quotes About Naval strength

In opposition rose the 'Die-Hard' Unionists championed by the Duke of Northumberland; reactionary representatives of the landed gentry who believed in compulsory military service, social welfare, expanded military and naval strength, an end to 'alien' immigration, and armed resistance to Irish Home Rule

In my opinion the greatest advantage we can at present expect from our Navy; for at this early period We can not expect to have a Navy to cope with the British.

Ship of the line is the most honourable thing that man, as a gregarious animal, has ever produced.

What is American strategy first of all? So American strategy is to command the seas, right? The foundation of our power is sea control. Nobody can invade us, but we can invade them.

Where in May 1915 the navy had only thirty U-boats, by 1917 it had more than one hundred, many larger and more powerful than Schwieger's U-20 and carrying more torpedoes.

Our quality of life and our way of life is dependent on the Royal Navy and the other Armed Forces.

If we were building our navy, rather than reducing our navy to pre-World War I levels, China would not be thinking about increasing its navy to take over the South China Sea.

The wooden wall is your ships.

I'll have you understand the United States has got the best navy in the world." "Well, . . . why, then, do we need a bigger navy?" "We've got to have a still bigger navy because we're the richest nation on earth.

The Royal Navy was waiting for them outside, but its ships were thinly spread and heavily outnumbered.

The Royal Sovereign reeled under the impact, heeling 'two strakes out of the water