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Main article: List of ships of the Royal Navy

Royal Navy ships in commission are prefixed with Her Majesty's Ship (His Majesty's Ship), abbreviated to HMS, e.g., HMS Ark Royal. Submarines are styled HM Submarine, similarly HMS. Names are allocated to ships and submarines by a naming committee within the MOD and given by class, with the names of ships within a class often being thematic (e.g.. the Type 23 class are named after British Dukes) or traditional (e.g., the Invincible class all carry the names of famous historic ships). Names are frequently re-used offering a new ship the rich heritage, battle honours and traditions of her predecessors.

As well as a name each ship, and submarine, of the Royal Navy and the Royal Fleet Auxiliary is given a pennant number which in part denotes its role.

See also: Naming conventions for destroyers of the Royal Navy
See also: Type system of the Royal Navy

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Custom and tradition

Main article: Customs and traditions of the Royal Navy

The Royal Navy has several formal customs and traditions including the use of ensigns and ships badges. Royal Navy ships have several ensigns used when under way and when in port. Commissioned ships and submarines wear the White Ensign at the stern whilst alongside during daylight hours and at the main-mast whilst under way. When alongside, the Union Jack (as distinct from the Union Flag, often referred to as the Union Jack) is flown from the jackstaff at the bow, and can only be flown under way either to signal a court-martial is in progress or to indicate the presence of an Admiral of the Fleet on-board (including the Lord High Admiral, the Monarch).[26]

The Fleet Review is an irregular tradition of assembling the fleet before the monarch. The first review is purported to have been held in 1400 and the most recent review was held on 28 June 2005. This was to mark the bi-centenary of the Battle of Trafalgar; 167 ships from many different nations attended with the Royal Navy supplying 67.[27]

Another popular tradition of the British Navy is that they play several cricket matches with local teams. They even play matches against the Australian Navy in what they call 'The Ashes.'

There are several less formal traditions including service nicknames and Naval slang.The nicknames include "The Andrew" (of uncertain origin, possibly after a zealous press ganger[28][29]) and "The Senior Service".[30][31] The RN has evolved a rich volume of slang, known as "Jack-speak". Nowadays the British sailor is usually "Jack" (or "Jenny") rather than the more historical "Jack Tar". Royal Marines are fondly known as "Bootnecks" or often just as "Royals". The current compendium of Naval slang was brought together by Commander A. Covey-Crump and his name has in itself become the subject of Naval slang; Covey Crump.[30] A game traditionally played by the Navy is the four player board game called Uckers. This is similar to Ludo and it is regarded as extremely difficult to learn.

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The Royal Navy in popular culture

The Royal Navy's Napoleonic campaigns are a popular subject of historical novels. Some of the best-known include Patrick O'Brian's Aubrey-Maturin series, C.S. Forester's Horatio Hornblower chronicles, Dudley Pope's Lord Ramage novels and Douglas Reeman's Richard Bolitho novels. Alexander Kent is a pen name of Douglas Reeman who, under his birth name, has written many novels featuring the Royal Navy in the two World Wars. Other well known novels include Alistair MacLean's HMS Ulysses, Nicholas Monsarrat's The Cruel Sea, and C.S. Forester's The Ship, all set during World War II.

The Navy can also be seen in several films. The fictional spy James Bond is 'officially' a commander in the Royal Navy. The Royal Navy is featured in The Spy Who Loved Me, where a missile submarine is stolen, and in Tomorrow Never Dies when a media baron sinks a Royal Navy warship in an attempt to trigger a war between the UK and People's Republic of China. Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World was based on Patrick O'Brian's Aubrey-Maturin series. The Pirates of the Caribbean series of films also includes the Navy as the force pursuing the eponymous pirates. Noel Coward directed and starred in his own film In Which We Serve, which tells the story of the crew of the fictional HMS Torrin during World War II. It was intended as a propaganda film and was released in 1942. Coward starred as the ship's captain, with supporting roles from John Mills and Richard Attenborough.[32]

CS Forester's Hornblower novels have been adapted for television, as have Bernard Cornwell's Sharpe series, which, although primarily involving the Peninsular War of the time, includes several novels involving Richard Sharpe at sea with the Navy. The Royal Navy was the subject of an acclaimed 1970s BBC television drama series, Warship, and of a five part documentary, Shipmates, that followed the workings of the Royal Navy day to day.[33]

The popular BBC radio comedy series The Navy Lark featured a fictitious warship ("HMS Troutbridge") and ran from 1959 to 1977.

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See also

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References

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  2. ^ Vanguard to Trident 1945-2000. Royal Navy. Retrieved on 2007-07-14.
  3. ^ The Royal Navy: Britain’s Trident for a Global Agenda. Henry Jackson Society website. Retrieved on 2007-07-14.
  4. ^ How many people are there in the Royal Navy?, Royal Navy Website, accessed 25 August, 2007.
  5. ^ Rodger, N.A.M., The Command of the Ocean, Chapter 19, page 291, ISBN 0140288961
  6. ^ Meisel, Adolfo. "Subsidy-led-growth in a fortified port:Cartagena de Indias and the Situado 1751-1810" (PDF). . Stanford University Retrieved on 2007-09-05.
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  8. ^ Churchill, Winston; The Second World War Volume III, "The Grand Alliance", Chapter XVI Crete: The Battle. p265
  9. ^ a b Vice-Admiral Sir Jeremy Blackham (2007-03-13). "The Royal Navy at the Brink" (pdf). 1. . Royal United Services Institute Retrieved on 2007-08-10.
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  11. ^ a b The Role of an Aircraft Carrier (CVS).
  12. ^ We were heading for war...and the Commons blamed me. The Daily Telegraph (2002-03-01). Retrieved on 2007-08-10.
  13. ^ Smith, Michael. "Half of Royal Navy’s ships in mothballs as defence cuts bite", The Times. Retrieved on 2007-07-14. 
  14. ^ Evans, Michael. "Go-ahead for £4bn aircraft carriers", The Times, Times Newspapers, 2007-07-25. Retrieved on 2007-07-26. 
  15. ^ Royal Navy unveils new Amphibious landing ships. MOD (2006-10-06). Retrieved on 2007-08-10.
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  17. ^ "Clyde yard lands new destroyers", BBC, 1999-11-23. Retrieved on 2007-11-02. 
  18. ^ a b Type 45 Destroyer. BAE Systems. Retrieved on 2007-11-02.
  19. ^ Royal Navy to Get New Attack Submarine. Royal Navy (2007-05-21). Retrieved on 2007-10-10.
  20. ^ Knight, Will. "UK unveils plans for a new submarine fleet", New Scientist (Environment), 2006-12-05. Retrieved on 2007-08-10. 
  21. ^ Joint operations. Royal Navy. Retrieved on 2007-08-07.
  22. ^ Core Capabilities. Royal Navy. Retrieved on 2007-08-07.
  23. ^ Fleet Deployments. Royal Navy (2007-08-07). Retrieved on 2007-08-07.
  24. ^ Royal Navy Dockyards. National Maritime Museum. Retrieved on 2007-08-10.
  25. ^ "Devonport 'secure' says minister", BBC, 2007-07-25. Retrieved on 2007-08-10. 
  26. ^ Use of the Union Jack at Sea. Flags of the World. Retrieved on 2007-07-14.
  27. ^ French top gun at Fleet Review. The Times (2005-06-26). Retrieved on 2007-07-12.
  28. ^ (1964) Admiralty Manual of Seamanship. HMSO. 
  29. ^ FAQs;Royal Navy's nickname. National Maritime Museum. Retrieved on 2007-07-14.
  30. ^ a b Jolly, Rick. Jackspeak. Maritime Books Dec 2000. ISBN 0-9514305-2-1. 
  31. ^ Naval Slang. Royal Navy. Retrieved on 2007-07-14.
  32. ^ In Which we Serve at the Internet Movie Database
  33. ^ Devon Shipmates on TV. BBC. Retrieved on 2007-07-19.

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