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This may come as a shock to you but the Royal Navy doesn't need the "British" in front of it. The Royal Navy as the first organsied navy in modern times is simply the Royal Navy. Simialrly, the Royal Air Force as the first seperately organised airforce is simply known as the RAF.
Up Spirits…….Stand Fast The Holy Ghost?…….posted this before it was mentioned. My Nephew a currently serving Stoker(Marine Engineer)told me when on exercise CSG21, they had an engineer across from the USS The Sullivans, they got him absolutely bladdered(drunk) they sent him back in the morning worse for wear, apparently he had a bollocking (severe dressing down) off his CO
Thanks and very informative. By the way, there's no need for 'British'; there is only one Royal Navy ditto the Royal Air Force but.......the British army.
Ah, but the Royal Monmouthshire Royal Engineers, older than any, and the only unit doubly Royal. The Ordnance was based at Monmouth from the start, c1300.
Very well done indeed - or as the RN would have signalled in WWII, "dog - george" which stood for "manoeuvre well executed", though most would have just said, "damned good!" On a side note, the Canadian Navy decided that the old toasts were far too aggressive for a fighting force, so Thursday is now "Our Navy" and Friday "Our nation." They also changed Saturday to "Our families", though, ironically the rejoinder still works for a sailor - may they never meet.
I was a rum boson back n the late 60's on HMS Condor near Arbroath in Scotland. Tots were served either at lunchtime or at 5pm and much bargaining took place with "sippers' and "sandy bottoms" being traded for favours.
Grandpa Tom was Occifers' Mess CPO at Pompey a bit before that time. I have no recall how I know the taste as I only appeared in 55 - probably dippers.
And by tradition, the Royal Marines never stand for the Loyal toast (as they're RN personnel). There's a lot of arguing about it with the other branches but the best argument I've heard is 'The Navy is the senior branch of the forces, so you adapt to us, not the other way around.'
To quote a toast of my late father in law who served in the Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm in the British Pacific fleet in WW2….. “Here’s to it and to it again, let him who gets to it and doesn’t do it, never gets to it to do it again”
Enjoyed the rhymes. Excellent presentation by Quartermaster Kit. Glad he included G. Washington's fishery. The importance of shad to the Army at Valley Forge was new to me.
Well done, Jessie. Pro-tip: remember to look at the camera or audience as often as possible when reading. This will be very difficult at first but quickly gets easier with practice.
Great lecture! The story of the HMS Erebus and HMS Terror is always fascinating, and tragic. I can’t imagine slowly dying due to being absolutely trapped in ice, eating lead poisoned canned food, and being forced to make a last ditch attempt to walk through the unforgiving environment 🥶
I always wondered what Riker was talking about in that scene from Generations when Mr. Worf got promoted :-) Thank you for the great upload and information! My grandfather, rest his soul, was a retired 30 year navy veteran as a Chief Machinists Mate. I try to pick up a little sailing knowledge in his memory. He had a Captains house built just across from Kings Park, Newport around 1895 and always rang a big brass bell at the back door to call us grand-kids in for lunch, a bell he either stole or was given to him from his last ship, my mom said it was for his retirement. You could hear that thing a mile away. Always made me jump out of my skin if I was hiding in the backyard and wasn't expecting it lol. I wish I could figure out where that bell actually came from. I polished it up from its dismal deep copper color and stored it away for maybe my grand-kids when I have a house and my daughter finds the time and a decent guy.
