Thus, to cite but one example, the Pax Britannica of the nineteenth century, whether with the British navy ruling the seas or with the City of London ruling world finance, was strictly national in motivation, however much other nations ( e.g., the United States ) may have incidentally benefited.

Shortly before this battle the Spartan navy, of which he had received the supreme command, was totally defeated off Cnidus by a powerful Persian fleet under Conon and Pharnabazus.

He was born into the aristocratic, warrior class that dominated Mytilene, the strongest city-state on the island of Lesbos and, by the end of the seventh century BC, the most influential of all the North Aegean Greek cities, with a strong navy and colonies securing its trade-routes in the Hellespont.

But perhaps his most important contribution was the importance he gave to the Portuguese navy.

Thus while Athens was increasing her navy with the funds they contributed, a revolt always found itself without enough resources or experienced leaders for war.

Phillip was educated at the Greenwich Hospital School, part of Greenwich Hospital, and at the age of 13 was apprenticed to the merchant navy.

After 1806, the First Lord of the Admiralty was always a civilian, while the professional head of the navy came to be ( and is still today ) known as the First Sea Lord.

Until the 1980s, the flagship of the ocean-going navy was the aircraft carrier Minas Gerais ( the ex-British HMS Vengeance ), which has been in service since 1945.

During World War I, the large navy was cut off from resupply of big gun shells and became a paper navy, thus reinforcing the drive for self-sufficiency.

The product line was broad and came to include ammunition, grenades, mines, armored personnel vehicles, patrol boats, navy patrol planes, turboprop trainers, tanks, and subsonic jet fighters.

Greece was the only Balkan country with a navy powerful enough to deny use of the Aegean to the Ottoman Empire, thus a treaty between Greece and Bulgaria became necessary ; it was signed in May 1912.

Furthermore, China's first permanent standing navy was assembled and provided an admiral's office at Dinghai in 1132, under the reign of Emperor Renzong of Song.

A large navy was built, including four-masted ships displacing 1, 500 tons.

The government was overthrown in a coup by army and navy officers on August 9, 2001.

The naval history of China was centered more to the south, where mountains, rivers, and large lakes necessitated the employment of a large and well-kept navy.

Although an amphibious invasion was never in question, blockading by Union naval forces was common, particularly at Halifax, where Confederate navy ships sought refuge and reprovisioning.

The navy " Double-Star " jersey was not seen again until the NFL's Classic Throwback Weekend on Thanksgiving Day 2001 – 2003.

Koujak was a rival of Fakhr-al-Din and a friend of the sultan Murad IV, who ordered Koujak and the sultanate's navy to attack Lebanon and depose Fakhr-al-Din.

His early experience in a harsh environment was to stand him in good stead for navy life.

Alexandra was a three-masted sailing ship with auxiliary steam power, and despite remaining flagship was already outdated in a navy which was steadily transitioning from sail to steam.

He noted, ' Captains ... to be successful must possess, in a marked degree, initiative, resource, determination, and no fear of accepting responsibility ', and particularly regarding wartime conditions '... as a rule instructions will be of a very general character so as to avoid interfering with the judgement and initiative of captains ... The admiral will rely on captains to use all the information at their disposal to grasp the situation quickly and anticipate his wishes, using their own discretion as to how to act in unforeseen circumstances ..' The approach outlined by Beatty contradicted the views of many within the navy, who felt that ships should always be closely controlled by their commanding admiral, and harked back to reforms attempted by Admiral George Tryon.

Jellicoe became very knowledgeable about his profession, much more so than most of his contemporaries, especially appreciating the strong points of the Kaiserliche Marine ( German navy ).

It is a fairly typical small navy with a few missile frigates, corvettes and patrol boats to defend the coastline, but with a very limited self-defence capability.

Rome responded by drastically expanding its navy in a very short time.

At that time, the city was a very important commercial centre and controlled a significant Mediterranean merchant fleet and navy.

As their father thought that the navy was " the very best possible training for any boy ", in September 1877, when George was 12 years old, both brothers joined the cadet training ship HMS Britannia at Dartmouth, Devon.

This theory ( as noted ) lacks recognized documentation other than that which is folkloric in nature, involves the French navy, which ( during the Revolution ) had an uncertain level of authority, and would place the construction of the Oak Island structure very close to its initial discovery by Daniel McGinnis in 1795.

The French navy thus considered the campaign first of all to be a great learning opportunity ; it would indeed be very instructive.

Despite the decisive defeat, the Ottoman Empire rebuilt its navy with a massive effort, by largely imitating the successful Venetian galeasses, in a very short time.

To put aside enough money to get himself through art school ( his father having refused to fund it ), Stanshall spent a year in the merchant navy, where he made a very bad waiter, but a great teller of tall tales.

There were two main aspects to Ehrensvärd's design for the fortress: a series of independent fortifications on each of the linked islands and, at the very heart of the complex, a dockyard for the navy fleet.

Like many officers in the British fleet, Aubrey spent much of his life raised on the sea, joining the navy very early in his life.

The settlers spoke Old Norse and their settlement was legitimised and made permanent in 911 under Rollo of Normandy, but this influence was very limited and almost only concerned the technological vocabulary of the navy.

He promised them that he would mediate in the conflict with England and in the end himself declared war on England, although the French navy was not engaged to a very large extent.

Daniel Defoe ( 1660 – 1731 ) describes the state of the harbour and its approaches, saying that " Rye would flourish again, if her harbour, which was once able to receive the royal navy, cou'd be restor'd … " but that he thought it very doubtful that large ships would be able to use the port again.

In the nineteenth century, the navy recovered and became arguably the second finest in the world after the Royal Navy, albeit very much smaller.

The blue colour is mandated only as " dark sky-blue ", and varies from flag to flag, ranging from a hue of pure blue, sometimes shaded almost as dark as navy blue, to hues about 75 % toward pure cyan and shades as light as very light blue.

The Union economy grew and prospered during the war while fielding a very large army and navy.

Thomas entered the navy at a very early age, and served during the Seven Years ' War with his uncle Samuel on board, Duke, and.

The second important code used by the German navy was captured at the very start of the war in Australia, although it did not reach the admiralty until the end of October.

With these and about a dozen seamen — apart from the officers ( who were obliged to help in the work aloft ) — he put to sea and by dint of pressing from the merchant ships in the Channel, succeeded in filling up his complement but with very few seasoned navy men.

Nonetheless it was faced with very difficult moments such as the Sailors ' mutiny in the navy, caused by the reduction of the salaries of the enlisted men ( September 1-5, 1931 ), which was controlled only after an aerial bombing of the fleet and presaged difficult times ahead.

Karamürsel has a very long history of being an important base for the navy.

With the Empress rescued, the fetus destroyed, and New Madrid in custody, Roger must cope with his mother's steadily disintegrating condition, a half-destroyed navy, rebuilding the palace, the line of succession, and the very real threat of civil war, thanks to the escape of Jackson Adula.