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3 giorni fa · The Royal Netherlands Navy (Dutch: Koninklijke Marine) is the maritime service branch of the Netherlands Armed Forces. It was founded on 8 January 1488, making it the third-oldest naval force in the world.
3 giorni fa · He joined the Royal Navy during the First World War and was appointed Supreme Allied Commander, South East Asia Command, in the Second World War. He later served as the last Viceroy of India and briefly as the first Governor-General of the Dominion of India. Mountbatten attended the Royal Naval College, Osborne, before entering the ...
5 giorni fa · La Regia Marina fu l'arma navale del Regno d'Italia fino al 18 giugno 1946 quando, con la proclamazione della Repubblica, assunse la nuova denominazione di Marina Militare [4] .
5 giorni fa · The British Army is the principal land warfare force of the United Kingdom, British Overseas Territories and Crown Dependencies, a part of the British Armed Forces along with the Naval Service and the Royal Air Force. As of 1 January 2024, the British Army comprises 75,166 regular full-time personnel, 4,062 Gurkhas, 26,244 volunteer ...
2 giorni fa · John Arbuthnot Fisher, 1st Baron Fisher (born Jan. 25, 1841, Ceylon [now Sri Lanka]—died July 10, 1920, London) was a British admiral and first sea lord whose reforms between 1904 and 1910 ensured the dominance of the Royal Navy during World War I. Fisher entered the navy at age 13.
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Frederick Marryat (born July 10, 1792, London—died Aug. 9, 1848, Langham, Norfolk, Eng.) was a naval officer and the first important English novelist after Tobias Smollett to make full and amusing use of his varied experience at sea.
3 giorni fa · However, in the only even match of the War of 1812 HMS Shannon required just eleven minutes to capture the similar USS Chesapeake, in the finest single ship action ever fought. In those eleven minutes Shannon's brilliant captain, Philip Broke laid the foundations of modern naval service.
