Royal Navy

Vice-Admiral Horatio Lord Nelson.

It is pronounced loo-tenant.

According to www.naval-history.net Vessel No 537 was a LCI(S) ie a Landing Craft Infantry (Small) and was damaged beyond repair in June 1944.

ETWE, stands for Engineering Technician (Weapon Engineering). Husband is one lol.

Thomas Pakenham - Royal Navy officer - was born in 1757.

Both depending on circumstances eg. the ship itself... How ever male and females I believe have seperate facilities.

James Fanshawe - Royal Navy officer - was born in 1954.

HMS Zulu, in 1984 with her forward and after 4.5 single turret guns.

That is an entirely personal choice. The Royal Navy is a military service and so you would have to be comfortable with that (discipline, being told what to do, possibly being required to go into danger). They operate globally with people working in a variety of roles, not all of which are at sea.

The merchant navy is a civilian organisation with, in many ways, better working conditions and more flexibility in shaping your own career path. There is less unpredicatability, and planning your life can be easier.

As a middle ground, the Royal Fleet Auxilliary (FRA) is a government service which supports and works alongside (but is not part of) the Royal Navy. They operate tankers and support ships and often sail with the RN on longer deployments. They work under Merchant Navy terms and conditions but within a framework similar to the RN.

You need to talk to both the RN careers service and the Merchant Navy service, both of which are easily found through google.

If you want an opinion, I'd suggest the RN.

I doubt that the bodies have been found let alone looked for. I think the families would want them to be left to rest where they are instead of risking more peoples lives to recover them. the families have most likely had the funeral services and will move on with their lives

You possibly mean Minesweepers. These are used by many navies and are specialised vessels for clearing minefields.

Probably 1943, as in 1942 the US was still losing quite a few warships in the Pacific, such as at the Battle of Coral Sea (one large fleet carrier lost, one destroyer, one oiler); Midway (one large fleet carrier lost & one destroyer), Savo Island (three Heavy Cruisers lost), plus numerous sea battles around Guadalcanal (dozens of destroyers, and more than a few cruisers lost).

Fully capable. The Royal Navy has been fighting wars for centuries, and winning many of them. The Royal Navy up until world war two was the largest navy in the world and is currently the third largest behind Russia and America. Given the size difference between the three one could argue that for it's size the Royal Navy is the best around and is just as if not more technologically advanced to Russia and the USA!

The Royal Navy first came into operation in the early 16th century but the British (or Royal Army) was set up in 1707. So therefore the Royal Navy is the oldest. Hope this help you!

Addendum:

The UK does not have a Royal Army. The navy and the air force are Royal, but the army is just the British Army.

We do have various regiments and corps that are Royal though.

there are 3 ways.

nature problems

disease problems

human problems

Try Contacting these guys, they may be able to help www.royal-naval-association.co.uk

They're NOT called 'matlows'. The word you want is 'matelot', which is the French word for 'sailor'.

not a lot because no-one has ever passed the course.

Yes however they must be removed for firefighting and gas training exercises.

Not a great different from the uniforms worn today. Some details have changed; for example the King's crown was worn during the King's reign and the Queen's crown has been worn since the present Queen came to the throne. Officers peaked caps were generally blue-topped during the war, but are white topped these days. Coloured strips worn between officers' rank 'lace' indicated specialties, but only a few colours are still used to indicate doctors, dentists, etc.

In 1939, the Royal Navy was the biggest in the world, bigger even than the US. However, because of the size of the British Empire at the time, it was spread thinly throughout the globe.

This stands for the rating of "Stoker" and goes back to the days when ships' boilers were coal-fired and thus "stoked" by stokers. In the Royal Navy they are now known as Marine Engineering Mechanics, further divided into Mechanical and Electrical sub branches. Jack

Just a little above national minimum wage

1815

Currently, HMS Ocean is the largest ship in the fleet, the amphibious helicopter carrier being based on the Invincible Class design. The new aircraft carriers, HMS Queen Elizabeth and HMS Prince of Wales will easily exceed this when they enter service in 2014.