Posted on 03/22/2026 2:34:14 PM PDT by Leaning Right
The once mighty Royal Navy is but a shadow of its former self, reduced to a tiny handful of often broken warships by generations of political mismanagement. This was cruelly exposed recently when Britain found it difficult to dispatch at short notice a single destroyer to Cyprus following an attack on the British base there.
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That’s probably some sort of “public order” offense in Starmer’s Britain.
They need some sail and mast repairs?
And Britons vowed that they never, never, never, never shall be slaves???
Well, that was then, this is now.
That’s a brutal video. Truthful though.
Royal Yacht Club.
Such an incredible shame.
Rule, Britannia! Britannia rule the waves
Britons never, never, never will be slaves
Rule, Britannia! Britannia rule the waves
Britons never, never, never will be slaves
“Clearly deranged and incredibly irresponsible.” Mark Felton has a way with words. It’s almost as if the government wants Britain to be vulnerable to an amphibious landing or something.
We’re a long way from Nelson. We’re a long way from Jutland. We’re a long way from the force that dogged engaged and sank the Bismarck. We’re even a long long way from the Falklands War. The RN as an effective sea-going fighting force simply does not exist. Sad sad…
Felton does amazing videos.
Still waiting on HMS Dragon.
A Great 8/5 Navy.....
“We’re a long way from the force that dogged engaged and sank the Bismarck.”
They fought hard and won. The Royal Navy sank the pride of the German Navy. Just a hat tip reminder, it was a Lend Lease PBY Catalina, secretly flown by a US Navy pilot, that found the Bismarck after the HMS Hood fight. It was secret at the time because we were not in the war yet. Then later eclipsed by events of the war, it slipped down the memory hole.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leonard_B._Smith
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