Navy Quotes

“Right—that will do for the marines.”

“All in the Downs the fleet was moor'd.”

“Surely the navy must be the navy royal.”

“Cooped in their winged sea-girt citadel.”

“Britain's best bulwarks are her wooden walls.”

“The wooden walls are the best walls of this kingdom.”

“Tell that to the Marines—the sailors won't believe it.”

“Hearts of oak are our ships,
Gallant tars are our men.”

“Our ships were British oak,
And hearts of oak our men.”

“Hearts of oak are our ships,
Hearts of oak are our men.”

“A ruler that has but an army has one hand, but he who has a navy has both.”

“The condition of the British Navy is, no doubt, a matter of national importance and public interest.”

“The credite of the Realme, by defending the same with Wodden Walles, as Themistocles called the Ship of Athens.”

“Scarce one tall frigate walks the sea
Or skirts the safer shores
Of all that bore to victory
Our stout old Commodores.”

“The legislature have anxiously provided for those most useful and deserving body of men, the seamen and marines of this country.”

“The navy is the most important defence of the country, in which every subject of the Queen has an interest of the deepest character.”

“Now the sunset breezes shiver,
And she's fading down the river,
But in England's song forever
She's the Fighting Téméraire.”

“There were gentlemen and there were seamen in the navy of Charles the Second. But the seamen were not gentlemen; and the gentlemen were not seamen.”

“Lysander when handing over the command of the fleet to Callicratidas, the Spartan, said to him, "I deliver you a fleet that is mistress of the seas."”

“When a crisis confronts the nation, the first question often asked by policymakers is: "What naval forces are available and how fast can they be on station?"”