French Navy

The Royal Navy is the United Kingdom's principal naval warfare force. The modern Royal Navy traces its origins to the early 16th century, it is the oldest of the armed services and is known as the Senior Service. During the 17th century the Royal Navy competed mostly with the Dutch Navy and in the 18th century with the French Navy for world supremacy. From the late 18th century until the mid-1940s it was the most powerful navy in the world, being surpassed by the US Navy after World War II. The…

development of other technologies that had to be outfitted to exemplify the aircrafts capabilities. Major impacts on carriers directly corresponded to the innovation of jet aircraft. “The potential of high-performance jet aircraft could not be realized by navies until the aircraft carriers also benefited from new applications of technology.” (Lautenschlager, 1984, p. 49) . Jet aircraft needed a new style of aircraft carrier that wasn’t…

a multiplicity of navies on a global scale through the examination of European and American naval history referencing the particular effect of operational sea power. Mahan created lessons that could be universally applied and specifically analyzed the British rise to power as a…

choices and the reality of the environment-capability gap, leaders often cycle back to prior phases in the design process . The British Royal Navy confirmed this regression when they dismissed the findings of the 1924-1925 Newport simulations, which revealed superior advantage to carriers that could mass aircraft in repetitive pulses. Although, the Royal Navy lacked this capability, they discounted emerging doctrine from the US Marine Fleet Exercises and the Tentative Manual (1934), and…

It describes his education at Magdalene College and then his marriage to Elizabeth Marchant de Saint-Michel. After this, it explains his lengthy career in naval administration, where he greatly increased England’s sea power by professionalizing the navy, and doubling the amount of ships and guns England had. Finally, it talks about Pepys’ diary, in which he recorded his experiences for nine years. This article explains how Pepys was important because of his achievements…

In my opinion Oliver Hazard Perry was a good leader. In my opinion, Perry was a good leader because he was smart, paid close attention, and knew what to do. Also he wasn’t dumb, he knew what he had to do and did it with no questions asked.(At least that’s all I know) Perry was a good leader because not only was he an American naval commander, but he destroyed the British at the Battle of Lake Erie. During the war against Britain, Perry supervised the building of a fleet at Erie, Pennsylvania. He…

The service assignment that I would most thoroughly enjoy serving in the Navy would be the Surface Warfare Community. I believe that the opportunity to work on an aircraft carrier would be awe-inspiring privilege. Throughout this essay, I plan on discussing the rich history of the surface warfare community, while touching on the main missions that drive this particular community. Surface Warfare Officers (SWO’s) are trained extensively to maintain and operate United States Naval ships, their…

which impeded neutral trade with France, with whom Britain was at war with in the Napoleonic Wars. The “Orders of Council” stated that neutral ships couldn’t trade with Europe unless they stopped at Great Britain first and they couldn’t carry any French products. These British naval restrictions violated the right that let the US trade with other countries, especially France. The United States contested these restrictions as illegal under international law. The United States would never truly be…

The colonist were complaining because they had never had to pay taxes. The reasons why taxes were imposed because they were intended to to pay for the protection of the colonist from Indians and the French who objected to the colonization of land they considered theirs. The loyalist on the other hand were often colonist who were born in britain and appreciated the opportunities for land and jobs here while feeling close ties to the mother country. Loyalist…

Captain Kidd started his life on the sea from a young age. He served on a French pirate ship which later he and some English men took over. Kidd became captain and was hired by the british to fight in the ongoing war for the caribbean between them and the French. He was mutinied and lost his original ship but was given another one by his English employer. After a while Kidd left and sailed for New York. In New York he was able to remove an illegitimate government from power and gain some respect…