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  2. Royal Navy ranks, rates, and uniforms of the 18th and 19th ...

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    The most significant uniform change of the late 1700s was on 1 June 1795 when flag officers, captains and commanders were granted epaulettes. [23] Uniforms for all ranks lost their white facings. [24] Over the next fifty years, epaulettes were the primary means of determining officer rank insignia.

  3. Uniforms of the Royal Navy - Wikipedia

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    No. 4 RNPCS uniform, as worn by a Warrant Officer Class One, Captain, and Chief Petty Officer. The Royal Navy Personal Clothing System (RNPCS) was adopted navy-wide during 2015 after being tested beginning in 2012. It is similar to the British Army's Personal Clothing System Combat Uniform (PCSCU), but in navy blue instead of multi-terrain pattern.

  4. Royal Navy - Wikipedia

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    The Royal Navy ranks, rates and insignia form part of the uniform of the Royal Navy. The Royal Navy uniform is the pattern on which many of the uniforms of the other national navies of the world are based (e.g. Ranks and insignia of NATO navies officers, Uniforms of the United States Navy, Uniforms of the Royal Canadian Navy, French Naval ...

  5. Royal Navy officer rank insignia - Wikipedia

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    Royal Navy epaulettes for senior and junior officers, 18th and 19th centuries Royal Navy epaulettes for flag officers, 18th and 19th centuries. Uniforms for naval officers were not authorised until 1748. At first the cut and style of the uniform differed considerably between ranks, and specific rank insignia were only sporadically used.

  6. Royal Navy during the First World War - Wikipedia

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    Empire of the deep: the rise and fall of the British Navy. London: Phoenix. ISBN 978-0-7538-2920-2. The British Navy from within. London: Hodder and Stoughton. 1914. OCLC 3696385. The Navy List for April 1916. London: His Majesty's Stationery Office. 1916. Vietnam to Zworykin. Encyclopedia Britannica. Chicago: Wiliam Benton. 1972.

  7. List of ship names of the Royal Navy - Wikipedia

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    This is an alphabetical list of the names of all ships that have been in service with the Royal Navy, or with predecessor fleets formally in the service of the Kingdom of England or the Commonwealth of England. The list also includes fictional vessels which have prominently featured in literature about the Royal Navy.

  8. History of the Royal Navy (before 1707) - Wikipedia

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    The Royal Scots Navy (or Old Scots Navy) was the navy of the Kingdom of Scotland until its merger with the Kingdom of England's Royal Navy in 1707 as a consequence of the Treaty of Union and the Acts of Union that ratified it. From 1603 until 1707, the Royal Scots Navy and England's Royal Navy were organised as one force, though not formally ...

  9. Sailor suit - Wikipedia

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    A sailor suit is a uniform that originated in England, traditionally worn by enlisted seamen in a navy or other governmental sea services. It later developed into a popular clothing style for children, especially as dress clothes and school uniforms. Example of the English children's clothing fashion