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[16] [full citation needed] By tradition, these toasts are proposed immediately after the loyal toast, on the relevant day of the week. The Navy makes the loyal toast seated. This was a special dispensation granted by William IV, who had narrowly missed cracking his head several times on low deckheads when serving in the Royal Navy.
Royal Navy officers in a wardroom seated toasting the King, from a series titled 'The Royal Navy during the Second World War'. A loyal toast is a salute given to the sovereign monarch or head of state of the country in which a formal gathering is being given, or by expatriates of that country, whether or not the particular head of state is present.
Royal Navy officers in a wardroom seated toasting the King, from a series titled 'The Royal Navy during the Second World War'. In the British Royal Navy, the officers' noon mess typically began with the loyal toast, followed by a toast distinctive for the day of the week: Monday: Our ships at sea.
Royal Navy officers have the privilege of remaining seated when toasting the Sovereign. Some sources state that this privilege was granted by William IV . A popular story states that Charles II was on board his namesake ship Royal Charles and had bumped his head on the low overhead of the wardroom when he stood up to reply a toast that had been ...
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The International Fleet Review was the most recent Royal Navy review, continuing a tradition going back to the 15th century.It took place on 28 June 2005, as part of the Trafalgar 200 celebrations to commemorate the 200th anniversary of the Battle of Trafalgar in 1805.
The Royal Navy was the subject of the 1970s BBC television drama series, Warship, [231] and of a five-part documentary, Shipmates, that followed the workings of the Royal Navy day to day. [ 232 ]
The Battle of Trafalgar by J. M. W. Turner shows the last three letters of the signal flying from the Victory. "England expects that every man will do his duty" was a signal sent by Vice-Admiral of the Royal Navy Horatio Nelson, 1st Viscount Nelson, from his flagship HMS Victory as the Battle of Trafalgar was about to commence on 21 October 1805.