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

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    The first uniforms of the Royal Navy were issued to commissioned officers only and consisted of a blue dress uniform or 'suit', which featured 'boot cuffs'; based upon formal court wear of the time, and a 'frock', which was a simpler uniform that featured 'mariners cuffs' which were used to turn back the cuffs of the coat when strenuous or ...

  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 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. By the ...

  5. 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 ...

  6. Uniforms of the British Armed Forces - Wikipedia

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    Each branch of the British Armed Forces has its own uniform regulations. Many of these uniforms are also the template for those worn in the British cadet forces. Uniforms of the British Army; Uniforms of the Royal Navy; Uniforms of the Royal Marines; Uniforms of the Royal Air Force

  7. Customs and traditions of the Royal Navy - Wikipedia

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    The Naval salute was a sign of respect, with Officers doffing their caps and seamen touching their forelock or knuckling their forehead. [citation needed] However, during the 19th century the Royal Navy was evolving into the modern Navy, as ships spent more time on station and ashore next to the Army and within Victorian society. Therefore, the ...

  8. Coloured squadrons of the Royal Navy - Wikipedia

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    "Naval Ranks". www.nmrn-portsmouth.org.uk. National Museum of the Royal Navy. 2015. Retrieved 26 February 2019. Perrin, W. G. (William Gordon) (1922). "Flags of Command". British flags, their early history, and their development at sea; with an account of the origin of the flag as a national device. Cambridge, England: Cambridge : The ...

  9. Uniforms of the British Army - Wikipedia

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    Soldier's kit locker containing general-issue uniform (Army Air Corps). The uniforms of the British Army currently exist in twelve categories ranging from ceremonial uniforms to combat dress (with full dress uniform and frock coats listed in addition). [1] Uniforms in the British Army are specific to the regiment (or corps) to which a soldier ...