Talk:Royal Navy

message: Can someone with knowlege of RN officer ranks take a look at the photo with the caption, The Lord High Admiral’s passing out parade at Britannia Royal Naval College in Devon, at https://www.theguardian.com/news/gallery/2021/dec/16/gathering-storm-and-a-sprout-harvest-thursdays-best-photos and amend the Ranks, rates, and insignia paragraph, if required. The cadet ranks are missing and one person in the group has a single ring.
109.148.58.99 (talk) 20:22, 16 December 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  Ranks, rates, and insignia 

message: Kingdom of Scotland should appear in country plainlist. The Royal Navy of Great Britain was formed after the merger of the Royal Navy of England and the Royal Scots Navy in 1707. David eyre (talk) 05:19, 1 June 2022 (UTC)
replies: text: Your justification makes no sense to me. Please await a consensus here to restore Scotland. Thanks. BilCat (talk) 07:58, 1 June 2022 (UTC)

text: While I understand what you mean, I feel that Scotland should not appear. To use the phrasing of History of the Royal Navy (after 1707), the Royal Navy in its current form was the result of merging the Royal Scots Navy into the Royal Navy. This implies that it is a continuation of the pre-1707 Royal Navy and as such, Scotland should not be listed here. Vesuvio14 (talk) 14:45, 1 June 2022 (UTC)
replies: text: What you seem to be missing is that this article covers the whole history of the Royal Navy as the navy of England, Great Britain, and the UK, while the Royal Scots Navy has its own article. The English Royal Navy was never the Navy of Scotland, so that's misleading. The source you're citing has nothing to do with this issue. Your examples of the British Army and British Parliament are different because those articles do not cover the previous English Army and Parliament of England, as they have their own articles. BilCat (talk) 08:21, 11 June 2022 (UTC)

text: Actually it is. That's what you haven't been getting. BilCat (talk) 16:42, 11 June 2022 (UTC)

text: Both are essentially one in the same. The Royal Scots Navy became a part of the Royal Navy in 1707. Vesuvio14 (talk) 20:04, 11 June 2022 (UTC)

text: The Royal Scots Navy has its own article. Where is the one about the English Royal Navy? BilCat (talk) 00:03, 12 June 2022 (UTC)

text: The name of that article further suggests that they are both the same Royal Navy. Vesuvio14 (talk) 10:14, 13 June 2022 (UTC)
replies: text: I have no opinion about this, but suggest sources other than Wikipedia articles are used to forward points. Pickersgill-Cunliffe (talk) 11:11, 13 June 2022 (UTC)
replies: text: It's an editorial discussion about the scope of a Wikipedia article and the use of a flag. Outside sources are irrelevant. BilCat (talk) 21:05, 13 June 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Kingdom of Scotland 

message: See Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Military history#Changes following the passing of Elizabeth II. Thanks - wolf 15:52, 9 September 2022 (UTC)
replies: text: ""...? () All you did was remove stuff, (and still didn't add any sources). Also, if "updating" instead of restoring, why revert? Lastly, I started a discussion at milhist on this, you were and are welcome to join. - wolf 03:15, 10 September 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Her to His 

message: The office of LHA is not vacant, it is occupied by the monarch, until such time they deign to grant it to another holder on their behalf. 46.233.82.202 (talk) 20:37, 12 November 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Lord High Admiral 

message: See https://www.naval-review.com/book-reviews/uncommon-courage-the-yachtsmen-volunteers-of-world-war-ii/ Buckshot06 (talk) 22:15, 10 March 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Royal Naval Volunteer Supplementary Reserve