Royal Liotainian Navy

Overview

## Organization

* Royal Liotainian Navy - Order of Battle
* Ships of the Royal Liotainian Navy

Naval construction is overseen by the Direktorius du Karinis Inzineria (*Director of Naval Engineering*, abbreviated DKI).

## Uniforms and Ranks

* RLN uniforms are light blue (*see Prague Castle Guards for an example*).  Dress uniforms for men are full-length trousers, white undershirt, tunic, and light brown leather belt.  Women substitute a skirt for trousers, but are otherwise largely identical.
* Both men and women still wear a black bicorne or tricorne hat emblazoned with the Liotainian cockade.
* A white tropical uniform is also supplied.
* Aboard ship, officers have a duty uniform of knee-length trousers (or a Celtica-styled kilt) and short-sleeve shirts, either in normal light blue or tropical white.
* Enlisted sailors wear white dress uniforms with a light blue undershirt and light blue "muffin cap."  As a sea uniform, they are provided white undress uniforms (short sleeve shirts and knee-length shorts), or alternately olive-hued coveralls.
* The dress uniform for officers still includes the near-necessity of wearing a sword.  Most officers carry the Naval Rapier Modele 1852 or Modele 1884, although senior officers might carry a custom sword.  While technically dubbed a rapier, the standard-issue Liotainian swords are designed with a slashing / cutting capability, making them more side-swords.
* The Lake Flotilla, which guards the southern border, uses the same uniforms as the Navy, but in a much darker color blue; officers tricorne hats exclusively, decorated flamboyantly with feathers.  Some foreigners think the feathers look particularly ridiculous, "like a pheasant exploded on your heads."

### Ranks

* Ensigne du 2er Classe
* Ensigne du 1er Classe
* Liutenente du 2er Classe
* Liutenente du 1er Classe
* Kapitaine-Liutenente
* Kapitaine
	+ Corvettiekapitaine
	+ Frigatiekapitaine
	+ Lignekapitaine
* Flotillieadmiral
* Vaice-Admiral
* Admiral
* Admiral du Flot

## Training

* Officers are trained at the Acadamie du Marine du Svyturys (AMS), located in the port city of Svyturys.  Cadets are trained for two years, and graduate with the rank of Liutenente du 2er Classe.  The Acadamie does not solely train military officers, but also officers for the merchant marine.
* The Royal Liotainian Navy continues to place great emphasis on training sailors and officers on sailing ships, reasoning that it strengthens the mind and body, making them more conscious and conscientious of the conditions of the sea.

## Traditions

* Ships almost always have a designated Ship's Cat which is placed on the ship's rolls; larger ships may have multiple cats, although one cat is designated "Ship's Cat" while the others are designated "Assistant Ship's Cat."
* The Navy has a wine ration for both enlisted and officers.  The exact details vary from ship to ship, as the warship's first lieutenant is responsible for ensuring that the ship is appropriately stocked; the Official Regulations specify a liquid measure for most well-known wines (depending upon their alcohol content).  As of 1905, vynasai (a fortified wine from the Eletrenai valley) is the most common wine carried aboard Liotainian ships.  Fruit wines such as granatu (pomegranate fruit wine) or ananasu (pineapple wine) are also regularly carried, as well as honey wine (mead).
* The Navy celebrates three holidays: the monarch's birthday (moveable), the Naval Anniversary (July 14th), and the religious Diena du Ira ("Day of Wrath", October 18th).

### Heroes

* **Horatius Nerisius** and his son **Lucius Horatius Nerisius** were generals hailing from the province of Liotania Minor, who fought pirates, raiders, and barbarians in the late period of the Reman Empire.
* **Grimaldo Filmelchiorre**, often known as *Rovere Perkunas* ("Thunder Oak"), was the Liotainian naval commander sent to join the Allied fleet which fought the Battle of Cape Sovata against Anitkabir.  He commanded the Red Division, which fought on the right wing of the battle.
* A nineteen-year old pearl diver named **Audra Du Katre** became a noted heroine when she swam out to cut the anchor cables on two Anitkabir warships, which were then stranded on sandbars.
* In the early 1700s, brothers **Marius** and **Ansaldo Ferrodumond**, and Ansaldo's daughter **Grazina Ferrodumond**, gained great fame as privateers (or possibly pirates, depending on your point of view) on the Firoccan and Astyrian coast.
* The **Seven Heroes** (or the *Septyni Heros*) were seven sailors who fought to the death to prevent their ship *Erelis* from being boarded during the Firoccan War.
* **Admiral Prince Llyras Vitkus** (also known as *Llyr Cyledr*) created the modern Royal Liotainian Navy and led it to victory in the Firoccan War.
* **Frigatiekapitaine Stephane Mazeika** (1781-1897) is one of the most famous Liotainian naval officers, noteworthy for captaining the 32-gun frigate *Vydas* on a survey voyage (1818-1822) that circumnavigated the world.  He later organized the 1834 *Safyras* Expedition and the 1842 Oceanographic Expedition, which made a major effort to chart seas and coasts.

### Music

* The RLN has an official march, "Le Marzo du Marina."
* Other naval marches include "Le Marzo du Vydas," "Le Marzo du Septyni Heros," and "Le Battaile du Rietavas."
* Famous nautical ballads and shanties include "Decima du Aprile," "Le Rapiere du Kapitaine," "Ballade du le Perlenaras," "Le Organistro," "Rytine Gold," and "Faire Ladie du Kislev."

## Miscellaneous Topics

* List of Liotainian Navy Ironclads
* Liotainian Voyages of Exploration