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bristol scout · 1 July 2009, 02:29 AM

I remember another question once asked of the Admiralty--it went something like this----'Will he (Napoleon) come---because if he does, we have nothing in England that can stop him---will he come?' To which the Admiralty (first sea lord) replied---' I don't say he won't come sir, I only say he won't come by sea'!

That is what having---and maintaining a large and well trained and equipped Navy gives you---not just the extension and mobility to place your forces wherever you need them--or may need them to be in future, but the ability to deny others that mobility and safeguard your own shores.

Dave.

1 July 2009, 02:29 AM	#10 (permalink)
bristol scout Forum Ace Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Newcastle on Tyne---England Posts: 967	What is the navy for I remember another question once asked of the Admiralty--it went something like this----'Will he (Napoleon) come---because if he does, we have nothing in England that can stop him---will he come?' To which the Admiralty (first sea lord) replied---' I don't say he won't come sir, I only say he won't come by sea'! That is what having---and maintaining a large and well trained and equipped Navy gives you---not just the extension and mobility to place your forces wherever you need them--or may need them to be in future, but the ability to deny others that mobility and safeguard your own shores. Dave.