Talk:List of battleships of the Royal Navy

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Should we move this page to the Royal Navy (UK) or something like that? Is it possible that other countries have Royal Navies? Mark Richards 20:54, 27 Feb 2004 (UTC)

By common agreement, "Royal Navy" by itself is assumed British, similar to how the UPU allows the UK to be the only country that doesn't have to put its name on its postage stamps. Stan 21:44, 27 Feb 2004 (UTC)

Indeed; other Royal navies are disambiguated by nationality (Royal Norwegian Navy, Royal Netherlands Navy) or by language (Regia Marina). Using plain Royal Navy avoids the awkward problem that neither "English", "British" nor "UK" will do to describe all these ships. The few ships that belonged to the navy of the Commonwealth of England but never to the Royal Navy can be identified as exceptions. Gdr 21:56, 2004 Dec 6 (UTC)