THE ROYAL NAVY - is it in decline?

摘要

The past glory of the Royal Navy serving a rich maritime nation with its empire spread to almost all corners of the globe, is now gone. The maritime policy followed by successive governments had enabled this island nation to exploit the sea around it to the utmost to make it a rich and prosperous nation. Not only that, the Royal Navy has a unique distinction in being responsible for setting up the navies of the Commonwealth group of nations which the Indian Navy, and myself in particular, gratefully acknowledge.