Navy

Afgedankte marineschepen in de haven van Zeebrugge
Sacked Navy ships in of Zeebrugge
Navy is another name for sea power: the component of armed forces that occupies itself with the war sheathing on . The Dutch Navy is called .

In Dutch is the Navy a component of , yet that was not it initially, then the word Navy only the ships of a nation meant. In means Dutch meant Navy even only water side or sea coast.

In German hot the Navy still kriegsmarine. The English word for Navy is navy. Here too the historical development of this word is clear, where the Navy of the king, for war aims therefore Royal Navy hot and the buy sailing thigh fleet Merchant Navy, or Mercantile Navy.

In the beginning years of existed there in fact war ships still no as such. The buy sailing thigh ship had been armed with guns and became during progressed for the sea power of sea heroes such as Michiel the Ruyter. Just later real war ships were built and the buy sailing thigh ship were gradually no longer armed.


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