Naval Personnel Quotes

God bless the soldiers and seamen, with all their brave commanders.

I'm an officer in her Majesty's Royal New Zealand Navy. I'm a public relations officer in the Royal New Zealand Navy. Sounds good, doesn't it?

I am just a bit player, a seaman doing his part like all the seamen out there.

On the 28th the ship's company received two months pay in advance, and on the following morning we worked out to St. Helen's, where we were obliged to anchor.

My grandad was a submariner; my mum's dad was in the navy.

Obesity is now a problem in the navy. They've created a new rank: Really Big Rear Admiral.

Destroyers did not have chaplains because they were too small.

My dad served in the Australian Navy until I was a toddler.

As the existence of a corps of professors of mathematics is peculiar to our navy, as well as an apparent, perhaps a real, anomaly, some account of it may be of interest.

The navy of England may be divided into three sorts, of which the one serveth for the wars, the other for burden, and the third for fishermen which get their living by fishing on the sea. How many of the first order are maintained within the realm it passeth my cunning to express

There's this misconception that the Navy is this cruise ship, and you get to go out and sail around, and every now and then, you have to swab the deck. But, no, it is a very impressive group of young people that live at sea, in this place that's very uncomfortable. They exude a pride that is well-deserved.

All we had aboard the ship that morning was one Annapolis graduate and three reserves.

So popular is the naval service the only embarrassment is that men volunteer so rapidly we have to work overtime to give them hardy, adequate housing and proper training.