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== History ==
 
== History ==
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===The Colonial Navy===
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The naval forces of [[The Freethinkers]] were known as the '''Freethinker Colonial Navy''' before they became a autonomous dominion of The [[Midlonia]]n Empire in 1799.
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Founded in 1660 with the purchase of the ex-Midlonian Navy Sloop ''[[FNS Adventure (1660) |Adventure]]'', the force had grown to twelve ships by the time of the [['War Of The Mainland']], where, under the command of [[Sir John Barham]], it scored several victories against the numerically superior [[Knootian]] navy in the area. A total of twenty enemy ships were destroyed for the loss of four Colonial vessels, and the part the force played in the war is seen as vital to the eventual English victory. Several captured spanish ships were also added to the ranks of the fleet, meaning a net gain in terms of tonnage because of the conflict.
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In the aftermath of the war, the service was seen as vital to protecting the coastlines and trade routes of the [[Freethinker Mainland|Mainland]], and thus the late Sevententh to the Eighteenth century saw an exponential expansion of the force. Indeed, by the time of the offical name change at the beginning of the Nineteenth Century, over fifty ships, including four seventy-gun Man o' Wars, had been commissioned into the service.
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The service officially became the [[Freethinker Royal Navy]] in the spring of 1800.
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===Service to Midlonia===
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===Independence===
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===The Second Midlonian War===
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===Development===
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===Today===
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The Freethinker Royal Navy has evolved into one of the most powerful [[Navies]] in the world.
  
 
== Units ==
 
== Units ==
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== Bases ==
  
 
== Rank Structure ==
 
== Rank Structure ==

Revision as of 07:52, 21 January 2006

Freethinker Royal Navy
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Motto Sine Pari (Without Equal)
Standing Strength 4,200,000
Commander-in-Chief (Branch) Line Admiral Sir Erik Svenson MM, FRN

The Freethinker Royal Navy is the oldest and arguably the most powerful component of the Freethinker Royal Armed Forces. The service is tasked with the defence of the Freethinker Commonwealth and its territorial waters and with providing the main force projection power of the Freethinker Government in international affairs.

History

The Colonial Navy

The naval forces of The Freethinkers were known as the Freethinker Colonial Navy before they became a autonomous dominion of The Midlonian Empire in 1799.

Founded in 1660 with the purchase of the ex-Midlonian Navy Sloop Adventure, the force had grown to twelve ships by the time of the 'War Of The Mainland', where, under the command of Sir John Barham, it scored several victories against the numerically superior Knootian navy in the area. A total of twenty enemy ships were destroyed for the loss of four Colonial vessels, and the part the force played in the war is seen as vital to the eventual English victory. Several captured spanish ships were also added to the ranks of the fleet, meaning a net gain in terms of tonnage because of the conflict.

In the aftermath of the war, the service was seen as vital to protecting the coastlines and trade routes of the Mainland, and thus the late Sevententh to the Eighteenth century saw an exponential expansion of the force. Indeed, by the time of the offical name change at the beginning of the Nineteenth Century, over fifty ships, including four seventy-gun Man o' Wars, had been commissioned into the service.

The service officially became the Freethinker Royal Navy in the spring of 1800.

Service to Midlonia

Independence

The Second Midlonian War

Development

Today

The Freethinker Royal Navy has evolved into one of the most powerful Navies in the world.

Units

Bases

Rank Structure

Equipment

Current Deployments