Freethinker Royal Navy
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| Motto | Sine Pari (Without Equal) |
| Established | 1800 (Formation of the Freethinker Dominion) |
| Technology Base | Post Modern Tech |
| Standing Strength | 4,200,000 (inc 1,200,000 NS personnel) |
| Headquarters | Admiralty House, Navarre |
| Commander-in-Chief | Admiral of the Line Sir Erik Svenson CMM, 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, in the modern tech era, the main force projection power of the Freethinker Government in international affairs.
History
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 just four colonial vessels, and the part the force played in the war is seen as vital to the eventual Midlonian victory. Several captured Knootian 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-four gun 'Ships of the Line', had been commissioned into the growing colonial service.
The naval forces officially became the Freethinker Royal Navy in the spring of 1800. The naval forces of The Freethinker Commonwealth were generally known as the Freethinker Colonial Navy before the nation itself became a autonomous dominion of the Midlonian Empire in 1799.
Service to Midlonia
Independence
The Second Moonstone War
Development
Today
The Freethinker Royal Navy has evolved into one of the most powerful maritime navies in the world today.
Doctrine
Bases
See Main Article: Freethinker Naval Bases
Rank Structure
Equipment
Warships
Capital Ships
- Battleships
- Battlecruisers
- Aircraft Carriers
Escorts
- Cruisers
- Destroyers
- Frigates
Littoral
- Fast Attack Craft
- Patrol Craft
- Mine Warfare
Submarines
- Missile Submarines
- Attack Submarines
- Coastal Submarines
Auxiliaries
- Multi-Product Resupply Vessels
- Tankers
Amphibious Assault
- Landing Platform Docks
Weaponry
Gunnery
- Heavy Calibre
- CIWS
- Self Defence Gunnery
Missiles
- Launch Systems
- Surface Warfare Missiles
- Air Warfare Missiles
