Naval War Historian Mugs

"You can let that go till later, Harris."

Remote control pirate bully

Neo-International Law

Israel/Palestine Conflict

When laundry ruled the waves.

Sir Joseph Porter, KCB, First Lord of the Admiralty HMS Pinafore

Captain Corcoran, Commander of H.M.S. Pinafore

'Well, it wasn't my lucky day... first there was that shark and then I bimped into a bunch of beaver!'

"What if we're just a ship in somebody's bottle? Yar, here comes me existential crisis."

Armed forces waiting with nothing to do.

Lost around a military base.

"Let me connect you with Edith, our specialist in ethnic conflict in the former Yugoslavia. My expertise happens to be in North Korean intransigence."

Ralph Rackstraw HMS Pinafore

Idlib, Syria - The final stage

Terrorism leaves Iraq and moves on to new places.

"It's going over the top? D' you realise what you've just said?"

"Pinpoint havoc, gentlemen, accuracy of mayhem. And yet our dress blues remain crisp and sharp, our hands soft and pink."

'Ignore them, Charlie. They're nothing but philistines. I liked your poetry, truly I did!'

"Captain, we've taken on strippers."

'Hardy I see no chips!'

'But you're an admiral. How can you feel seasick on a waterbed?'

'...the storm raged and the doctor got drunk to steady his nerves..'

"This crew gets 15 miles to the pound of gruel. They're very fuel efficient."

You can't spell Afghanistan without A, G, A, I, and N.

"How can you feel queasy, we're barely out of port."

US strike on Syria.

On the plus side, I'd wager a lot of you folks back there had never seen an iceburg up close before.

Commonly confused homonyms: Frigate and Frigate

Chilcot's report and the blood of martyrs

"Destroyers"

'Silent type, eh?'

On board the MS Hepatology

'Great news, Mr President You've been nominated for the Nobel War Prize'

Celebrate National Submarine Day.