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What are the traditions of the Royal Navy? "They are rum, sodomy and the lash." - W. Churchill The US Navy on the other hand is a temperate organization that
by hackeraccount 2y ago
What are the traditions of the Royal Navy? "They are rum, sodomy and the lash." - W. Churchill
The US Navy on the other hand is a temperate organization that doesn't believe in corporal punishment.
- jfengel 2y agoWe also didn't believe in alcohol, at least not as part of the official ration. The Royal Navy "tot" was not abolished until 1970. (The US actually had one, too, until 1862. The Kiwis kept theirs until 1990.)