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Please Change RFA ship count to 11. RFA Tiderace has been commissioned. 37.203.156.241 (talk) 17:30, 5 August 2018 (UTC)

Not done: please provide reliable sources that support the change you want to be made. DRAGON BOOSTER ★ 17:45, 5 August 2018 (UTC)

Sea Cadet Corps

The Sea Cadet Corps description needs changing as it isn't solely aimed at teenagers. As it has a Junior (10-12) division, it should also be expanded to mention the Marine branch as well, as that is relevant to this page. Palynium (talk) 00:41, 13 September 2019 (UTC)

Split of the History of the Royal Navy article

Hi folks. We are looking at the moment at splitting the History of the Royal Navy article, which at the moment is extraordinarily long. Looking at the Royal Navy article there seems to be a large amount of ground that is covered twice, as this article has a huge history section. While I am splitting the other article, unless there are any concerns I also intend to cut down the "history" bit here to a two paragraph summary, with a link to the main article on the dedicated page. --ERAGON (talk) 15:55, 9 August 2020 (UTC)

I would probably suggest that the size of the topic would require more than a couple of paragraphs (looking at more like 5 or 6) but I completely agree that the history section of this page has grown recently and needs a heavy trim per WP:SUMMARY. Woody (talk) 18:57, 9 August 2020 (UTC)

5 or 6 sounds good. I'll add a note at the top to remind people to avoid making it too lengthy again; the detail should be on the dedicated page. --ERAGON (talk) 13:41, 10 August 2020 (UTC)

Trim to summary is done. --ERAGON (talk) 21:22, 12 August 2020 (UTC)

Thanks for that, it looks really good, trimmed down to a useful size. I am sure that some of the information that was there can be used on the new split history articles. Woody (talk) 22:37, 12 August 2020 (UTC)

Agreed, it is good. We should now try and keep the history section in this article at this sort of length with any new material going in History of the Royal Navy. Thanks. Dormskirk (talk) 22:41, 12 August 2020 (UTC)

Hopefully these comments will help. I remember splitting out content to the history article in July 07 (hence why I've now added the {{copied}} template) so I know how hard it can be to keep it trimmed down. Woody (talk) 23:04, 12 August 2020 (UTC)

Thanks, that's a good idea. --ERAGON (talk) 20:33, 13 August 2020 (UTC)

Royal Scots Navy

Hey all. I just noticed the infobox marks the Royal Navy as having been the navy of Scotland before 1707. Isn't this incorrect, as it would have been the Royal Scots Navy? It was folded into the Royal Navy in 1707, but was surely a distinct navy up till that point? --ERAGON (talk) 21:22, 12 August 2020 (UTC)