Uk vs NL, who did boats better?

we did the brits copied us and outpasted the rest of the world

50/50 IMO

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>boat warfare

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>>79160900
>cannonlets
Sbane

>>79161458
the only use they had is for making nice bonfires

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Thank you Dutch Man for teaching us how to build ships!

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>>79161458
The best ships were made in the cuban shipyards, just so you know.

>>79161801
No problem comrade

>>79161801
i live in Little Russia where Tsar Peter learned to build ships.

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>>79160900
UK
unlike the dutch, brits never lost a fleet to horsemen

>>79162565
>even the french cavalry is more capable than the french navy
wew

The Portuguese

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Dutch
https://youtu.be/RAxTBA-WjQM

>>79163721
Our swimming horses are top tier.

is it true that the dutch ships were built a bit narrower that other nations' ships because the danish were charging the passing through skagerak and kategat according to the width of the hull (and the dutch would sometimes go to the baltic to trade as well)?

> 1945: 900 warships
> 2017: 77 warships

Has any navy died so hard and so quickly?

>>79166029
All of them. Naval warfare is a meme at this stage.

dutch

Netherlands didn't just do the boats right, the Netherlands could repair a boat in a month which was unprecedented. A dutch ship could be repaired and rejoin the same naval battle later on because all Dutch crew members could swim.

The Dutch navy was made out of competent people who rose to the top through meritocracy, unlike the UK. In the UK the people at the top were nobles instead of admirals with 30 years experience.

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Any of your old ships still Commissioned?

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>>79166578
Yes, the Hermione

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>>79166867
Nice, these old ships are majestic

>>79166029
Why would bongs even need a big navy for?

>>79167156
Vanguard class for starters
>four Vanguard submarines are the sole platforms for the United Kingdom's nuclear weapons

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>>79166578
I'm so fucking jealous of USS consititution. Such a pretty ship with awesome history.

This thing was built in 1982. Never intended to be a warship, only a trainer.

>>79167383
Ok couple of ships for nuclear deterrence. What else they need the navy for? They don't have an empire anymore.

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>>79167391
Pretty neat ship and history, check out the crew

>>79167459
They have territories on every continent. Sure it's nothing compared to "half of the planet" british crown used to own but it's still a fucking empire.

>>79167462
I wonder if those guys serving at USS constitution actually like the job.
>mom I'm gun b a sailor
>fast forward 10 years
>stuck as a glorified tourist guide on a 250 years old boat

>>79167459
>>79167516
And dont forget it wasn't all that long ago when they deployed to the Flaklands to BTFO the Argies

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_naval_forces_in_the_Falklands_War

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>>79167561
I'm assuming they are volunteer history buff/foamers who want to be on the crew, but I really don't know.

>>79167891
jesus christ so comfy.

>>79167156
> Why would bongs even need a big navy for?
We're an island?

>>79167156
to haul in more refugees before italy taes them

>>79161801
Fuck russia

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>>79164704
this is true, that type of ship is called a fluteship

>>79166578
>>79166867
>>79167391

You guys ever heard of the SAIL festival in amsterdam?
It's great if you like this kind of ship

>>79166029
Air combat is everything now.

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>>79171410
Wow, what a site. Ever been?

>>79166029
tbqh there wasn't much justification for a massive navy other than romantic attachment to ships even in 1945, let alone today.

>>79160900
Netherlands. If you've ever worked on a boat you'll realise that half of nautical terms come from Dutch - they were the sailing OGs. Shame about nowadays though

>>79171746
I was there the last time it happened in 2015

its only once every 5 years so definitely worth going

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>In 1905, Secretary of the Navy Charles Joseph Bonaparte suggested that Constitution be towed out to sea and used as target practice, after which she would be allowed to sink.
Thanks France

Depends if you mean i general who could compete vs british steel ships?
NL did gr8 but only after thr iberian union .

I would say britain, i hate them both just the NL a litle less

>>79168018
so are we and we don't need a big navy

all about the sky mate

We literally defeated a combined invasion fleet of the British and French.

For centuries our ships carried more cargo from Africa and Asia than the rest of Europe combined.

Our fleet that we used to invade the UK was twice the size of the Spanish armada.

Come on.

>>79160900

the brits copied the best from everyone

>>79173137
For a long time we had a larger fleet than the UK. Until we joined forces.

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What's up motherfuckers?

We had nice boats, too, once...

>>79173605
What's wrong with being adaptive?