rollin:
(which will kick the ass of any of His Majesty's ships---BTW why do they all belong to "his majesty"?)
Moot point but for almost 60 years they have ALL belonged to HER Majesty. And yes they really do ALL belong to her, as each and every crew member swears an oath to defend Her and Her subjects and Dominions.
And a quiet word on weight of numbers.
It is unwise to assume that we are powerless due to the 3:1 membership ratio.
Please be aware that we have Very Special forces here that are able to be mobilised at the drop of a crisp packet or the pull of a Sherry cork.
One word from Februs and they would be off to occupy the deserted but not derelict Coastal Fortifications, bolstered by a plentiful supply of Field Rations. (Crisps, Harvey's Bristol Cream, Marmite etc)
Secure in the knowledge that in the event of things taking a downward turn, they are able to use the ultimate sanction........ Miss Thrashbottom!
It has been a long time since we had our Sceptered Isle threatened by "Johnny Foreigner" and remember how that ended, and with Miss T as our final resort, one has to say Send your Enterprise! We are ready!
We have managed to neutralise any Enterprise here for a good number of years.
As for the nuclear (NOT Nucular) powered vessel, we will not fear. We will find someone to put a shilling in the meter on one of our state of the art gunboats and soon put them to flight.
I forsee Captain Mainwaring (That is pronounced Mannering) taking up the cudgels for the Home Guard again (Do'nt tell them your name Pike!).
So beware with your threats of force, or you could find we have sent a gunboat up the Potomac to quell this little uprising, (providing of course that we could borrow one back from the breakers yard in India for a little while) Well it worked with the Chinese did'nt it!
Rule Brittania & all that!