The Coloured Squadrons of the Royal Navy were first introduced in the Tudor Period during the reign of Queen Elizabeth I of England (1558–1603). The purpose...

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Royal Navy were used from as early as 1189. Coloured squadrons of the Royal Navy were established during the Elizabethan era to subdivide the fleet into...

1864 the Royal Navy was divided into coloured squadrons which determined his career path. The command flags flown by a Vice-Admiral changed a number of times...

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commanded torpedo boat flotillas. From 1570 to 1864 the Royal Navy was divided into coloured squadrons which determined an officer's career path. Commodore's...

The Royal Navy is the principal naval warfare service branch of the British Armed Forces. Its assets include both commissioned warships and non-commissioned...

planning of the Royal Navy's capabilities is set through periodic Defence Reviews carried out by the British Government. The Royal Navy's role in the 2020s...

thus, the entirety of the British fleet. The organisation of the British fleet into coloured squadrons was abandoned in 1864, with the Royal Navy keeping...