Why does basically every naval engagement involving the British fleet look like this?

by LobsterMountain4036

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  4. Check the battle of Chesapeake (it’s one of the only, but still).

  5. Wow the poms killed more men than there were to begin with

  6. Then the Russian warfleet comes and ties with unarmed British fishermen.

  7. Because Brits have a habit of declaring every little incident as a victory no matter the cause or outcome, or what actually happened.

    I imagine that in your scenario a massive storm happened while a few random Barries happened to be there and watched.

  8. A few reasons, but one main one. The British emphasised constant gunnery drills meaning that British gun crews could, on average, work their guns more quickly and accurately than their rivals.

    The French were seen as being good sailors, but after the revolution they were poorly led for guillotiney reasons, meaning their seamanship and gunnery wasn’t as professional as ours.

    The Spanish had some bloody great big, heavily armed ships, but they were again just not as well trained as the British.

    British tactics were often to just get in as close as possible to maximise the impact of our often lighter guns and let the better trained gun crews overwhelm the opposition.

    Actual history in my meme sub? *puking noises*

  9. Battle of Jutland moment, Imagine having near twice as many dreadnoughts, and outnumbering us by half again and still suffering worse losses and not even winning tactically, lmao.

  13. Anyone could defeat the French and the Spanish at sea

  19. As I understand it Spain was actually the first global naval empire which achieved incredible feats of mastery of sailing.

    What happened was Hapsbergs and/or bad choices for hundreds of years.

  20. Also, lmao, the british suffered the most embarrasing defeat in the Dutch Raid on the Medway, get copenhagened.

  22. Lol, the thing that makes me laugh is that Federico Gravina is my uncle’s name

  26. And yet us dutchies still beat their asses. Across the sea and waves, we alone are the honored boatmen.

  28. I do wonder about this, how the fuck did the saxonians win so many naval battles. When they recount the stories alot of it sounds like luck but I could be missing something.

  30. This is only because france lead the fleet,do i need to remind you barry that the ghost of a spanish man with an eye,an arm,and a leg less still haunt the royal navy?

  31. Let’s not forget the second and third Anglo-Dutch wars there buddy (but let’s forget about the fourth one please). It’s good for the English that they are uneducated barbarians, otherwise they would still have nightmares about Michiel de Ruyter every night.

  32. Is Cuthbert Collingwood a relative of Benedict Cucumbersnatch?

  34. Because, like the “sucessfull Brexit”, it only exists in your head.

  38. Just going to say this to the Dutch.

    Gimme my fucking flagship stern piece back!

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