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Royal Navy Fighting force that defends Britain's coastal waters and its merchant shipping. The first naval fleet in Britain was built by A… Royal , royal having the status of or under the patronage of a king or queen. Royal is also a name for a paper size, 636 x 480 mm (in full metric royal), and… Thomas Sprat , Sprat, Thomas
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Sprat was one of several children born to Thomas Sprat, a poor parish curate who held B.A. and M.A. degrees from Ox… Sir Frank Watson Dyson , astronomy.
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