Talk:List of navies

Parentheses

Instantnood has put "Hong Kong (People's Republic of China)" into the list. Later in the list, is "Republic of China (Taiwan)". Generally, parentheses around the name on these lists provides readers with a more common name. People's Republic of China is not the more common name for Hong Kong. Taiwan is not the parent country of the Republic of China. This formatting needs to be corrected. Hong Kong, China probably works fine.

I don't even see why Hong Kong has a place on this list - it doesn't have a navy. It's just another part of China and protected by the same navy as the rest of China (which the list says). SchmuckyTheCat 01:02, 3 March 2006 (UTC)

The round brackets denote which are the corresponding sovereign states for those that are not sovereign states. For the case of the Republic of China, Taiwan, with no wikilink, is included in round brackets, since that's what the ROC is commonly known as. — Instantnood 21:02, 3 March 2006 (UTC)

No, it doesn't denote anything, unless they can read your mind. They've been removed from every other article where you've put them. So stop. SchmuckyTheCat 05:10, 4 March 2006 (UTC)

They're removed only by the few people who keep tracking my edits. And as far as I know, they're not removed from every single article. — Instantnood 10:03, 4 March 2006 (UTC)

Disney

According to QI, Disney has the 4th largest Navy in the world, by number of boats. Is this true? 82.16.7.63 01:02, 9 July 2007 (UTC)

By the time I saw this a few years later, it'd been long-taken down due to a claim by the BBC. However, I can probably guess quite well as to the contents. It's worth noting here that fleets are generally measured by the number of ships in the battle fleet, not simply by the total number of hulls in their inventory. The ~280-ship figure commonly reported for the USN today does not include all hulls in service or comission; it only includes the ~250 current ships in comission with the main battle fleet, along with the ~30-ship logistics fleet that is not comissioned, but activated when needed.

Further, there's a question of size; again, while I've not done extensive knowledge of their inventory, it's safe to say that Disney's "Fleet" consists chiefly of small Planing-hull boats, and equipped with small outboard motors, that tend to displace a single-digit number of tons, fit for up to perhaps a half-dozen people. This would contrast with a fleet like the USN's, where approximately 90% of their comissioned ships displace at least the 4,100 long tons. Hence, when comparing size, one prefers to get a TOTAL battle fleet tonnage, (such as counting only those that could potentially manage oceanic travel) or when that's not available, a simple count of proper 'ships'.

Lastly, because Disney (whether or not they/their critics like to think them otherwise) is not a nation with any real measure of sovereignty, they cannot have a true navy. They might have a mercenary force, but it wouldn't be a navy. Everyone else who comes across and sees this should keep these things in mind. Nottheking (talk) 14:58, 14 July 2010 (UTC)

addition of Bolivian Navy

Can the Bolivian Navy be added to this list? 76.205.77.227 02:03, 8 November 2007 (UTC)

size

It would be extrememly useful if this page also listed the size of the world's navies... by total number of ships at least. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.245.91.170 (talk) 03:18, 17 April 2010 (UTC)

I would second this. Or at least put forward the idea of a page, "list of current navies by size". One would have to compile the numbers of ships, which can be found on every respective country's naval forces' page. Mogdonazia (talk) 16:38, 13 May 2010 (UTC)

Remember, be bold! If you think it's such a good idea, and you think you can do it, by all means do. If your edit adds something incomplete, someone else will complete it. Of course, this is something I've been meaning to do for a while... So I'm actually compiling information between writing here. The easy figures that would be logical to include would be size of ship fleet, (not counting boats) as well as the number of personnel. If it can be managed, battle fleet tonnage. I'm partly tempted to class by type as well (carrier, amphibious, surface, submarine, other) though that might be going too far. Nottheking (talk) 15:22, 14 July 2010 (UTC)

List of Mobile Gundam Suit 00 Technology

In what way is the article 'List of Mobile Gundam Suit 00 Technology' related to this one? --KägeTorä - (影虎) (TALK) 15:27, 18 April 2010 (UTC)

Canadian Navy

The Canadian Navy's name should be changed to from "Canadian Maritime Command" to "Royal Canadian Navy (RCN)" in accordance with the new name adopted on 16 August 2011. Other language lists should also reflect this change. — Preceding unsigned comment added by CuriousGeorge79 (talk • contribs) 06:37, 18 August 2011 (UTC)

Republic of Texas and the Texas Navy.

I think Texas should be added because when it was a country it also had a navy. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 60.241.225.125 (talk) 04:23, 1 January 2013 (UTC)

"Ukrainian Navy - 1918; 102 years ago" - LOLWUT???

Current Ukrainian Navy was made since 1992 (after fall of the Soviet Union in December 1991). The Navy of the Ukrainian People's Republic was just its predecessor. The Ukrainian People's Republic and the current Ukraine are not the same state. Please note that the same table indicates that the modern Japanese Navy (Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force) has existed since 1954 (although its predecessor Imperial Japanese Navy already existed before). Excellent proof of double standards, isn't it?

Pepsi

Yes, the Soviet Union traded warships for beverages: https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/soviet-union-pepsi-ships . This doesn't mean that Pepsi had a navy, as it is not a sovereign nation and as such can't have a navy (much like Disney above). Sjö (talk) 19:39, 3 February 2021 (UTC)