Talk:Royal Naval Auxiliary Service

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Naval or Navy? edit

Latest comment: 6 years ago3 comments3 people in discussion

http://www.google.co.uk/search?q=site:*.gov.uk+%22Royal+Naval+Auxiliary+Service%22&hl=en&hs=mV8&lr=&safe=off&client=firefox-a&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&filter=0 http://www.google.co.uk/search?q=site:*.gov.uk+%22Royal+Navy+Auxiliary+Service%22&hl=en&hs=mV8&lr=&safe=off&client=firefox-a&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&filter=0

seems that the Government use both!

http://www.google.co.uk/search?q=site:*.mod.uk+%22Royal+Naval+Auxiliary+Service%22&hl=en&hs=mV8&lr=&safe=off&client=firefox-a&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&filter=0 http://www.google.co.uk/search?q=site:*.mod.uk+%22Royal+Navy+Auxiliary+Service%22&hl=en&hs=mV8&lr=&safe=off&client=firefox-a&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&filter=0

and the MoD aren't much more help!

http://www.google.co.uk/search?hs=21n&hl=en&safe=off&client=firefox-a&rls=org.mozilla%3Aen-US%3Aofficial&q=site%3A*.parliament.uk+%22royal+Naval+Auxiliary+Service%22&btnG=Search&meta=cr%3DcountryUK%7CcountryGB http://www.google.co.uk/search?hs=21n&hl=en&safe=off&client=firefox-a&rls=org.mozilla%3Aen-US%3Aofficial&q=site%3A*.parliament.uk+%22royal+Navy+Auxiliary+Service%22&btnG=Search&meta=cr%3DcountryUK%7CcountryGB

Hansard is slightly more in favour of Naval, but there is still ambiguity here.

There is a slight weighting in favour of Naval here, but I'm not going to take this as the proof one way or the other. Can anyone clear this up definitely? Emoscopes ^Talk 14:48, 16 October 2006 (UTC)Reply

I'd go with Naval - After all, my father used to be in it and he uses Naval when referring to it. hangar96^Talk 18:48, 24 October 2006 (UTC)Reply

The organisation manuals (Books of Reference in navy speak) are all titled "Royal Naval Auxiliary Service". Gashsack^Talk 18:07 28 September 2007 (UTC)

Naval or Navy The use of ether depends on the sentence context and service referred to

Naval its used when relating to a navy or navies."a naval base" " or "a naval manoeuvrer" or relating to a service attached to the Royal navy but not part of the Royal navy its like a catch all term used for maritime assets under the royal navy In most nations, the term "naval", as opposed to "navy", is interpreted as encompassing all maritime military forces i hope this helps i am an EX Royal Naval auxiliary man LNX/ENG hence i have written 95% of the Rnxs entryDixon hill (talk) 19:32, 13 November 2017 (UTC)Reply

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