Germany, with its powerful modern navy, considered the ship an irritating insult.

England had no choice but to build a powerful navy.

However it is clear that he possessed a powerful navy in addition to his army.

We had substantial elements of the world's most powerful navy there.

You are an Admiral of the Fleet in the most powerful navy the world has ever seen.

The once powerful navy was reduced to a pitiful state.

Peter continued his campaigns in the Baltics, and eventually he built up a powerful navy.

Brazil's first line of defense relied upon a large and powerful navy to protect against foreign attack.

Far away on the horizon he could see the ravaged remains of the once powerful Chinese navy.

During the 17th century the Dutch navy was the most powerful navy in the world.