Editing Royal Navy (section)

==="Jackspeak"===

There are several less formal traditions including service nicknames and Naval slang, known as ''"Jackspeak"''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.gunplot.net/main/content/jack-speak-sailors-dictionary|title=Sailors' Dictionary|publisher=Gun Plot|access-date=9 May 2020|archive-date=27 January 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200127000829/http://www.gunplot.net/main/content/jack-speak-sailors-dictionary|url-status=dead}}</ref> The nicknames include "The Andrew" (of uncertain origin, possibly after a zealous [[Impressment|press ganger]])<ref>{{Cite book| title=Admiralty Manual of Seamanship |year=1964 |publisher=HMSO}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.nmm.ac.uk/server/show/conWebDoc.17840 |title=FAQs; Royal Navy's nickname |publisher=National Maritime Museum |access-date=14 July 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070629230746/http://www.nmm.ac.uk/server/show/conWebDoc.17840 |archive-date=29 June 2007}}</ref> and "The Senior Service".<ref name="jackspeak">{{Cite book|last=Jolly |first=Rick |title=Jackspeak |date= 2000 |publisher=Maritime Books |isbn=0-9514305-2-1}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.royal-navy.mod.uk/server/show/nav.3804 |title=Naval Slang |publisher=Royal Navy |access-date=14 July 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070702221448/http://www.royal-navy.mod.uk/server/show/nav.3804 |archive-date=2 July 2007 }}</ref> British sailors are referred to as "Jack" (or "Jenny"), or more widely as "Matelots". Royal Marines are fondly known as "Bootnecks" or often just as "Royals". A compendium of Naval slang was brought together by Commander [[A.T.L. Covey-Crump]] and his name has in itself become the subject of Naval slang; ''Covey-Crump''.<ref name="jackspeak" /> A game traditionally played by the Navy is the four-player board game known as "[[Uckers]]". This is similar to [[Ludo (board game)|Ludo]] and it is regarded as easy to learn, but difficult to play well.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.uckers.co.uk/how2play.htm|title=The Basic Rules of Uckers|access-date=12 September 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090213041503/http://www.uckers.co.uk/how2play.htm|archive-date=13 February 2009|url-status=live}}</ref>