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Originally Posted by Locke
Just ignoring that they brought all of their ships into one spot at the same time so they could shoot off fireworks in space for....reasons? Presumably?
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A gathering of naval vessels for review for an important occasion is a tradition in many navies; things like coronations of new monarchs and founding anniversaries like the 250 year anniversary that "Frontier Day" was celebrating.
The biggest was probably the 1911 coronation of KGV when most of the prestige ships of the Royal Navy was there (supposedly 32 battleships). Even a much diminished Royal Navy in 1953 still looks pretty impressive for QE2's coronation.
