| BLUEENSIGN | Flag flown by auxiliary vessels of the Royal Navy |
| NAVY | Warships and auxiliary vessels of a nation (4) |
| EXTRAORDINARY | Specially convened by auxiliary bishop (13) |
| URNS | Vessels of the Royal Navy in U.S. |
| WHITEENSIGN | Flag flown by ships of the Royal Navy while under way (5,6) |
| ENSIGN | White -; flag flown by Royal Navy ships and the Royal Yacht Squadron (6) |
| ARABIA | John Johnson-Allen from Great Moulton wrote T. E. Lawrence and the Red Sea Patrol: The Royal Navy's Role in Creating the Legend about the role of the Royal Navy in creating the legend that was Lawrenc |
| VEIN | Any of the vessels of the circulatory system that convey blood, mostly oxygen-depleted, to the heart (4) |
| CIRCULATION | Movement of blood through the vessels of the body (11) |
| POSTSHIP | 18th century term for Royal Navy vessels of the sixth rate (4,4) |
| JUGULAR | --- vein, any of the three large tubular blood vessels of the neck (7) |
| REDDUSTER | Nickname of the flag flown by British merchant ships (3,6) |
| REDENSIGN | Flag flown by the British Merchant Navy (3,6) |
| SOUTHAMPTON | Passenger vessels of the Cunard Line are registered in this port city on the south coast of England |
| REDEYE | Issue caused by reflection from blood vessels of the retina in flash photography (3-3) |
| TRIREMES | Vessels of the Roman fleet |
| SLOOPS | Vessels of the Napoleonic Wars |
| BOYCE | Composer of the music to Heart of Oak, the official march of the Royal Navy (5) |
| FIRSTSEALORD | --- --- --- and Chief of the Naval Staff, title of the military head of the Royal Navy (5,3,4) |
| JOLLYROGER | During the 18th Century, flag flown by a pirate ship when about to attack (5,5) |