A question about Canadian and Australian destroyer practice prompts a broader institutional explanation. The Royal Navy and the Canadian, Australian, New Zealand, South African, and Indian navies were closely integrated in training, doctrine, promotion, and senior personnel. Political control differed, but the operational and professional systems remained deeply connected.
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Commonwealth navies operated as one professional system
Shared training, promotion, doctrine, and personnel systems made the British and Dominion navies function much like one navy below the political level.