Sailor pay as a recurring readiness problem

Does the Royal Navy have a history of forgetting to pay its sailors?

It learned to pay more reliably, but governments repeatedly allowed the level of pay to lag and create new problems.

The Royal Navy repeatedly learned to pay sailors more regularly after serious failures. Later administrations, however, often neglected to raise the amount paid. Reliable administration therefore solved only part of the personnel problem. Regularity and adequacy are separate problems, and solving one does not keep the other from returning.