Why the Royal Navy remained a wet navy

Why did the Royal Navy remain wet while some other navies prohibited alcohol?

Britain never adopted national prohibition, so the Royal Navy retained alcohol and the shipboard social traditions built around it.

Navies reflect the societies that sustain them. The US Navy went dry in the context of American prohibition, while British temperance movements never imposed the same national settlement and the Royal Navy never fully went dry. Modern British carriers retain pub-like mess spaces, and smaller warships also preserve access to alcohol. On combined exercises these facilities become social centres for allied crews, linking an old naval custom to present-day shipboard diplomacy.