Historical clue formulations

• Inits. at sea — 2026-08-02
• Inits. before Queen Elizabeth — 2023-09-30
• Royal Navy letters — 2020-02-28
• Naval inits. — 2019-02-08
• Letters before Beagle or Bounty — 2017-11-01
• Designation for U.K. vessels — 2017-04-20
• ___ Victory (tourist attraction in Portsmouth, England) — 2016-10-23
• ___ Pinafore — 2016-09-27
• Royal Navy letters — 2016-01-21
• "___ Pinafore" — 2014-10-13
• Bounty letters — 2013-12-27
• ___ Pinafore — 2013-09-10
• Maritime letters — 2013-06-16
• Naval inits. — 2011-03-19
• Horatio Nelson's ___ Victory — 2010-09-16
• ___ Pinafore — 2010-08-31
• ___ Beagle — 2010-08-03
• Initials at sea — 2010-07-07
• Britannia letters — 2010-03-28
• Abbr. for the Prince of Wales — 2010-02-19
• Letters at sea — 2009-10-09
• "___ Pinafore" — 2009-07-20
• "___ Pinafore" — 2009-01-05
• ___ Pinafore — 2008-03-05
• Bounty letters — 2007-10-10
• Initials on the high seas — 2006-10-04
• ___ Bounty — 2005-08-28
• Pinafore letters — 2004-08-11
• Letters at sea — 2004-07-18
• Pinafore letters — 2004-04-15
• ___ Pinafore — 2004-02-23
• Oceangoing inits. — 2003-03-02
• Letters at sea — 2001-09-02
• Initials at sea — 2001-07-22
• Abbr. in a G. & S. title — 2001-03-04
• Letters at sea — 1999-02-19
• Seagoing inits. — 1998-10-20
• Naval inits. — 1998-08-05
• Naval inits. — 1997-07-19
• Initials at sea — 1996-09-27
• Pinafore, e.g. — 1996-01-05
• _____ Pinafore — 1994-01-03