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Smeulders -> RE: What were they thinking? (12/1/2011 7:38:03 AM)


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ORIGINAL: warspite1


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ORIGINAL: crsutton

Well, I can reference a certain "empire" that named a whole class of warships after flowers.....I can't imagine the "Amaranthus" striking a whole lot of fear into the hearts of the enemy.
Warspite1

You may want to ask almost 30,000 U-boat crew if that is true....[;)]



It's simply a great psychological warfare ploy. Just imagine trying to explain to your superiors that the "Pansy, Buttercup and Wallflower" sunk your ship. Easier to just give up and let yourself get captured.



Shark7 -> RE: What were they thinking? (12/1/2011 3:38:36 PM)


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ORIGINAL: Nikademus

without resorting to Google, IIRC an old WWI naval tomb...the Insects were designed for specialized riverine warfare in the Middle east. RN efforts there were pretty essential to the Entente victory in Persia. (aka Iran/Iraq area)


I don't think anyone questions the design...rather the names they choose for some boats...and looking at it from today's use of language, they are really um...well lets just say the words have different meanings now. [;)]



HansBolter -> RE: What were they thinking? (12/1/2011 6:18:57 PM)

This thread regarding humorous ship names reminds me of a psaage from Clancy's great "near the end of the Cold War" novel Red Storm Rising.

An American destroyer and a British destroyer were making a mid Atlantic rendevous and the skipper of the HMS Battleaxe came over the con asking the skipper of the USS Ruben James "exactly what is a Ruben James?".........the RJ skippers reply was priceless: "at least it's better than being named after someone's mother in law!"



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