[pyro-manic]

I know ngtm1r and a few others will be interested in this:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/4667132.stm

HMS Daring, the first of the new Type 45 heavy destroyers, is launched this afternoon. They will come into service starting in 2009, and will replace the aging Type 42 class, which have been in service since the late 1960s. They will be the biggest non-capital warships in the Royal Navy since the Tiger-class missile cruisers of the 1950s.

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[aldo_14]

I know ngtm1r and a few others will be interested in this:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/4667132.stm

HMS Daring, the first of the new Type 45 heavy destroyers, is launched this afternoon. They will come into service starting in 2009, and will replace the aging Type 42 class, which have been in service since the late 1960s. They will be the biggest non-capital warships in the Royal Navy since the Tiger-class missile cruisers of the 1950s.

I'm quite amused by the insistence of alliterative ship names; HMS Dauntless, Daring, Diamond, Defender, Dragon and......... Duncan.  Seriously, you'd think they'd have a better 'D' word for it; it's not something to send the enemy quaking in their boots, facing down the Duncan.

(at least it's name after a Scot, I suppose)

[pyro-manic]

Yeah. At least they didn't bring back "Dido" though....

[aldo_14]

HMS Dildo.  One for the female sailors, there.



(aldo expects a forthcoming kicking and/or ban for that one.........)

[Prophet]

Nothing wrong with Duncan. At least its better than Destructer, Death-bringer, Doom or Dominator... Warship name doesnt have to be indimitatading...
I have as much respect for HMS Lollipop as I have for HMS Krush, Kill 'n Destroy

[Rictor]

HMS Discombobulator?

[karajorma]

I have as much respect for HMS Lollipop as I have for HMS Krush, Kill 'n Destroy

In a way it's good. The enemy would be so busy laughing every time they thought of attacking the Lollipop that they would let it get into range and grind them to dust

[Martinus]

HMS Dildo. One for the female sailors, there.



(aldo expects a forthcoming kicking and/or ban for that one.........)

What? For mis-spelling Dido?

We're not that harsh.

[aldo_14]

I have as much respect for HMS Lollipop as I have for HMS Krush, Kill 'n Destroy

In a way it's good. The enemy would be so busy laughing every time they thought of attacking the Lollipop that they would let it get into range and grind them to dust

What, like HMS Tickler, HMS Spanker, HMS Sappho, HMS Fairy, HMS Thruster, HMS Torrid, HMS Dwarf, HMS Doris, HMS Teaser, HMS Truant, HMS Insolent and HMS Pansy?

Well, I suppose it's better than HMS Surly and HMS Violent........

(all real names, BTW)

[Unknown Target]

Anyway, the ship would look really cool; if it didn't have that giant lollipop sticking out of the top. Maybe they should've named it the Lollipop cause of that.

[Martinus]

Get with the times...

HMS Emo

[Black Wolf]

They had a HMS Batman once...

[aldo_14]

They had a HMS Batman once...

Batman was a proper military name at that time, though.  Er, not like Steve Batman, but as in the name of an officers assistant or something.

[Taristin]

What, like HMS Tickler, HMS Spanker, HMS Sappho, HMS Fairy, HMS Thruster, HMS Torrid, HMS Dwarf, HMS Doris, HMS Teaser, HMS Truant, HMS Insolent and HMS Pansy?

Well, I suppose it's better than HMS Surly and HMS Violent........

(all real names, BTW)

Wheres the HMS Bu****? >..>

[Martinus]

They had a HMS Batman once...

Yes... It was a science ship.

Lets see if anyone gets that reference.

[Flipside]

Defiant, Dismantler, Deadly or even Despotic to keep the Blairs happy, but Duncan!?

It's like cars, they used to have cool names like 'Tiger' or 'Mustang' or 'Manta' but now it's all stupid names like 'Ka' and 'Uno', I say un-castrate our car's names!

[Fineus]

Yeah. At least they didn't bring back "Dido" though....

I will go down with this ship
And I won't put my hands up and surrender
There will be no white flag above my door
I'm in love and always will be

[Taristin]

Defiant, Dismantler, Deadly or even Despotic to keep the Blairs happy, but Duncan!?

It's like cars, they used to have cool names like 'Tiger' or 'Mustang' or 'Manta' but now it's all stupid names like 'Ka' and 'Uno', I say un-castrate our car's names!

Be happy you still get car names. In America, the trend is to have random number and letter combinations.

RSX, TSX, RL, TL, MDX, IS300, IS350, FX430, 325ci, 730i, etc.

Annoyyyiiiinnngggg

[Martinus]

Defiant, Dismantler, Deadly or even Despotic to keep the Blairs happy, but Duncan!?

It's like cars, they used to have cool names like 'Tiger' or 'Mustang' or 'Manta' but now it's all stupid names like 'Ka' and 'Uno', I say un-castrate our car's names!

Yes but how many women do you know that want to buy a car named after a beastie?
They're simply creating generic names aimed at the entire european market. Though the pinto 'episode' was funny.

[Roanoke]

Defiant, Dismantler, Deadly or even Despotic to keep the Blairs happy, but Duncan!?

It's like cars, they used to have cool names like 'Tiger' or 'Mustang' or 'Manta' but now it's all stupid names like 'Ka' and 'Uno', I say un-castrate our car's names!

Be happy you still get car names. In America, the trend is to have random number and letter combinations.

RSX, TSX, RL, TL, MDX, IS300, IS350, FX430, 325ci, 730i, etc.

Annoyyyiiiinnngggg

aren't those all foreign cars ?