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Jeff wrote: Is it a custom in the UK for all ships in a particular class to have names that start with the same letter as the class of ship? Seems to be. Well yes and no, in the past some Classes have all started with the same letter, especially submarines, but it is more common to have a 'theme' for the names: There was once a HMS Cockchafer... would love to know what the rest of the class we called.... |
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David McArthur wrote: Jeff wrote: Is it a custom in the UK for all ships in a particular class to have names that start with the same letter as the class of ship? Seems to be. Well yes and no, in the past some Classes have all started with the same letter, especially submarines, but it is more common to have a 'theme' for the names: There was once a HMS Cockchafer... would love to know what the rest of the class we called.... APHIS (1915), BEE (1916), both by Aisa Co. CICALA (1915), COCKCHAFER (1915), CRICKET (1915), GLOWWORM (1916), all by Barclay Curle. GNAT (1915), LADYBIRD (1915), both by Lobnitz. MANTIS (1915), MOTH (1915) both by Sunderland S.B. Co. SCARAB (1915), TARANTULA (1915), both by Wood, Skinner and Co. "Insect" class, unsurprisingly. There was also a "Fly" class of rather smaller gunboats. Cockchafer ended her life as a WRNS accomodation ship. This led to comments. -- Andy Breen ~ Not speaking on behalf of the University of Wales, Aberystwyth "Who dies with the most toys wins" (Gary Barnes) |
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Andrew Robert Breen wrote:
Cockchafer ended her life as a WRNS accomodation ship. This led to comments. And some interesting cap tallys. -- Tom Schoene lid To email me, replace "invalid" with "net" |
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There was once a HMS Cockchafer... would love to know what the rest of the class we called.... Insect Class: Aphis, Bee, Cicada, Cockchafer, Cricket, Glower, Gnat, Ladybird, Mantis, Moth, Scarab and Tarantula Regards Jeff |
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" Insect Class: Aphis, Bee, Cicada, Cockchafer, Cricket, Glower, Gnat, Ladybird, Mantis, Moth, Scarab and Tarantula Regards Jeff Ooops!! that should be Gloworm not Glower Jeff |
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On Fri, 3 Feb 2006 12:21:42 -0000, "Jeff" wrote:
There was once a HMS Cockchafer... would love to know what the rest of the class we called.... Insect Class: Aphis, Bee, Cicada, Cockchafer, Cricket, Glower, Gnat, Ladybird, Mantis, Moth, Scarab and Tarantula Do they really think a Tarantula is an insect? Do you? Galen Hekhuis NpD, JFR, GWA We are the CroMagnon of the future |
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On Fri, 3 Feb 2006 12:21:42 -0000, "Jeff" wrote:
There was once a HMS Cockchafer... would love to know what the rest of the class we called.... Insect Class: Aphis, Bee, Cicada, Cockchafer, Cricket, Glower, Gnat, Ladybird, Mantis, Moth, Scarab and Tarantula But a tarantula is not an insect.... Cheers, dba |
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"Brian Allardice" wrote in message
... On Fri, 3 Feb 2006 12:21:42 -0000, "Jeff" wrote: There was once a HMS Cockchafer... would love to know what the rest of the class we called.... Insect Class: Aphis, Bee, Cicada, Cockchafer, Cricket, Glower, Gnat, Ladybird, Mantis, Moth, Scarab and Tarantula But a tarantula is not an insect.... "Arthropod Class" just didn't have the same cachet. -- Andrew Chaplin SIT MIHI GLADIUS SICUT SANCTO MARTINO (If you're going to e-mail me, you'll have to get "yourfinger." out.) |
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Brian Allardice wrote: On Fri, 3 Feb 2006 12:21:42 -0000, "Jeff" wrote: There was once a HMS Cockchafer... would love to know what the rest of the class we called.... Insect Class: Aphis, Bee, Cicada, Cockchafer, Cricket, Glower, Gnat, Ladybird, Mantis, Moth, Scarab and Tarantula But a tarantula is not an insect.... True, of course. But I don't think the Admiralty was that concerned (and besides, "Arthropod class" doesn't sound too good). -- Andy Breen ~ Not speaking on behalf of the University of Wales, Aberystwyth Feng Shui: an ancient oriental art for extracting money from the gullible (Martin Sinclair) |
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