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And it really flies when paddled
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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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And it really flies when paddled
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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