Cpl Carrot Posted October 31, 2003 Share Posted October 31, 2003 Yep. Blass Swan class od DD - all birds River class (Frigate or DE) - rivers Bay class (DE) - bays Castle class (DE) - castles Flower class (DE) - flowers Algerine class (covrette) - ? Loch Class (DE) - Lochs (lakes) And there are a few others, but not many ships in the class. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stalin's Organ Posted October 31, 2003 Share Posted October 31, 2003 Campbell class DD's - Scot's chiefs Battle class DD's - various battles of course! Tribal class DD's - tribes (Maori, Zulu, ashanti, etc) Often a class would be named after the first boat, and then the others would have names on a theme - eg the Bangor class frigates were all named after towns, hte "Nwport class of old destroyers (ex-US "flush decks) were also named after towns - American ones, Rotherham class - all names beginning with R, "C" class - names beginning with C, etc. [ October 31, 2003, 04:48 PM: Message edited by: Stalin's Organ ] 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sailor Malan Posted November 1, 2003 Share Posted November 1, 2003 Yes, the previous systems for naming of classes tended to get lost with all the war emergency ASW vessels. Some of the ships names got quite twee in the flower class - Bluebell, Camellia, Clover, Delphinium, Petunia and my personal favourite HMS Wallflower! These are but a few, there were something like 145 of them! Kind of ofsets the classic larger ship names - Resolution, Renown, Revenge, Anson, Rodney, Nelson, Ark Royal, the I's (CV's Implacable, Inflexible, Indomitable etc), not to mention the Greek mythology set - Dido, Charybdis, Danae,and the classic destroyers Hero, Hotspur, Hereward, Hostile, Hardy, Havock, Hunter and so on (my favourite class, the pre war H class) BTW if you want a classic destroyer fight read up the first battle of Narvik. And the Second battle is my idea of a good time - 1BB and 9DD in a Fjord! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HeinzBaby Posted November 1, 2003 Share Posted November 1, 2003 aah...second battle of Narvik, 1 BB 9DD's, was like shooting rats in barrel..'Rule Britainnia' 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Emrys Posted November 1, 2003 Share Posted November 1, 2003 Originally posted by HeinzBaby: aah...second battle of Narvik, 1 BB 9DD's, was like shooting rats in barrel..It turned out that way, but it was actually a bold and courageous move to take a battleship into such confined waters where the DDs, especially a whole gang of them, might be thought to hold the advantage. Don't forget, the DDs were packing plenty of torps that could at least have disabled the BB, leaving it to be finished off by other means later. But then, boldness has been the hallmark of the RN for over 400 years and has won a lot of battles for them that purely on material grounds they have been expected to lose. Michael 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SgtMuhammed Posted November 1, 2003 Share Posted November 1, 2003 That Nelson fellow had an annoying habit of pulling of things like that. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeyD Posted November 6, 2003 Share Posted November 6, 2003 Canadian vehicles were (and are) named after furry woodland creatures. The Ram, Bison, Badger, Fox, Skink(?). Perhaps that's how the name 'Wolverine' snuck into Brit nomiclature. I've always been hoping to see a Canadian assault landing vehicle named the "Lemming". 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeyD Posted November 7, 2003 Share Posted November 7, 2003 Wasn't there an old movie starring Henry Fonda and Jack Lemmon (as Ensign Pulver, if memory serves), where it was said U.S. Navy cargo vessels were named after types of bird. The unfortunate boat in the film was named the "Bustard" 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Emrys Posted November 7, 2003 Share Posted November 7, 2003 Originally posted by MikeyD: Wasn't there an old movie starring Henry Fonda and Jack Lemmon (as Ensign Pulver, if memory serves), where it was said U.S. Navy cargo vessels were named after types of bird. The unfortunate boat in the film was named the "Bustard" That would have been "Mister Roberts" with James Cagney as the mean captain. Although I cannot state it categorically, I doubt that that was actual Navy practice. I can't recall seeing one named in such a way. But who knows, it was a big war... Michael 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
von Lucke Posted November 8, 2003 Share Posted November 8, 2003 When it comes to naming their martial technology, I've always thought the Japanese had the edge. Some examples: Battlecruiser named The Invincibility of Buddhism, a battleship named Land of Divine Mulberry Trees. Aircraft carriers tended to be named after mythical dragons or phoenixes (phoenixii?) --- though one, the Ryuho, means both "Dragon and Phoenix"! My favorite, though, has to be the Mizuho, which literaly translates as "juicy rice ears". The Wind Class destroyers had some fairly poetical appelations: "Wind of an Arrow's Flight", "Wind Dancing in Branches", "Wind over the Restless Sea", "Wind from a Sword Stroke", "Flag-fluttering Breeze", and my fav: "Wind From a Swamp". A few more DD names that I like: "Mist Veil Through Which Only a Shade of the Moon is Visible", and "Pretty, Small Waves Raised by a Zephyr", "Dawn, But Still the Moon Remains in the Sky", "Light Spring Rain Before the Leaves Bud", "The Shimmering Mist that Rises from the Earth on a Hot Day". Warrior-poets indeed. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Siege Posted November 9, 2003 Share Posted November 9, 2003 I don't know if there even is a plural of the word Phoenix.... after all, there was only 1. Even if there is, I would guess a non-numerical plural/singular would be the case, similar to Deer and Moose. -Hans 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shortround Posted November 13, 2003 Share Posted November 13, 2003 There was no naming convention for US cargo ships (AKs). They were named for birds, constellations, tribes, famous people, towns, rivers - anything. Likewise with other Amphibious warfare ships, APs, APAs, AKAs, etc. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeyD Posted November 13, 2003 Share Posted November 13, 2003 "There was no naming convention for US cargo ships (AKs)." Gasp! You aren't trying to tell me that 1960s Hollywood war movies are INACCURATE???!!! :eek: 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Siege Posted November 14, 2003 Share Posted November 14, 2003 He doesn't mean they weren't named, but there was just no real overall scheme for the naming. Some were taken over from civilian shipping companies, some were named by their manufacturers, etc... -Hans 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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