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On ‎26‎/‎10‎/‎2016 at 9:36 PM, alpine_modeller said:

 For me Royal Oak and Hood are too jinxed. 

 

Didn't stop them naming one of the new carriers P.O.W

no doubt they will be unimaginative in the said naming.

 

while I'm on the subject,:angrysoapbox.sml: I mean I know she is our Queen and has been around for ever and does a terrific job for her nation, but why is every thing called "Queen Elizabeth"?

 

"lets build a new ship"

"what shall we call her"?

"HMS Queen Elizabeth"

 

"lets build a new bridge"

"what shall we call it"?

"The Queen Elizabeth Bridge"

 

"lets build a new railway line"

"what shall we call it"?

"The Queen Elizabeth Line"

 

etc etc

 

( sorry ma'am)

 

 

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The BBC article (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-37720580) stated 'The MoD, which received approval for the name from the Queen, said the next three boats would also be given names with "historical resonance".'

 

Looks like the submarine tradition of lettered classes has been dropped, so its famous capital ships (of whatever type) of the past. So my money would be on another Warspite. Maybe HMS Nelson if they rename Portsmouth, Rodney if they don't. HMS Devastation would be historically resonant but a bit too accurate for an SSBN. Lion and Temeraire maybe?

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I was going to point out that some of the boats mentioned are still rusting away at Rosyth and Devenport and are, technically, still using their names.

However, this appeared on Tuesday:

 https://ukdefencejournal.org.uk/rusting-nuclear-submarines-rosyth-finally-dismantled/

Which is presumably allowing the use of the name HMS Dreadnought as S101 is still at Rosyth.

 

So why not Warspite, Repulse etc....?

 

 

 

 

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On 01/11/2016 at 8:32 PM, TallBlondJohn said:

 

Looks like the submarine tradition of lettered classes has been dropped,

 

I'm as up for lamenting the ditching of tradition as the next guy but in this case it wouldn't be for the first time: remember the Valiant class SSNs (Courageous, Conqueror, Churchill, Valiant and Warspite).

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On ‎28‎/‎10‎/‎2016 at 7:28 PM, sinnerboy said:

Didn't stop them naming one of the new carriers P.O.W

no doubt they will be unimaginative in the said naming.

 

while I'm on the subject,:angrysoapbox.sml: I mean I know she is our Queen and has been around for ever and does a terrific job for her nation, but why is every thing called "Queen Elizabeth"?

 

"lets build a new ship"

"what shall we call her"?

"HMS Queen Elizabeth"

 

"lets build a new bridge"

"what shall we call it"?

"The Queen Elizabeth Bridge"

 

"lets build a new railway line"

"what shall we call it"?

"The Queen Elizabeth Line"

 

etc etc

 

( sorry ma'am)

 

 

Yeah got to say it is all a bit sycophantic and Ive gone right of old Charlie boy....and he's an ex Junglie!! 

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