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Old 01-23-06, 02:48 PM   #12
Sailor Steve
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Originally Posted by Takeda Shingen
I have to go with the British on this one. They know how to pick a name. (Vangaurd, Intrepid, Victory, etc.)
Are you aware that the British used to have a class of gunboats named after insects?

My favorite was HMS Cockchafer. And yes, that was really its name. Apparently a kind of grasshopper.
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