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Old 01-23-06, 06:11 PM   #14
Takeda Shingen
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Originally Posted by Sailor Steve
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.
Well, that is fitting for a gunboat. HMS Leviathan would probably leave people disappointed.
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