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Dread Knot · 11-25-13, 08:27 AM

I've often seen the CSS Hunley referred to as a Confederate or "Rebel" submarine. That doesn't seem to offend anyone. Not even the PC crowd which usually whines at the sight of a Confederate flag.

The sunken British pre-dreadnought HMS Camperdown is often referred to as a Victorian battleship. The sunken Mary Rose is remembered as a Tudor warship as much as an English one. I don't see many anti-royalist noses out of joint.

The sunken Russian submarine K-219 is still referred to as a Soviet submarine or a "Soviet-era" submarine. Maybe that's the answer. Call the U-168 an sunken Nazi-era sub and maybe that settles the matter. 12 years is a short era though.

11-25-13, 08:27 AM	#155
Dread Knot Ace of the Deep Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 1,288 Downloads: 85 Uploads: 0	I've often seen the CSS Hunley referred to as a Confederate or "Rebel" submarine. That doesn't seem to offend anyone. Not even the PC crowd which usually whines at the sight of a Confederate flag. The sunken British pre-dreadnought HMS Camperdown is often referred to as a Victorian battleship. The sunken Mary Rose is remembered as a Tudor warship as much as an English one. I don't see many anti-royalist noses out of joint. The sunken Russian submarine K-219 is still referred to as a Soviet submarine or a "Soviet-era" submarine. Maybe that's the answer. Call the U-168 an sunken Nazi-era sub and maybe that settles the matter. 12 years is a short era though.