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04-25-10, 06:02 PM
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Wild Night in Bangkok
 Join Date: Nov 2002
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How many of you put 'Von' in your captains name?
I do , my wife pointed out how sad it was tonight, I don't care !
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04-25-10, 06:09 PM
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Silent Hunter
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Silent Hunter 4 had the best, their default captain name for the U-Boat missions was Bernard von Unfal. Bernard of Misfortune.
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04-25-10, 06:10 PM
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Previously 4Para
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Location: Britain
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Guilty, sh3, sh4.
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04-25-10, 06:16 PM
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Admiral
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Guilty as charged sir
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04-25-10, 08:02 PM
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Grey Wolf
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Location: UK
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Guilty also
In fairness, if i leave a few letters out of my christian name then add von and leave my surname as-is, the name kinda sounds like i came from a french/german background (that's my excuse anyways :P )
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04-25-10, 08:07 PM
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Commander
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I use "Captain von Trapp", the guy in "The Sound of Music" never escaped and was put in a U-boat.
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04-25-10, 08:17 PM
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The Old Man
 Join Date: Apr 2005
Location: New Orleans, LA.
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I used "Von Anus" for one captain.
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04-25-10, 09:29 PM
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Sonar Guy
 Join Date: Dec 2007
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von or not von
 I usually do use von
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04-25-10, 09:34 PM
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Subsim Aviator
Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: Texas
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Come to think of it...
I have never used "von" in a name on any SH series
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04-25-10, 11:09 PM
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Navy Seal
 
Join Date: Nov 2005
Location: Houston, TX
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"Von" was historically used to distinguish nobility. Since most U-boat men were from working class families, the "Von" preposition would have been very infrequent for a U-boat man to have. So I don't use it.
How's that for rivet counting?
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04-25-10, 11:17 PM
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Convicted Ship Killer
 Join Date: Mar 2009
Location: Just out of sight... plotting your course and speed
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LOL - guilty!
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04-25-10, 11:57 PM
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Navy Seal
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Always have, ever since I was a little kid. And be damned anyone who therefore thinks that I'm a Nazi glorifying romanticist sypathiser.
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My listing of 42,002 U-boat crewmen* shows that 235 were "vons", ranging from the humble Mtr through to GenAdm (ie von Friedeburg). In all, 64 vons were enlisted men, the remainder 171 were officers. This includes three von Barons (of which two were enlisted) Now, how's that for rivet counting?  *Courtesy of www.ubootwaffe.net |
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04-26-10, 12:09 AM
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Navy Seal
Join Date: Sep 2009
Location: Valhalla
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Not guilty.
I use my own name! More realism for me. |
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04-26-10, 06:20 AM
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Fleet Admiral
 
Join Date: Jul 2006
Location: Sydney, Australia
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Quote:
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04-26-10, 06:21 AM
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Gunner
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Did do it is SH2, not (yet) in SH5.
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