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But that should've been called DroneyMcDroneface. It's not a boat!
by ojii 10y ago
But that should've been called DroneyMcDroneface. It's not a boat!
- boothead 10y agoBut a submarine is classified as a boat...
- alblue 10y agoActually in naval terminology a "boat" is a vessel that can be carried by another vessel (eg life boat). https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boat https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boat Though frankly I think RemoteyMcBoatface would be good here :-)
- ojii 10y agoWell TIL. Thanks. Also amazing suggestion.
- arethuza 10y agoWhat about submarines - aren't they referred to as "boats"?
- vlehto 10y agoDuring WWII there was somewhat surprizigly unified ship classification and there was hardly any civillian submarines at the time. It was based on tonnage, speed and main gun calibre. Anything smaller than 1000 tons was a boat. Interwar German submarines we're around 500 - 1000 tons, so they we're called "u-boot". Since WWII names stuck by role of ship. Now we have all kinds of propaganda pieces floating around and ship classification names don't mean anything anymore. A "frigate" might be anything except oil tanker or CATOBAR carrier. If you would use WWII classification by top speed and tonnage and apply it to modern vessels, Ohio class submarine would be "Submarine Heavy Cruiser" and Typhoon would be "Submarine Battleship".
- arethuza 10y agoThe Royal Navy did have "through-deck cruisers" for a while - they did eventually admit that they were mini aircraft carriers.
- morsch 10y agoFrom the linked Wikipedia article: "For reasons of naval tradition, submarines are usually referred to as 'boats' rather than 'ships', regardless of their size and shape." Here's a more verbose explanation which comes down to the same thing: http://www.subvetpaul.com/WhyBoats.htm http://www.subvetpaul.com/WhyBoats.htm
- puranjay 10y agoI would have preferred "Remotey Boaty"
- steve19 10y agoThe navel definition breaks down when you consider heavy lift ships which do carry ships. Here is the MV Blue Marlin (heavy lift ship) carrying USS Cole (a guided-missile destroyer after it was attacked): http://i.imgur.com/A6kjWfU.gif http://i.imgur.com/A6kjWfU.gif Here is the MV Blue Marlin carrying TWO minesweeper ships (USS Cardinal and USS Raven): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Cardinal_(MHC-60)#/media/File:Cardinal_and_Raven_on_Blue_Marlin.jpg https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Cardinal_(MHC-60)#/media/F... And here carrying the hull of the HMAS Canberra (the MV Blue Marlin is semi submerged): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMAS_Canberra_(L02)#/media/File:HMAS_Canberra_(LHD_02)_%2B_Blue_Martin.JPG https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMAS_Canberra_(L02)#/media/Fil...
- dzdt 10y ago"This is a ship-shipping ship, shipping shipping ships" : http://imgur.com/gallery/pB0VXKq http://imgur.com/gallery/pB0VXKq
- Coding_Cat 10y agoAs others have pointed out, it is a boat in the nautical terms. But the initial ship was not. I had hoped they would have used that argument to dismiss the name "it's not a boat but a ship". (Ships can carry boats, arguably any ship is also a boat but don't tell a captain of a ship that).
- nekopa 10y agoWell, this is the UK, and they probably didn't want to run the risk that the ship would be called RSS Shipfaced :)
- spacecowboy_lon 10y agoNo thats the US navy /marines when they go for a run ashore in portsmouth :-) The USN being dry - the effect of the UK's stronger beers can have unfortunate consequences.
- rmc 10y ago"US Military Introduce Childbomber McChildbombface" for a drone http://waterfordwhispersnews.com/2016/04/18/us-military-introduce-childbomber-mcchildbombface/ http://waterfordwhispersnews.com/2016/04/18/us-military-intr...
- BinaryIdiot 10y agoHa, this is exactly my thought as well. Such a missed opportunity for both vessels. Oh well. Someone more enterprising than them will use a unique name like this and generate more funding / interest in them.