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Actually 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.wiki

by alblue 10y ago

Actually 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 ago
Well TIL. Thanks. Also amazing suggestion.
arethuza 10y ago
What about submarines - aren't they referred to as "boats"?
- vlehto 10y ago
  During 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 ago
    The Royal Navy did have "through-deck cruisers" for a while - they did eventually admit that they were mini aircraft carriers.
- morsch 10y ago
  From 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 ago
I would have preferred "Remotey Boaty"
steve19 10y ago
The 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

by alblue 10y ago

ojii 10y ago

Well TIL. Thanks. Also amazing suggestion.

arethuza 10y ago

What about submarines - aren't they referred to as "boats"?

vlehto 10y ago
During 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 ago
  The Royal Navy did have "through-deck cruisers" for a while - they did eventually admit that they were mini aircraft carriers.
morsch 10y ago
From 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 ago

I would have preferred "Remotey Boaty"

steve19 10y ago

The 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