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At that time the Royal Navy had in excess of 500 active ships and creating names must have taken some effort - there was a HMS Terrible and HMS Fanny.
by helsinkiandrew 1y ago
At that time the Royal Navy had in excess of 500 active ships and creating names must have taken some effort - there was a HMS Terrible and HMS Fanny.
- WalterBright 1y agoThe dreadnought class of warships have the best moniker.
- nkrisc 1y ago> HMS Terrible https://www.dictionary.com/browse/terrible https://www.dictionary.com/browse/terrible 3. exciting terror, awe, or great fear; dreadful; awful. 4. formidably great. I think it's a perfectly suitable name for a warship. The notion of "terrible" describing the inferior quality of something is a much more recent meaning, I believe.
- HeyLaughingBoy 1y agoYeah, but compare "HMS Fanny" to "HMS Indefatigable." Especially considering the British colloquial usage of "fanny" I think someone was in a particularly good mood that day.
- nkrisc 1y agoThat one I have no explanation for.
- ceejayoz 1y agoDon’t forget HMS Cockchafer, Spanker, and Tickler.