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Posted by David K. Haynes
on 11/9/2009, 6:01 am, in reply to "Re: Nomenclature of the planned "G3" class"
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Well, I certainly agree that naming the "Irish" battleship HMS "Saint Patrick" in honor of the heavilyProtestant six counties of Ulster would be politically "iffy". As long as we're dealing with counter-factuals, we could speculate on HMS "King Edward VIII".
As I recall, it used to be customary for the first battleship launched in a new reign to be bamed after the reiging monarch. Hence "King Edward VII" and "King George V". It was the shyness of the present Queen's father and his respect for his own (deceased) father that caused him to call for the first battleship of the King Georve V class of 1936 to be named for his father and not "King George VI" as would have followed the pattern.
Best not to be too dogmatic about things that haven't happened yet and now we can be sure will not happen! However, that's the thing about fictional battleships; you can name them anything you want to.
David K. Haynes
November 9, 2009
7:58 a.m. CST
DHaynes101@aol.com
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