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Posted by Tim H
on 11/9/2009, 7:05 am, in reply to "Re: Nomenclature of the planned "G3" class"
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I wasn't going to mention the Ulster connection.
Without digging out the files I agree King George VI renamed KGVI in honour of his father. The second ship became PoW in honour of his brother, the former Edward VIII (the monarch's oldest son being Prince of Wales, amongst other things), whilst 'DoY' represents King George VI's title of 'Duke of York' as second son of the reigning monarch.
The joys of the Royal Prerogative.
(As an aside, when artillery in the British Army ceased to be horse drawn one troop of 13pdrs was retained for ceremonial purposes as the the 'Riding Troop'. On a visit to the unit the late King George crossed out 'Riding Troop' on the visitors book and wrote 'King's Troop', which it has remained since).
T
--Previous Message--
: 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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