[Sir T]

Just thought it might be nice to list ships that had FS names so that we know where they got their inspiration.

I'll start by the fact that I just found out that the Galetea was the name of the British light cruiser that fired the first shot of the Battle of Jutland in World War One (which inspired this thread)

The Warspite was an armoured cruiser in the same battle and was nearly destroyed.

Others?

[Droid803]

No, the HMS Warspite was a Dreadnought.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Warspite_%281913%29

[Colonol Dekker]

And just from Memory HMS Warrior was the first vessel to use Armour Plating We did it all first (don't mention the moon or space though )

[NGTM-1R]

Working from memory, and down from destroyer. (Only good for FS2)

Bastion and Vengence have both been used by ships of the Royal Navy. On the NTF side, so have Repulse and Vindicator.

Monitor; lot of ships have used the name, to be fair, but the most famous is of course the USS Monitor, Eriksson's turreted ironclad, nemesis of the CSS Virginia. Actium and Lysander have both been used as the names of Royal Navy warships, possibly more than once. So has Steadfast, and Warspite has already been mentioned. NTF ships only include one to my knowledge: Congreve.

Trafalgar, Champion, Vigilant, Agrippa, Malta have all been used by RN warships on the GTVA side. Glorious has been used by more than one of the ships of the Royal Navy. Likewise for the Refute, Majestic, Outrage, Impervious, Conquest, Explorer, Undaunted, Vanguard, Retribution, Vengence, and Vindication, all NTF cruisers.

Also an upset, the Vasudans come in with two: Andromeda and Mirage.


In retrospect it makes sense only one USN ship would be on the list, as the United States Navy names their ships for states or cities and past officers or battles for the most part. This could be interpreted as a little retro in feel, perhaps. On the other hand, it makes you wonder slightly where was actually based during the production to see so many RN names pop up.

[Colonol Dekker]

RN has been involved in much more naval actio i guess. 

[terran_emperor]

Prehaps they know that the Royal Navy has better taste in names than the US Navy  

oh and dekker...the USA would never have gotten to the moon if we hadnt sent colonists to america...

[Colonol Dekker]

Lol thank god i'm not the only Londoner up at this godawful time on HLP....

We invented the Jet engine so i guess we contributed, good old Frank Whittle, we salute you!!

RN has been involved in much more naval actio i guess. 

I didn't mean tha tot sound rude by the way.  The Royal Navy just had a few centuries woth of cengagement and lfagships to refer to.

Tired = Bad spelling, off to sleep. Night Night FS chaps.

[Androgeos Exeunt]

The Repulse was one of two ships that sank off the coast of Malaya during the Second World War. It was destroyed by Japanese fighters, along with the Prince of Wales, due to a lack of fighter cover on the part of the Royal Navy.

When I was younger, I always wondered what the British were thinking back then, but after learning a bit of history and playing The Battle of Wesnoth, I understand why they had most of their forces in Europe.

[Al Tarket]

the brits got lucky, the americans where around to help out and even some australians.

the Germans actually had the first jet plane, thanks to Hans Joachim Pabst von Ohain and shortly after Frank Whittle did the same.

[Wanderer]

Given that Prince of Wales and Repulse were sunk mere days after mighty US navy lost more or less eight battleship in Pearl Harbor there wasnt much US forces could do... Even combined Australian, British, Dutch and American forces were just swept away by the Japanese navy.

And given the abilities of Japanese Zero fighters no amount of allied air cover would have helped the doomed capital ships as tactics to beat Zero had not invented or used yet.

[NGTM-1R]

And given the abilities of Japanese Zero fighters no amount of allied air cover would have helped the doomed capital ships as tactics to beat Zero had not invented or used yet.

The bomber force that attacked Prince of Wales and Repulse was not escorted.

[admiral_wolf]

Unconnected to the title in a way, but Subspace may have been used as a reference to Red Dwarf.  It's in Series 4, Ep. 6.

[Snail]

I keep expecting Tom Baker's head to pop out of the light at the end of the tunnel.

[Colonol Dekker]

Don't let Axem hear ytou say that.. JAD 5 will feature it no doubt now That was in Blue Harvest too wasn't it?

[admiral_wolf]

Well if it helps, I managed to get a photo of "The Doctor" and "the assistant" before they left The Galatea.

http://www.shillpages.com/dw/aldres11.jpg

The Following Information is Classified Level Omega people, please don't mention/show the photo to anyone.  I'll lose my commision and end up on Support Duties in Laramis!

[Colonol Dekker]

Lozzle, i remember that......

You lucky dog, the Piper in your presence.

[Androgeos Exeunt]

And given the abilities of Japanese Zero fighters no amount of allied air cover would have helped the doomed capital ships as tactics to beat Zero had not invented or used yet.

The bomber force that attacked Prince of Wales and Repulse was not escorted.

It's just two destroyers with many guns. You can't expect much...

Given that Prince of Wales and Repulse were sunk mere days after mighty US navy lost more or less eight battleship in Pearl Harbor there wasnt much US forces could do... Even combined Australian, British, Dutch and American forces were just swept away by the Japanese navy.

And given the abilities of Japanese Zero fighters no amount of allied air cover would have helped the doomed capital ships as tactics to beat Zero had not invented or used yet.

Ah yes, that too. The good thing was that the Americans had their Pacific Navy carriers out at sea on...what, a training exercise on that day, so the Japanese failed to deliver a really crippling blow. If the carriers had been destroyed during Pearl Harbor, I think the Americans would have had a huge problem in the Pacific.

Those Zeros were made by Mitsubishi, I think...

[admiral_wolf]

Could it be that someone at Volition was a closet anorak?

http://flickr.com/photos/90134546@N00/292369809

[brandx0]

It's just two destroyers with many guns. You can't expect much...

I hope that was supposed to be a joke.  The Prince of Wales was a King George V-class Battleship and the Repulse was a Renown-class Battlecruiser.  And they were supposed to have air cover, but the carrier assigned to escort them was damaged en route.

[Admiral_Stones]

It's just two destroyers with many guns. You can't expect much...

I hope that was supposed to be a joke.  The Prince of Wales was a King George V-class Battleship and the Repulse was a Renown-class Battlecruiser.  And they were supposed to have air cover, but the carrier assigned to escort them was damaged en route.

Aren't Battleships supposed to have flak cannons and Anti-Fighter Beams mounted on them or so?