# Favourite warship name? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [September 23, 2009, 12:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favourite-warship-name/511218 "2009-09-23T12:22:59Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Capt.Ridley\_s\_Shooting\_Party](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/cc9497/32.png) [@Capt.Ridley\_s\_Shooting\_Party](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Capt.Ridley_s_Shooting_Party)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2009, 12:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favourite-warship-name/511218/1 "2009-09-23T12:22:59Z")
I think HMS Scourge of Malice (1595) has got to be my favourite name for a warship. HMS Dreadnought and HMS Warspite are tied for a close second (also from the 1500s). The Tudors had some great names for warships (the latter two also used for many other ships down through the years). What’s your favourite? ---
**Author:** ![Balthisar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/balthisar/32/2825_2.png) [@Balthisar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Balthisar)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2009, 1:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favourite-warship-name/511218/2 "2009-09-23T13:58:22Z")
USS Ronald Reagan. ---
**Author:** ![Banquet\_Bear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/banquet_bear/32/373_2.png) [@Banquet\_Bear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Banquet_Bear)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2009, 2:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favourite-warship-name/511218/3 "2009-09-23T14:06:25Z")
…the HMS Thunderchild. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Tranquilis](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tranquilis/32/3639_2.png) [@Tranquilis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tranquilis)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2009, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favourite-warship-name/511218/4 "2009-09-23T14:15:20Z")
USS Cyclone and USS Thunderbolt… Nothing like truth-in-advertising. 😉 Though, I have to say, the USS Richard B. Russell was also a pretty good name - “The Big Dick” was a pretty accurate, though strictly unauthorized, nick-name. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Never\_Say\_Dice](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ee59a6/32.png) [@Never\_Say\_Dice](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Never_Say_Dice)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2009, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favourite-warship-name/511218/5 "2009-09-23T14:25:18Z")
Graf Spee - named after a count ---
**Author:** ![kirk1168](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/45deac/32.png) [@kirk1168](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kirk1168)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2009, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favourite-warship-name/511218/6 "2009-09-23T14:35:29Z")
HMS Warspite for me, too, but HMS Indomitable is a close second. ---
**Author:** ![An\_Gadai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d6d6ee/32.png) [@An\_Gadai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/An_Gadai)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2009, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favourite-warship-name/511218/7 "2009-09-23T14:44:11Z")
All the ships in the Irish Navy flotilla are named for women so we’ve got the LE (Long Eireannach, Irish ship) Eithne, Emer, Aisling, Aoife etc. They are lovely names but not very menacing alas. ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2009, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favourite-warship-name/511218/8 "2009-09-23T14:46:49Z")
Another vote for _Warspite_. Runner-up: the _Golden Hind_. ---
**Author:** ![UncleRojelio](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/unclerojelio/32/3160_2.png) [@UncleRojelio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncleRojelio)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2009, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favourite-warship-name/511218/9 "2009-09-23T15:07:30Z")
[HMS Indefatigable](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Indefatigable_(1784)). Next would be the [HMS Bellerophon](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Bellerophon_(1786)) just for her nickname, Billy Ruffian ---
**Author:** ![pravnik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8edcca/32.png) [@pravnik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pravnik)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2009, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favourite-warship-name/511218/10 "2009-09-23T15:08:42Z")
[HMS Revenge](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Revenge_(1577)) ---
**Author:** ![Wargamer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/df705f/32.png) [@Wargamer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wargamer)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2009, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favourite-warship-name/511218/11 "2009-09-23T15:10:32Z")
_USS North Carolina_ Yes, I’m a Tar Heel. Why do you ask? ---
**Author:** ![Procrustus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/procrustus/32/2994_2.png) [@Procrustus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Procrustus)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2009, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favourite-warship-name/511218/12 "2009-09-23T15:17:27Z")
The Jimmy Carter (SSN-23) ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2009, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favourite-warship-name/511218/13 "2009-09-23T15:28:57Z")
[USS Wahoo](http://www.navy.mil/search/display.asp?story_id=26378) ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2009, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favourite-warship-name/511218/14 "2009-09-23T15:34:14Z")
> [@pravnik](#): > > [HMS Revenge](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Revenge_(1577)) Exactly the one I came in to mention. Since it’s mentioned I’ll mention the oddity of “Queen Anne’s Revenge”, Blackbeard’s flagship, which began as a British ship with one of the worst names for any warship: Concord (from Concordia, the goddess of peace). It would be like naming a ship the HMS Butterfly or SS Pug Puppies. ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2009, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favourite-warship-name/511218/15 "2009-09-23T15:36:50Z")
The nuclear attack submarine _USS City of Corpus Christi_. The Navy had to add “City of” because of protests that a warship should not be named “Body of Christ”. Since somebody has to say it: _HMS Surprize._ ---
**Author:** ![The\_Hamster\_King](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8edcca/32.png) [@The\_Hamster\_King](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Hamster_King)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2009, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favourite-warship-name/511218/16 "2009-09-23T15:45:41Z")
_HMS Dreadnought_ ---
**Author:** ![AK84](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/85e7bf/32.png) [@AK84](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AK84)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2009, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favourite-warship-name/511218/17 "2009-09-23T16:16:16Z")
HMS _Lion_. HMS _Formidable_. And of course, the _Ark Royal_ ---
**Author:** ![MostlyClueless](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ba9def/32.png) [@MostlyClueless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MostlyClueless)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2009, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favourite-warship-name/511218/18 "2009-09-23T16:23:19Z")
These are fictional spaceships, but I think there are some real gems here: [http://www.i-dig.info/culture/cultureshiplist.txt](http://www.i-dig.info/culture/cultureshiplist.txt) Examples: You Would If You Really Loved Me Hand Me The Gun And Ask Me Again We Haven’t Met But You’re A Great Fan Of Mine You May Not Be The Coolest Person Here ---
**Author:** ![Icerigger](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/icerigger/32/432_2.png) [@Icerigger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Icerigger)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2009, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favourite-warship-name/511218/19 "2009-09-23T17:00:13Z")
**HMS Iron Duke** > [@Banquet Bear](#): > > …the HMS Thunderchild Score: Royal Navy 1, Martians 0. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2009, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favourite-warship-name/511218/20 "2009-09-23T17:02:55Z")
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