Actually, the final score was Royal Navy 1, Martians 1. The second tripod “melted Thunderchild’s valiant heart.”
Well, at least Thunderchild did better than The Flying Wing.
First favorite: The USS Constitution aka “Old Ironsides”.
Second favorite: The USS Nimitz aircraft carrier because that’s what I nicknamed my old Ford Country Squire station wagon.
I’ve always been partial to the USS Scabbardfish
Royal navy 2 (first by guns, second by ramming), Martians 1 (heat ray) 
Royal Army - 1, Royal Navy - 1, Martians - more than you can count.
Honestly, has anybody bothered to listen to WOTW lately? Artillery got the first Martian, and were wiped out by the rest. Thunderchild got one of the tripods securing the harbor by ramming, and was cut down by the other two. That was it for our side.
“Earth belonged to the Martians.” Ulla! Ulla!
And microbes trump all.
Given that I am currently struggling with the flu, all I can say is “No kidding!”
We now return you to your regularly scheduled thread.
The Tyrannicide.
Another favorite and one of the most beautiful, HMS (did they use that then?)
Sovereign of the Seas
HMS Tireless put in for a port visit at the U.S. Navy submarine base in Groton, CT a few years ago.
We invited their wardroom over once to our sub, and they returned the favor. (They were better hosts, as they served beer. Unfortunately, U.S. ships are dry.)
Anyway, as we stood around talking, one of our junior officers remarked, “So…no tires on this boat, huh?” 
Then there was the other junior officer who kept referring to the visiting sub as the Tiresome. 
[nitpick]There is no “Royal Army”[/nitpick] - and as for listening, good as the album is, only the book is canon. Army 1, Royal Navy 2.
Thunderchild did destroy 2 tripods. Don’t want to quote the whole chapter, but it steamed towards 3 tripods, as soon as they fired at it with the heat ray, it fired its guns and destroyed one tripod. The other 2 then both hit it with heat rays, at which point it exploded, but the wreckage rammed and destroyed a second tripod.
And you should know there’s no such thing as the Royal Army. It was probably the Royal East Anglian Medium Artillery or something that got the first hard kill.
Lacking my copy here at school, I bow to the better read. I can’t access the e-version from school, either.
And yes, I know there’s no “Royal Army.” :smack:
They weren’t messing around when naming:
HMS Terror
HMS Devastation
HMS Revenge
HMS Implacable
Ambiguous:
HMS Terrible
HMS Furious
HMCS Chilliwack
Not so hot:
HMS Buttercup
HMS Candytuft
HMS Cowslip
HMS Dahlia
HMS Honeysuckle
HMS Marigold
HMS Periwinkle
HMS Petunia
HMS Pink
HMS Poppy
HMS Primrose
HMS Snowflake
HMS Tulip
Real:
USS Enterprise
Fictional:
Righteous Indignation
Not menacing, but I love it: USS Cowpens.
God loves children, fools, & ships named Enterprise.
He also, apparently, love bunnies.
There was not one, but two USS Sappho. Must have resulted in some awkward shore leave incidents
“Our ship is named after an ancient Greek lesbian poet. Um, and she was a really mean bull dyke, so don’t get any ideas.”
The Bismark.