# Name that fictional ship! **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [May 5, 2007, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-fictional-ship/402914 "2007-05-05T19:33:19Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 11
**Author:** ![Zambini57](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/4491bb/32.png) [@Zambini57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zambini57)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2007, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-fictional-ship/402914/201 "2007-05-09T16:48:47Z")
[QUOTE=Robot Arm] _Miles Cowperthwaite_ [/QUOTE] A manly response. My next submission is the “Z9M9Z”. ---
**Author:** ![Rick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/9f8e36/32.png) [@Rick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2007, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-fictional-ship/402914/202 "2007-05-09T17:34:52Z")
[QUOTE=silenus] Nobody’s gotten one on mine yet: **Vrolijkheid** Yet someone got the **Sea Tiger**. Go figure. Oh, and kiss my foot, Frank. (That’s a clue, not a commentary about a Mod.) 😃 [/QUOTE] Sea Tiger (Hint?) Think, think, think Cary Grant +WWII movies [Father Goose](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0058092/trivia) ---
**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:** [May 9, 2007, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-fictional-ship/402914/203 "2007-05-09T17:36:15Z")
Bingo! Home port: Panang, of all places. ---
**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2007, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-fictional-ship/402914/204 "2007-05-09T18:00:07Z")
Nobody’s gotten my \*\*Bright Beauty \*\* yet. As a hint, here are two other ships from the same source: **Captain’s Fancy** **The Trumpet** ---
**Author:** ![Cub\_Mistress](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ea666f/32.png) [@Cub\_Mistress](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cub_Mistress)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2007, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-fictional-ship/402914/205 "2007-05-09T18:06:37Z")
Try this one: **We’re Here** ---
**Author:** ![Labtrash](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/labtrash/32/528_2.png) [@Labtrash](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Labtrash)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2007, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-fictional-ship/402914/206 "2007-05-09T19:13:04Z")
[QUOTE=Alessan] Nobody’s gotten my \*\*Bright Beauty \*\* yet. As a hint, here are two other ships from the same source: **Captain’s Fancy** **The Trumpet** [/QUOTE] All 3 are from the Gap series by Stephen R. Donaldson ---
**Author:** ![Labtrash](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/labtrash/32/528_2.png) [@Labtrash](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Labtrash)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2007, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-fictional-ship/402914/207 "2007-05-09T19:16:54Z")
[QUOTE=Cub Mistress] Try this one: **We’re Here** [/QUOTE] _Captains Courageous_ ---
**Author:** ![Der\_Trihs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/der_trihs/32/233_2.png) [@Der\_Trihs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Der_Trihs)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2007, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-fictional-ship/402914/208 "2007-05-09T19:59:54Z")
[QUOTE=Elendil’s Heir] _Surak_ [/QUOTE] Star Trek. ---
**Author:** ![dotchan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9d8465/32.png) [@dotchan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dotchan)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2007, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-fictional-ship/402914/209 "2007-05-09T22:05:05Z")
I can’t believe nobody’s put a mention for the _Nebuchadnezzar_ (or would that be _The Nebuchadnezzar_?) ---
**Author:** ![Der\_Trihs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/der_trihs/32/233_2.png) [@Der\_Trihs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Der_Trihs)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2007, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-fictional-ship/402914/210 "2007-05-09T22:36:47Z")
[QUOTE=dotchan] I can’t believe nobody’s put a mention for the _Nebuchadnezzar_ (or would that be _The Nebuchadnezzar_?) [/QUOTE] Somebody did a few pages back. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2007, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-fictional-ship/402914/211 "2007-05-10T15:16:30Z")
[QUOTE=Der Trihs] [Surak]… Star Trek. [/QUOTE] Yes, but a little more specificity, if you please. In what episode or movie was a ship of that name shown? ---
**Author:** ![Tuckerfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@Tuckerfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tuckerfan)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2007, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-fictional-ship/402914/212 "2007-05-10T15:34:47Z")
These haven’t been ID’d yet: HMS Habbakuk Anastasia Pathfinder Dauntless Velan I’ll throw out a few hints: _Dauntless_ and _Velan_ have the same source as **Zambini57** ’s latest ship mention. _Pathfinder_ source has been mentioned in the thread **but** not linked to the ship. _Anastasia_ is one Brit Dopers of a certain age should know very well, and _Habbakuk_ has a connection to Winston Churchill’s bathtub, of all things. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2007, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-fictional-ship/402914/213 "2007-05-10T15:43:22Z")
_Dauntless_ and _Valen_ (I believe that’s the correct spelling) are both from B5, right? ---
**Author:** ![Tuckerfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@Tuckerfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tuckerfan)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2007, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-fictional-ship/402914/214 "2007-05-10T16:21:16Z")
[QUOTE=Elendil’s Heir] _Dauntless_ and _Valen_ (I believe that’s the correct spelling) are both from B5, right? [/QUOTE] Nope. And it is **Velan**. ---
**Author:** ![Scuba\_Ben](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/278dde/32.png) [@Scuba\_Ben](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scuba_Ben)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2007, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-fictional-ship/402914/215 "2007-05-10T16:23:14Z")
[QUOTE=Tuckerfan] Dauntless Velan. [/QUOTE] It would be appropriate if **Qadgop the Mercotan** ID’d these ships. ---
**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:** [May 10, 2007, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-fictional-ship/402914/216 "2007-05-10T16:23:47Z")
**HMS Habbakuk** - Wasn’t that the “aircraft carrier made of ice” that the Brits were batting around during WW2? ---
**Author:** ![Tuckerfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@Tuckerfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tuckerfan)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2007, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-fictional-ship/402914/217 "2007-05-10T18:03:01Z")
[QUOTE=silenus] **HMS Habbakuk** - Wasn’t that the “aircraft carrier made of ice” that the Brits were batting around during WW2? [/QUOTE] Ayup. ---
**Author:** ![Cervaise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cervaise/32/16693_2.png) [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2007, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-fictional-ship/402914/218 "2007-05-10T18:03:24Z")
[QUOTE=Fish] **silenus** is really good at this, bro [/QUOTE] And so he is. (Congrats on a very successful thread, BTW.) ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2007, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-fictional-ship/402914/219 "2007-05-10T18:51:19Z")
[QUOTE=Tuckerfan] Nope. And it is **Velan**. [/QUOTE] Wikipedia says otherwise: [Valen - Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valen) ---
**Author:** ![Tuckerfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@Tuckerfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tuckerfan)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2007, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-fictional-ship/402914/220 "2007-05-10T19:13:56Z")
[QUOTE=Elendil’s Heir] Wikipedia says otherwise: [Valen - Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valen) [/QUOTE] That’s great but the source for this ship is\*\* not\*\* _B5_. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-fictional-ship/402914.md?page=10) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-fictional-ship/402914.md?page=12)