# Naming of RN Warships?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/naming-of-rn-warships/443860>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [April 3, 2008, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/naming-of-rn-warships/443860 "2008-04-03T23:44:27Z")\
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**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:** [April 7, 2008, 4:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/naming-of-rn-warships/443860/61 "2008-04-07T04:36:07Z")

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[QUOTE=Ranchoth]  
…It wouldn’t even be the first US Navy vessel to be named… after a… a foreign [head of government.](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Sam_Houston_(SSBN-609))…  
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Indeed not; here’s my favorite example: [USS Winston S. Churchill - Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Winston_Churchill)

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