See, the United States named our battleships after things like North Carolina and New Jersey, and they’re currently on display in North Carolina and New Jersey.
“Sir HMS Invincible has exploded.”
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captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works 2 weeks ago
jellyfishhunter@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Next ship: Invincible 2
Our enemies will tremble.
TrippaSnippa@aussie.zone 2 weeks ago
One of my favourite ship names to use in FTL
aeronmelon@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
HMS Invincible: gets sunk
HMS Lame Dog: survives 18 torpedo strikes, 3 bombings, 2 fires, and an iceberg
hakase@lemmy.zip 2 weeks ago
Brutalizing this poor template.
robottoaster@mander.xyz@mander.xyz 2 weeks ago See also the HMS Dreadnaught. A ship named “fear nothing” who spent most of her career relegated to coastal defence because she was outdated and would’ve been an easy target.
kalpol@lemmy.ca 2 weeks ago
Dreadnought’s one score was ramming and sinking a U-boat. It gets more interesting because that U-boat was commanded by Otto Weddingen, who had previously commanded a really obsolete old U-boat named “U-9” when she sank three armored cruisers in one attack while submerged, a feat that shocked everyone into realizing the actual threat posed by submarines.
NaibofTabr@infosec.pub 2 weeks ago
danekrae@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Nangijala@feddit.dk 2 weeks ago
BandanaBug@piefed.social 2 weeks ago
Jutland wastes?
Rothe@piefed.social 2 weeks ago
It is pretty impressive that they apparently managed to get the ship moved into Jutland.
Zwiebel@feddit.org 2 weeks ago
Jut means good in my local dialect so I think it’s a good place
nialv7@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
guess i’ll just name my ship vincible then. saves me the embarrassment if it explodes. and if it doesn’t, hey, i’m not complaining. win-win
SenatorCollins@aussie.zone 2 weeks ago Yeah, that’s not very typical. I’d like to make that point.
hperrin@lemmy.ca 2 weeks ago
If I were naming a ship, I would name it the HMS Completely Vulnerable.
NaibofTabr@infosec.pub 2 weeks ago
HMS Target Practice
HMS Leaky Bucket
HMS Smoke on the Water
hperrin@lemmy.ca 2 weeks ago
These ships will be around forever.
hperrin@lemmy.ca 2 weeks ago
The SS Ready to Blow.
chais@sh.itjust.works@sh.itjust.works 2 weeks ago Thar she blows up?
DonGirses@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
If the ship is called Invincible
then why can I see it?
SavinDWhales@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Because it’s not called invisible. That’s hard to spot.
Skullgrid@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago UNSINKABLE!
- Quote about ship that sank
Kenny2999@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
- Song about how your heart will go on.
k0e3@lemmy.ca 2 weeks ago
I’m kind of lost. Isn’t this meme for causing your own demise and blaming others?