More than 100 aviation capable ships....
glad rag,
It's a sad note that at the end of WW2 the RN had more than 100 aviation capable ships - fixed wing capable, as the helicopter hadn't entered service.
It's not surprising that we began to run out of names when you think that if there were 100 aviation capable ships there may have been five times that in FF/DD and transports/auxilliaries.
You're right though, I'm sure they could have thought of something more war like. We even called one of our aircraft the Turbot! What were they thinking? Hardly likely to strike fear into the enemy.
I seem to remember there being a story in the press saying that RN sailors had expressed disgust that one of the class was to be called HMS Duncan. Sound particularly fearsome.......?