If true, then the renaming proposal for PoW to ARK, would no doubt be welcomed by many....and I'm surprised that said "senior naval officer" could not recall that the outgoing Ark was a rename too. If my memory serves me right, she too was renamed after the public outcry post the demise of The Ark post "Sailor" in 1978....indeed I think she was originally to be called Indominatable..(sp?)
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