HMS Duncan launched today!

[Wensleydale]

Could be a misprint for HMS Dunking?

[bobward]

What's in a name?

How long before she's known as "Daring Duncan" do you think?

[cornish-stormrider]

or duncan darling??

[Torque Tonight]

[doubledolphins]

Just a little aside for you light blue people. It is a tradition of the Senior Service that on certain ceremonial occaisions The Ship's company will be refered to as "Duncans" the CO as Duncan. A couple of years back two boats held ceremonial divisions on consecutive days, to make life easy for the CT Staff and band. Parade number one , HMS Torbay went with out a hitch. The Parade being called smartly attention at the cry of "Torbay Approaching." The following parade briefly disolved into farce as the CO of HMS Talent arrived on the Saluting Base.

[D O Guerrero]

Sometimes its better to just let everyone think you're an idiot than open your mouth and remove all doubt.

[Dan Gerous]

Maybe its named after Peter Duncan, the former Blue Peter presenter, who did a series called Duncan Dares?

[grandfer]

I reckon the next ship in line will be HMS Delboy , why not , seeing there was an HMS Rodney .

[seanbean]

It's the thin end of the wedge. HMS: Wayne, Kevin, Kylie, Chardonnay etc. Take your pick...

[Mechta]

HMS Dunny Can

cos the Navy's in the Sh*t perhaps?

[Jim Dean]

As I recall HMS Beaver's lynx was called "Fanny" and I think they painted it on the nose at one stage. Good for a visit to the states!

[aviate1138]

Might have been HMS Dogger [which has a new connotation these days it seems!]

[BEagle]

Not so sure that I would have wanted to serve on H.M.S. Gay Cavalier, Gay Archer or the other "GAY" class patrol boats of the fifties.

I'm not so sure about that. There's a good photo of a flotilla (or whatever the collective noun is) of 'Gay' boats here: BMPT Forum: Early Day’s of HMS Gay Archer and it looked to have been epic fun belting about in those little war canoes back then!

[tyne]

A previous Daring class ship was known as HMS DECOY.

And what about the USN Amphip USS PONCE? I imagine many a fight when she tied up at ports around the world.

Imagine a dunken yank sailor getting into a Guz taxi and saying "Take me to the Ponce."

Millbay Road anyone?

[doubledolphins]

An other was called Dervish. What chance of that today?

[Pontius Navigator]

Originally Posted by BEagle

I'm not so sure about that. There's a good photo of a flotilla (or whatever the collective noun is) of 'Gay' boats here: BMPT Forum: Early Day’s of HMS Gay Archer and it looked to have been epic fun belting about in those little war canoes back then!

When the RN got rid of the MTBs several of the officers switched to the RAF Marine Branch. One, ex Brave Borderer, IIRC, had a wonderful name which was probably why he was in MTBs in the first place - Moriarty!

Given that they were used as fast training boats into the 70s trying to slip in to a surface force you can hear them now, "Where are you M.........?"

[GOLF_BRAVO_ZULU]

tyne. It was Pompey; '79 if I remember rightly, Commercial Road.