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[–] 18 points 2 months ago (4 children)

If I were naming a ship, I would name it the HMS Completely Vulnerable.

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  • [–] 16 points 2 months ago* (1 child)

    UNSINKABLE!

    • Quote about ship that sank
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  • [–] 10 points 2 months 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

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  • [–] 7 points 2 months ago
    [–] 7 points 2 months ago

    Yeah, that’s not very typical. I’d like to make that point.

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  • [–] 7 points 2 months ago (1 child)

    If the ship is called Invincible

    then why can I see it?

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  • [–] 6 points 2 months ago (4 children)

    Most people (I bet), when they read the word Jutland:

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  • [–] 5 points 2 months ago (1 child)

    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 A ship named "fear nothing" who spent most of her career relegated to coastal defence because she was outdated and would've been an easy target.

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  • [–] 4 points 2 months 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.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 months ago

    Brutalizing this poor template.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 months ago

    HMS Invincible: gets sunk

    HMS Lame Dog: survives 18 torpedo strikes, 3 bombings, 2 fires, and an iceberg

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  • [–] 2 points 2 months ago (1 child)

    Next ship: Invincible 2

    Our enemies will tremble.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 months ago

    I'm kind of lost. Isn't this meme for causing your own demise and blaming others?

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  • 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.

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