Pew Pew Pew!

[scooter]

Really?  USS Ponce?

Named, like most Landing Ships, Dock, after a city- in this case Ponce (Pon-say), PR.

To paraphrase Tom Clancy (from Red Storm Rising, at least we don't name ships after our Mothers in law

[PR19_Kit]

Really?  USS Ponce?

Named, like most Landing Ships, Dock, after a city- in this case Ponce (Pon-say), PR.

To paraphrase Tom Clancy (from Red Storm Rising, at least we don't name ships after our Mothers in law

We don't? How about 'Belinda' from 'Away All Boats'? 

[zenrat]

HMAS Patricia has a ring to it...

[Hobbes]

Really?  USS Ponce?

Named, like most Landing Ships, Dock, after a city- in this case Ponce (Pon-say), PR.

To paraphrase Tom Clancy (from Red Storm Rising, at least we don't name ships after our Mothers in law

Ah yes, HMS Battleaxe 

[Martin H]

I always felt sorry for those posted to the Flower class corvette HMS Pansy. They would need to be as hard as nails to prevent any ribbing in the bar.

[Nick]

Never mind HMS Pansy, what about the RN's Gay-class patrol boats? 

Gay Bruiser, Gay Charger, Gay Cavalier... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gay-class_fast_patrol_boat   

Gay Archer featured in the IPMS magazine a couple of years ago, had been crewed by a Conservative minister IIRC.

[JayBee]

Off Topic

Ok how many thought "Barny. McGrew, Cuthbert, Dibble, Grub" when they started to read the title of this thread ? 

Not me.
Being a good, clean living , Scottish Presbyterian I thought of a Church meeting! 

[Weaver]

Really?  USS Ponce?

Named, like most Landing Ships, Dock, after a city- in this case Ponce (Pon-say), PR.

Can anyone else hear Hyacinth Bucket from Keeping Up Appearances saying "it's pronounced 'boo-kay!' at this point?  

Never mind HMS Pansy, what about the RN's Gay-class patrol boats? 

Gay Bruiser, Gay Charger, Gay Cavalier... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gay-class_fast_patrol_boat   

Funny in retrospect, but of course, they pre-dated the change in the popular usage of the word 'gay'.

[scooter]

Really?  USS Ponce?

Named, like most Landing Ships, Dock, after a city- in this case Ponce (Pon-say), PR.

Can anyone else hear Hyacinth Bucket from Keeping Up Appearances saying "it's pronounced 'boo-kay!' at this point?  

Guilty as charged.