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Name for Vickers Armstrong type 559

Started by chrisonord, January 12, 2020, 01:36:09 PM

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chrisonord

January 12, 2020, 01:36:09 PM
I  am struggling to think of a  name for said aircraft  and I am not far off finishing it.  It will be in 19 squadron markings RAF Germany  sometime in the sixties.  All the "good " names  are taken so any and all names are  welcome
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Chris
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The Rat

#1
January 12, 2020, 01:55:57 PM
No idea at the moment, but a brute like that certainly shouldn't be saddled with anything dainty.  ;D
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#2
January 12, 2020, 01:56:39 PM
Vickers Vandal?
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The Wooksta!

#3
January 12, 2020, 02:29:21 PM
Swiftsure
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chrisonord

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January 12, 2020, 02:34:38 PM
Quote from: The Wooksta! on January 12, 2020, 02:29:21 PM
Swiftsure
Never heard of that one  before  Leedoes it have provenance or is it an idea.
Chris
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Pee on it and walk away!!

Rheged

#5
January 12, 2020, 02:38:29 PM
Dunno about aviation  provenance, but it's a Royal Navy warship name of great renown and antiquity. There is also the Viking, Varangian, Vicious, Vulpine and Vortex.   Find the list of 1WW  V and W class destroyers for further ideas.
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January 12, 2020, 02:55:08 PM
Quote from: chrisonord on January 12, 2020, 02:34:38 PM
Quote from: The Wooksta! on January 12, 2020, 02:29:21 PM
Swiftsure
Never heard of that one  before  Leedoes it have provenance or is it an idea.
Chris

See above.  I'm using that name as a Federation ship in my Blake's 7 PGP and it'll be the name for my Ares class Star Trek ship.  Any and all of my Star Trek ships are going to have Royal Navy names - ANYTHING with US connotations is a no go.
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chrisonord

#7
January 12, 2020, 02:58:31 PM
Just  had a quick  Google of the name  and there were several  warships  built by Vickers Armstrong  that had the name  swiftsure. Sounds more than appropriate to me  :thumbsup:
Chris
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Pee on it and walk away!!

Weaver

#8
January 12, 2020, 03:11:04 PM
You've got a nice window of opportunity between the cruiser HMS Swiftsure being scrapped in 1960 and the submarine HMS Swiftsure being ordered in 1967.  :thumbsup:
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jcf

#9
January 12, 2020, 05:06:01 PM
Vickers Vanquish

kitbasher

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January 12, 2020, 10:51:08 PM
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Cobra

#11
January 12, 2020, 11:05:54 PM
how about Vulcanis? thought that might. Dan

PR19_Kit

#13
January 13, 2020, 01:26:32 AM
Quote from: Dizzyfugu on January 13, 2020, 12:46:15 AM

Voluptuous?  ;)


WHAT?!  :o

A more inappropriate name for a 559 would be difficult to imagine!
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chrisonord

#14
January 13, 2020, 02:23:23 AM
Vanquish is a good name too, I  like  that :thumbsup:
Chris
The dogs philosophy on life.
If you cant eat it hump it or fight it,
Pee on it and walk away!!
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