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From: jb7m+@andrew.cmu.edu (Jon C. R. Bennett)
Newsgroups: sci.military
Subject: Re: US Navy Question
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Date: 12 Apr 91 18:21:09 GMT
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From: "Jon C. R. Bennett" <jb7m+@andrew.cmu.edu>


>from LT Scott A. Norton, USN  <norton@NOSC.MIL>
> I know that the (British) Royal Navy
> names their naval stations like their ships.  Once, as
> a LtJG on the USS Harry E Yarnell, I was told to watch for honors from
> HMS Dolphin as the ship pulled into Portsmouth.  I thought
> I was looking for a ship, but I fortunately saw the sign that said
> "Her Majesty's Station Dolphin." 

another interesting ship is the H.M.S. Diamond Rock which is a fort built
into small island off the south coast of Martinque, which once withstood a
siege by French ships till its water cistern cracked, it seems that even
on land the Brits have trouble finding fresh water :-)

jon