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icebraining
on April 22, 2016
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Boaty McBoatface and the False Promise of Democrac...
Yeah, serious new Royal Navy boats need serious names, like its predecessors HMS Speedy, HMS Child's Play, HMS Happy Entrance, HMS Arrogant (later renamed HMS Insolent)...
vidarh
on April 22, 2016
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Makes me wonder if any of these were part of the inspiration for Iain M. Banks ship names.
icebraining
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Very probably, as his father was an officer in the Royal Navy, and he grew up near the naval dockyards :)
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