This set of updates covers my diversion to Portsmouth and the return to London.
Nelrods were weird yo:
And HMS Warrior is such a pretty ship:
13 Saturday Jan 2018
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inThis set of updates covers my diversion to Portsmouth and the return to London.
Nelrods were weird yo:
And HMS Warrior is such a pretty ship:
DerekL said:
Nelson and Rodney – the Cherry Tree class.
John Samuel said:
Cherry Tree?
DerekL said:
That’s an old joke, contemporary with the ships themselves… They were known as the Cherry Tree Class because they were “cut down by Washington” (limited in size by the Washington Naval Treaty).
It comes from a tale told about George Washington:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Washington#Cherry_tree
John Samuel said:
Ah, that makes sense, thanks. So the comment could also be applied to the Nagatos and (IIRC) the Colorados?
DerekL said:
It could be, but to the best of my knowledge it never was.