https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Cockchafer
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The Royal Navy had a bunch of ships called HMS Cockchafer 
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Other bizarre Bong ship names:
HMS Spanker
HMS Black Joke
HMS Terrible
HMS Monkey
HMS Empire Ken
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Don't forget the entire Flower-class of corvettes.
Imagine getting sunk by HMS Periwinkle or HMS Buttercup.....
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Honestly I'd prefer it to being sank by the U-96 or the U-99.
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Blaze it, cute twink. 🤟
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_submarine_U-69_(1940)
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it was a pretty good joke on the blacks now that you think of it
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It was captured and used by West African Squadron to hunt down slavers, sentencing them as pirates
and freeing the slaves.
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imagine trying to tell people with a straight face that you served on HMS Spanker
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"Grandad, I want you to know that I have such deep respect and admiration for you after all the sacrifices you made for freedom and peace... aboard HMS Spanker."
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Spanker? I hardly sailed her!
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They were going to name one of the Flower-class corvettes HMS Pansy but fortunately somebody talked them out of it before it was commissioned.
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I expected this would be one where they captured a French ship, used it for many years, and then named more ships after it. Like Temeraire or Belliqueux. (WTF does that even mean?) Turns out I was wrong. Then I remember the word had a different meaning in English too back then. Hence "Ivan the Terrible" actually being a compliment.
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At a guess, I'd say Belliqueux is the root word of 'belligerent'.
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Who or what is Ken?
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