Comments on: The Royal Navy On Guard http://bluecrabboulevard.com/2008/12/06/the-royal-navy-on-guard/ Summum nec metuas diem, nec optes - Marcus Valerius Martialis Thu, 19 Apr 2012 09:00:56 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 By: Brad Ackerman http://bluecrabboulevard.com/2008/12/06/the-royal-navy-on-guard/comment-page-1/#comment-79962 Brad Ackerman Mon, 08 Dec 2008 10:22:56 +0000 http://bluecrabboulevard.com/?p=11355#comment-79962 Er, technically, if that's the giant Rubber Ducky of Doom™ that I think it is, it's French. Er, technically, if that’s the giant Rubber Ducky of Doom™ that I think it is, it’s French.

]]> By: feeblemind http://bluecrabboulevard.com/2008/12/06/the-royal-navy-on-guard/comment-page-1/#comment-79932 feeblemind Sun, 07 Dec 2008 05:54:40 +0000 http://bluecrabboulevard.com/?p=11355#comment-79932 100 years ago, the UK's policy was to keep their fleet 10% larger than the next two largest fleets combined. One wonders how Jackie Fisher would react to the size of the Royal Navy today? 100 years ago, the UK’s policy was to keep their fleet 10% larger than the next two largest fleets combined. One wonders how Jackie Fisher would react to the size of the Royal Navy today?

]]> By: Gaius http://bluecrabboulevard.com/2008/12/06/the-royal-navy-on-guard/comment-page-1/#comment-79928 Gaius Sun, 07 Dec 2008 02:08:28 +0000 http://bluecrabboulevard.com/?p=11355#comment-79928 I'll have to upbraid Jane's <i>Fighting Ducks of the World</i>, then. That's where I got the pic. Honest. I’ll have to upbraid Jane’s Fighting Ducks of the World, then. That’s where I got the pic. Honest.

]]> By: Mwalimu Daudi http://bluecrabboulevard.com/2008/12/06/the-royal-navy-on-guard/comment-page-1/#comment-79927 Mwalimu Daudi Sun, 07 Dec 2008 01:54:44 +0000 http://bluecrabboulevard.com/?p=11355#comment-79927 You are wrong. The one in the picture is the RFA Tweety Bird, which replaced the now-decommissioned RFA Rubber-Ducky. The color is the key. While we are on the subject, the RFA Donald and the RFA Daffy have similar lines, although the Donald is white and the Daffy is black. You are wrong. The one in the picture is the RFA Tweety Bird, which replaced the now-decommissioned RFA Rubber-Ducky. The color is the key.

While we are on the subject, the RFA Donald and the RFA Daffy have similar lines, although the Donald is white and the Daffy is black.

]]> By: Anthony (Los Angeles) http://bluecrabboulevard.com/2008/12/06/the-royal-navy-on-guard/comment-page-1/#comment-79926 Anthony (Los Angeles) Sun, 07 Dec 2008 01:18:04 +0000 http://bluecrabboulevard.com/?p=11355#comment-79926 It's sad the state to which Whitehall has let the RN fall, but I would so love to see the looks on the pirates' faces when that duck came after them. It would quack me up. It’s sad the state to which Whitehall has let the RN fall, but I would so love to see the looks on the pirates’ faces when that duck came after them. It would quack me up.

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