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HMS Shoreham







Everest

Me
Jul 5, 2003
20,741
Southwick
Meant to be docking 4pm approx
 


Thunder Bolt

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Shropshire Seagull

Well-known member
Nov 5, 2004
8,477
Telford
What is the difference between a "boat" and a "ship" ?

I was made very aware many years ago by a Canadian pilot when I wrongly called his "aircraft" a "plane"
"Sir: A plane is a carpenter's tool !"
 




Thunder Bolt

Ordinary Supporter
What is the difference between a "boat" and a "ship" ?

I was made very aware many years ago by a Canadian pilot when I wrongly called his "aircraft" a "plane"
"Sir: A plane is a carpenter's tool !"

Generally speaking, it's size, but the Navy only refers to subs as boats. Everything else has it's own name, like destroyer, frigate, dinghy, yacht, motor launch etc.
 


TheJasperCo

Well-known member
Jan 20, 2012
4,590
Exeter
Generally speaking, it's size, but the Navy only refers to subs as boats. Everything else has it's own name, like destroyer, frigate, dinghy, yacht, motor launch etc.

That's interesting, because it means that the newly-built Antarctic research vessel shouldn't have been called Boaty McBoatface in the first place. And I thought giving that name to its sister submersible instead was incorrect...guess you learn something new every day.
 










skipper734

Registered ruffian
Aug 9, 2008
9,189
Curdridge
A submarine is a Boat. In other worlds a boat fits on a ship, a ship won't fit on a boat.
 




Icy Gull

Back on the rollercoaster
Jul 5, 2003
72,015
Looks like it's ripe for joining the other old naval houseboats in Shoreham :smile:
 


Titanic

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Jul 5, 2003
39,025
West Sussex
That's interesting, because it means that the newly-built Antarctic research vessel shouldn't have been called Boaty McBoatface in the first place. And I thought giving that name to its sister submersible instead was incorrect...guess you learn something new every day.

Shippy McShipface?
 







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