I was keeping it simple and just using the US Aircraft Carriers. Of course I was wrong as the new one of the Gerald Ford Class will only be the third aircraft carrier not the fourth as I incorrectly stated.John Fairbairn, KCE wrote: ↑Mon Mar 26, 2018 3:42 amJust a small note here - The name Enterprise has been applied to a rather more lengthy list of US ships than just four (like 10 to 13, depending on how you count them ...). See:Chester Beedle wrote: ↑Thu Mar 08, 2018 9:59 pmIf we were to say the ship was lost in battle, lost to accident, or even completely decommissioned and the new ship is there to keep the name alive... think of the USS Enterprise, the one that recently had it's keel laid will be I think the 4th ship of the name ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_s ... Enterprise
for the US ones, and for links to the British ones.
And of course, there's that odd one ... the space shuttle ...
Chester Beedle, GS, QBM
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Bosun, HMS Truculent BC-593
Senior Master Chief Petty Officer
Bosun, HMS Truculent BC-593