Re: Perak Medal

In message <1183885842.26933.0@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Liz <pandora@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Forrest Anderson wrote:


Perhaps to the relief of sailors who wouldn't have to spell or
pronounce it any more! Which must have been a bit of a problem for the
crew of HMS Lacedaemonian in the early 19th century...

I have a vague recollection, can't cite a source, that the problem was
solved by her crew calling her Lucky Demon ...... <g>


A usual solution with ill-educated sailors and an Admiralty with a penchant
for classical names.

The most famous example is the Bellerophon, the ship that carried Napoleon
into exile, known throughout the Navy as the Billy Ruffian.

--
Graeme Wall

My genealogy website:
<http://www.greywall.demon.co.uk/genealogy/index.html>
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