> Enterprise has been used simultaneously by the USN and the RN several
> times. There were Swiftsures on both sides at Trafalgar (the habit
> of 18th century navies of taking prizes into service under their
> own names meant that this wasn't uncommon at one stage, though the
> traffic had become mainly one-way by the beginning of the 19th century).
> I'm pretty sure that the USN and the RN were both operating a Macedonian
> in the 1820s (the US example being an ex-British prize), but I don't
> know off-hand whether the USN had a Chesapeke or a President then.
> Ajax, Achilles, Hector or any of that mob could turn up in almost
> anyone's navy, and I'd be very suprised if there weren't multiple
> examples around simultaneously from time to time.

> Hood, honouring that prolific line which has provided so many
> senior officers down the years, would be a name unlikely to
> occur in any other navy than the RN (and perhaps not so likely
> there now, either..)

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>> Its entirely consistent that there'd be a USS Tirpitz and USS Yamato
>> in such a force, though hopefully not a USS Fidel Castro

>Why not? Somebody has to supply the federation leaders with cigars...

>of course, the USS Fidel Castro always flies in formation with the
>USS Clinton and the USS Lewinsky :-)

> >Does anyone else use Endeavour for a naval ship (NZ's tanker, often in SE
> >Asia and Indian Ocean operations) at the moment?

> There's an abundance of Endeavours floating about:

> Singapore (an LPD), Canada (a research ship), Barbados (an 11 t patrol
> boat), the Dominican Republic (a floating dock, spelled Endeavor) and
> New Zealand (the tanker).

> Regards,

> Brad.

> "Neill McKay" <neill.mc...@not.my.address> wrote in message
> news:pan.2002.11.30.00.15.53.213291.4203@not.my.address...
> > "Bradley Perrett" <bradley_perrettDEL...@hotmail.com> wrote:

<SNIP>
> > There used to be a common battle honours system among some of the
> > Commonwealth navies, in which ships retained the battle honours of their
> > predecessors even across navies.  I believe it was a part of this system
> > that there could only be one ship with a particular name (accumulating
> > battle honours in that name) at a time.  Canada (in what appears to me as
> an act
> > of mean-spirited "let's try to be a more Canadian navy and throw away
> > another piece of our history because it looks too British" sentiment)
> > withdrew from this system a few years ago.  Perhaps Australia has done the
> > same?

> Well they kind of had to, I wouldn't suggest taking 'River Plate' off
> Achilles when she became HMNZS would have been good for the health of any
> Sea Lords that subsequently came in six inch range!

> > Well they kind of had to, I wouldn't suggest taking 'River Plate' off
> > Achilles when she became HMNZS would have been good for the health of
any
> > Sea Lords that subsequently came in six inch range!

> Achilles WAS HMNZS for the River Plate

> see... http://members.tripod.com/~colemangr/River_Plate.htm

> also http://www.navy.mil.nz/ops/ship.cfm?ship_ID=24

> says HMNZS Achilles was  "HMNZS ACHILLES C70

>                     The most famous of our warships, the
>                     Leander-class light cruiser ACHILLES
>                     served in the New Zealand Naval Forces from
>                     1937 to 1946"

> Named after one of Charles II mistresses. I can not remember which
>one had that nickname.