Ship Names
No less than eighteen consecutive ships of the British Royal Navy bore the name HMS Lion. Also various other navies used the name for their vessels, as did civil shipping companies.
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Famous quotes containing the words ship and/or names:
“... what a family is without a steward, a ship without a pilot, a flock without a shepherd, a body without a head, the same, I think, is a kingdom without the health and safety of a good monarch.”
—Elizabeth I (1533–1603)
“Tonight there are only the winter stars.
The sky is no longer a junk-shop,
Full of javelins and old fire-balls,
Triangles and the names of girls.”
—Wallace Stevens (1879–1955)