Ship Names
The ceremonies involved in naming and launching naval ships are based in traditions thousands of years old. The related ship's christening involves breaking a bottle of liquid, normally wine (and often champagne), over the bow.
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Famous quotes containing the words ship and/or names:
“Nitrates and phosphates for ammunition. The seeds of war. They’re loading a full cargo of death. And when that ship takes it home, the world will die a little more.”
—Earl Felton, and Richard Fleischer. Captain Nemo (James Mason)
“It is a sad truth, but we have lost the faculty of giving lovely names to things. Names are everything. I never quarrel with actions. My one quarrel is with words.... The man who could call a spade a spade should be compelled to use one. It is the only thing he is fit for.”
—Oscar Wilde (1854–1900)