Cool-you found another place hotspur was used-I’m not all that partial to HH’s exploits, but they do make good, rousing storytelling.
Ah heck, ma’am ... Tweren’t nuttin’ hard really. (Robt blushes, skuffs toe briefly ... Looks up discretely to see if the move was noticed.)
See, the Word of the Day has a long tradition of such Angelic (er, Englic) navel behaviors and honours on the historic shores of Lake Medina, going all the way back to the very first WOTD proclaiming the HMS Coquette.
Shoot even somebody as old (er, historic) as xsex can probably remember launching at least one Coquette! Ought to at least, there’s been six of them...
HMS Coquette
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Six ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Coquette. A seventh was ordered but never completed:
HMS Coquette was a 28-gun sixth rate captured from the French in 1783 and in service in 1785.
HMS Coquette was a 20-gun sixth rate launched in 1807 and sold in 1817.
HMS Coquette was to have been an 18-gun corvette. She was ordered in 1835 and cancelled in 1851.
HMS Coquette was a wooden screw gunvessel launched in 1855 and broken up in 1868.
HMS Coquette was a composite screw gunboat launched in 1871 and sold in 1889.
HMS Coquette was a D class destroyer launched in 1897 and sunk in 1916.
HMS Coquette was an Algerine class minesweeper launched in 1943 and scrapped in 1958.