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To: SandRat
Is that to be the class or the name? If it’s to be the name, that alone will make it target #1 for any enemy of the Crown to attack and sink.

It's both.

And she's not the first.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Queen_Elizabeth-class_battleship

Interestingly, the WWII Queen Elizabeth spent a couple of years sitting on the bottom of Alexandria Harbor. She and her sister ship, the Valiant, were both sunk at dockside by Italian frogmen.

But, since the harbor bottom was only a couple of feet below her keel, her condition wasn't readily apparent. The British set about repairing the two ships where they lay...and the Italians never realized the attack had been successful.

15 posted on 02/09/2013 5:00:46 PM PST by okie01 (The Mainstream Media: IGNORANCE ON PARADE)
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To: okie01

That is an interesting tidbit


20 posted on 02/09/2013 5:12:32 PM PST by GeronL (http://asspos.blogspot.com)
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