This week , 1940 , Valiant Knights of the Skies

[Mad Doug Biker]

indeed... 50039?

 

[Mad Doug Biker]

For everone else, the fleet were:

D400/ 50050 - Fearless
50001 - Dreadnought
'002 Superb
'003 Temeraire
'4 St Vincent
'5 Collingwood
..... Neptune,
Hercules,
Thunderer,
Conquerer
Monarch (10),
Centurion,
Benbow
Warspite,
Agincourt,
Valiant ('15),
Barnham,
Royal Oak,
Resolution,
Ramilies,
Revenge ('20),
Rodney,
Anson,
Howe,
Vanguard,
Invincible ('25),
Indomitable,
Lion,
Tiger,
Renown,
Repulse (30),
Hood,
Courageous,
Glorious,
Furious,
Ark Royal (35),
Victorious,
Illustrious,
Formidable,
Implacable,
Leviathan (40),
Bulwark,
Triumph,
Eagle,
Exeter,
Achilles (45),
Ajax,
Swiftsure,
Dauntless

and.....

Defiance (49).

 

[Mad Doug Biker]

I also know about the first 35 of the 70 'Warship Class' diesel hydraulics. I need to memorise the rest, you never know what highly unlikely scenario might appear where knowing the names of over 100 Warships might be an advantage!!

 

[Mad Doug Biker]

D832

Onslaught, that is easy as it is one of the 2 preserved ones

 

[Mad Doug Biker]

We both appear to have totally mucked this thread up, haven't we?

 

[Tail End Charlie]

@User14044 , @Mad Doug Biker, I've just read a very good book by Sam Willis about the various early incarnations of the Temeraire and of course the painting, The Fighting Temeraire. There are two other books, The Admiral Benbow and The Glorious First of June which are also good, all in the age of sail though, so you may not be interested.

 

[Mad Doug Biker]

All these ships are interesting, yes, but Know them more in the form of these names than the actual boats and ships themselves.

Anyway, the first 32 of Class 42 'Warship' locos I know, and also a few of the class 43s (the number continued from D833) (bear in mind there are some repeats from earlier, and two aren't warship names):

D800 Sir Brian Robertson

D801 Vanguard
D802 Formidable

From D803 they were alphabetical, so...

D803 Albion
D804 Avenger
D805 Benbow
D806 Cambrian
D807 Caradoc
D808 Centaur
D809 Champion
D810 Cockade
D811 Daring
D812 Despatch (actually named 'The Royal Naval Reserve 1859 - 1859'.... I think)
D813 Diadem
D814 Dragon
D815 Druid
D816 Ecplise
D817 Foxtrot
D818 Glory
D819 Goliath
D820 Grenville
D821 Greyhound
D822 Hercules
D823 Hermese
D824 Highfligher
D825 Intrepid
D826 Jupiter
D827 Kelly
D828 Magnificent
D829 Magpie
D830 Majestic
D831 Monarch
D832 Onslaught
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D833 Panther
D834 Pathfinder
D835 Pegasus
D836 Powerful
D837 Ramilies
D838 Rapid

I need to memorise the rest, although I know things like D846 Steadfast and D870 Zulu.

Anyway, you get the jist!