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Re: Naming Ships

Subject: Re: Naming Ships
From: Bill Arden (ARDENW714@XXX.XXX)
Date: Thu Jan 23 2003 - 22:22:18 EST

There's a letter to the editor in the Jan/Feb Ocean Navigator magazine (p.
37) by a gentleman named Alex Abbott on this subject. He agrees with you -
the only time "the" is used is when there's a modifying word or phrase before
the name (e.g., "the schooner Bluenose," but otherwise simply "Bluenose").

So there's another vote.

Regards,
Bill Arden

In a message dated 1/23/2003 9:03:24 PM Central Standard Time,
enoid@XXX.XXX writes:

>
> I would like to throw out a question for the nautical minded masters out
> there.
>
> I am having a "discussion" regarding the naming convention for ships. I
> contend that a ship's name is never preceded by "the". In otherwords, Nova
> Scotia's famous schooner "Bluenose" would not be referred to as "the
> Bluenose" but simply "Bluenose"
>
> Comments anyone?
>
> Robert Eno
>



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