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I believe Peter Scott did come up with the naming convention once the Admiralty decided the SGBs were large enough to warrant names. He also invented the Western Approaches camouflage scheme, based...

The CO of HMS Grey Goose was the naturalist Sir Peter Scott who founded the Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust here in Gloucestershire (about 2 miles from where I am now).

I wonder how an ale is inspired by an angler fish? :happy: :beer:

Yeah, that's a KGV not a QE.

Brewers, great at doing beer, not so good on warship ID :happy:

Shame about the spelling mistake (unless they really did mean shinny, although thats not a manoeuvre I'd expect a light cruiser to be particularly good at)

My favourite nautical tipple - G&T on the bridge wings at sundown :thumbsup: