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Topic: Origins of "Renegade" and "Rutledge"
The Mighty Monkey of Mim
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posted July 12, 2002 08:44 PM
Where do these names (as ships) originate? Famous Royal/U.S. Navy ships?
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Shik
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posted July 12, 2002 11:54 PM
John & Edward Rutledge were American patriots & public officials during the Revolutionary War era. -------------------- "The French have a saying: 'mise en place'—keep everything in its fucking place!"
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Wraith
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posted July 13, 2002 03:52 AM
So probably not an RN ship then... There isn't a Renegade in Jane's and I don't recall hearing the name. Probably was one in WWII; sounds more RN than USN. -------------------- "I am an almost extinct breed, an old-fashioned gentleman, which means I can be a cast-iron son-of-a-bitch when it suits me." --Jubal Harshaw
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Veers
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posted July 13, 2002 07:51 AM
Or they just said: "Hey, Mike, we can't think of a cool name for this ship." "How about 'Renegade?'" "Yeah! That's a good one!" -------------------- Meh
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Wraith
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posted July 13, 2002 02:01 PM
On no, reality!!!!! -------------------- "I am an almost extinct breed, an old-fashioned gentleman, which means I can be a cast-iron son-of-a-bitch when it suits me." --Jubal Harshaw
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The Mighty Monkey of Mim
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posted July 13, 2002 03:23 PM
I agree that Renegade sounds more British as far as a ship name goes. SO, there havn't been any famous fighting ships named Rutledge? Why does it sound so familiar? What about "Republic"?
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Shik
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posted July 13, 2002 04:11 PM
Named after Plato's book, I'd imagine.Rutledge always maked me think of Rutland, which is in south central Vermont. -------------------- "The French have a saying: 'mise en place'—keep everything in its fucking place!"
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