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Sid James Park
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Why have the Royal Navy not named a ship after this city in modern times ? Adopted name/ ships does not count.
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ighty seven
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Traitorous Mackem scum iirc there.
No hms Portsmouth either...
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Sid James Park
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Hms Sheffield Liverpool Nottingham Cardiff Glasgow etc
pillars of hercules
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Because it's the name of a flying boat man.
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Sid James Park
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Abu Dhabi Red and White
Striker
I blame @Big Duke Six...
Big success that was.. Ho ho ho
Teed
Striker
He nars nowt about boats man.
Paddy O'Dors
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Was a massive asset in the battle of the Atlantic during WWII.
E M P I R E
Central Defender
It was a Sunderland flying boat that spotted U-559 which led to her ultimate capture along with the Enigma machine and codebooks onboard. So basically, Sunderland won the war.
But there have been HMS Southampton's...
pillars of hercules
Striker
That and producing a quarter of the worlds merchant shipping aye 
Paddy O'Dors
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There's been 13 HMS Portsmouth's down the years.
pillars of hercules
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But nee HMS Mackem?
CollingwoodFTM
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All at the bottom of the briney deep?
