Comments on: Scots-led MoD continues to favour Scottish naval shipyards at England’s expense

By: clyde

clyde — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 20:01:20 +0000

hms campbeltown…what a silly name,where did that name come from?

By: WessexMan

WessexMan — Sun, 05 Oct 2008 17:38:38 +0000

I dont know why you bother to keep Complaining re our site, about the things “English ” you just dont understand ! you just keep waving the tartan flag when ever you can, head clouded with flower of scotland, we heard it before , from know all scots.

By: Alba

Alba — Sun, 05 Oct 2008 14:03:04 +0000

Ummm – okay Wessex. As ever, I think your *remarkable* grip of the English language has left me, if not everyone who can actually read English, a little dazed and confused.

Anyway. Well said Dalriada. Veronica Newman is clearing a sandwich short of the complete picnic basket.

The Sea Wolf Cochrane? David Mitchell, pre-union? Charles John Napier? Admiral Keith Stewart? And what about other Admirals that served in the British Navy? Sir John Charles Dalrymple-Hay, David Milne and the like. Though my personal fav would be Samuel Greig, good son of Russia.

In any case, I’m only really a fan of Scottish shipyards creating Scottish ships, with which we can sail in our own vast waters – and not military either! Let Devonport keep her ships! We support you Ms. Newman! Go on sons of Dyfneint! ;O)

http://users.senet.com.au/~dewnans/

By: WessexMan

WessexMan — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 19:57:23 +0000

You’ve been along time hiding ! i see no boats ,Ships laden with trade Bristol bound ,Centuries of trade with the Foreigners, but No freebies for the Haggis bashers !

By: Dalriada

Dalriada — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 18:53:32 +0000

“.. historically it has been the English navy over centuries which has defended these islands and English sailors who have been among the greatest naval explorers and sea captains in world history. England had a navy under Alfred the Great when Scotland was still just a country of scattered clans.”

Just what was Alfred defending in between baking? Atlantis perhaps, as far as I can detect the only island England would be defending apart from the land mass of England, would be the Isle of Wight and that’s so close to the mainland you could probably throw rocks at any rowdy foreigners.

As regards the comment about a collection of scattered clans in Scotland, I am afraid England was in much the same state during this period, comprising of small “Kingdoms” many foreign owned. Alfred was King of Wessex, who did indeed expand his realm by excellent organization and tactics when fighting “Johnie Foreigner” in Mercia and then later in his reign, into Southern England and the Isle of Wight where of course he would need a boat.

I am surprised that to date our contributor “Wessexman”, has not already clarified this from a Wessex historical perspective on their greatest King.