April 1942 Alternate Indian Ocean
- Thread starter Zheng He
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Riiiight... And @lgkmas works SO well as a ship name, especially a Japanese one. Four consonants in a row? In Japanese?
Maybe it’s abbreviated. LG in Korean sounds like “lucky”. So LGKMAS “lucky Korean manufacturing and shipping” maru
A pretty impressive feat for those long range drop tanks on the Albacores, to reach the Pacific starting from west of the Andaman Islands
Oh I don't know. Lammypie Maru has a certain.................. style to it. Next up, Lollipop Maru. A good ship.
"We are poor little lambs, who have lost our way..... Baa, baa, baa...."
"We are damned from here to eternity, baa, baa, baa."
Not that I would taunt the author, but I reckon I am safe for...oh maybe another 15 years.
As foreshadowing goes that’s not at all helpful or informative and as a tease ...... grrrrrr
More please!
I guess I will never be sunk as a Japanese merchant ship: "JeandeBueil Maru...", well that doesn't sound very asian. So I guess I can taunt the author as much as I want. Or perhaps Zheng will sink me as a Free French auxiliary cruiser in the most horrible manner: Jean de Bueil was Admiral of France in the XVth century after all.
Or perhaps Zheng will sink me as a Free French auxiliary cruiser in the most horrible manner: Jean de Bueil was Admiral of France in the XVth century after all.I suggest the MV El Pip is incredibly un-Japanese sounding, yet it still managed to get bombed. So don't get too confident, the bombs can still find you regardless of name.
Plus merchant ships often have incredible names. The Container ship Anl Explorer for instance.
I guess I will never be sunk as a Japanese merchant ship: "JeandeBueil Maru...", well that doesn't sound very asian. So I guess I can taunt the author as much as I want.
Or perhaps a French merchant ship taken in Indochina!
Barry Bull
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I guess I will never be sunk as a Japanese merchant ship: "JeandeBueil Maru...", well that doesn't sound very asian. So I guess I can taunt the author as much as I want.
You could be French ship captured by the Japanese though.
The Japanese grabbed plenty of foreign ships, about one million tons worth in their initial contests so there you go.
Sounds as if a lot of posters would choose not to be set aflame from stem to stern.
Donald Reaver
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You could be French ship captured by the Japanese though.
I was sunk as a allied merchant ship on convoy, cheer up that can happen to you still.
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