HMS Telford & Wrekin – is he having a laugh or what?

As a current serving member of the RN, I would hate to serve on a ship with an ‘&’ or even ‘and’ in the name for a start.

As for another ‘Shropshire’, there is little prospect at this time, as current ships are ‘D’ class, such as ‘Daring’, ‘Dragon’ etc, not named after County’s. The last county class ships were the Type 22′s, such as ‘Cumberland’ and ‘Cornwall. With current build programmes and naming conventions the way they are, it could be many many years before we see a ‘Shropshire’.

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Grant said:

“As for another ‘Shropshire’, there is little prospect at this time, as current ships are ‘D’ class, such as ‘Daring’, ‘Dragon’ etc, not named after County’s.”

Looks like HMS Shropshire’s out of the question then. He could look at his own government’s record – “Desperate”, “Despicable”, “Duplicitous” – all suitable names for Class of ’97 economic destroyers…..

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Do we really want a weapon of deatha and destruction named after our peaceful county?
And we are a land-locked county as well. Our only link to the sea is Captain Webb swimming the Channel!

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i believe the last hms shropshire did not last long in british ownership, as it was sold to the australian navy and spent most of the war in their command. later it was stationed in the us fleet, before beibg scrapped. no matter what type of warships being built for the navy it is high time we had another hms shropshire

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stupid idea – we are land locked!

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How about

HMS Destruction
HMS Death Star

those are proud and fierce names for a UK Navy Ship.

Imagine the reporting. HMS Destruction and HMS Death Star are way to put down rebel forces.

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spencer what an excellent idea how about a tug or dredger owned by british waterways and called shropshire for the newly opened shrewsbury canal in 2096

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Or a sewage collection vehicle named Telford?

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