Re: UN Ship Nomenclature

You wrote: 

>More accurately, the French didn't lose; the RN did because of
>disagreements between commanders.  French Admiral Suffren would be 

It sounds better to say the blew the Brits to Toothpicks.  :)

upset to >hear you say the French Navy only beat the Brits once, but he 
was in Indian >Ocean and gets no glory (except I think a FSE class is 
named for him).

I apologize to his shade.  Although I believe there is also a modern 
French destroyer class named after him.

John M. Atkinson