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Title: Funny Ship Names
Post by: lilfirefighterbailey on November 23, 2008, 00:05:25
Hi guys,

I was just watching BBC2- Have i got news for you and i say a ship that is called.

TITAN URANUS

Pronounce that. :D Had me in stitches

Post your funny ship names.

Regards
Lilfirefighterbailey
SSN Admin/Founder
Title: Re: Funny Ship Names
Post by: ash on November 23, 2008, 00:10:28
im watching that now
Title: Re: Funny Ship Names
Post by: lilfirefighterbailey on November 23, 2008, 00:17:36
Lol did you see the ship hehe i could not stop laughing.
Title: Re: Funny Ship Names
Post by: mvsmith on November 23, 2008, 01:32:20
Funny, perhaps, but ignorant: Titan is a moon of Saturn, not Uranus.

It might be a good name, though, for the longboats the people of Pitcairn Island take through the heavy breakers at Bounty Bay.
Or, for the motor lifeboats that the Hole-in-the-wall Gang take out of Depoe Bay, OR.
Title: Re: Funny Ship Names
Post by: RMSGreatBritain on November 23, 2008, 09:07:50
I saw that it was hilarious
Title: Re: Funny Ship Names
Post by: IRI5HJ4CK on November 23, 2008, 09:57:03
Ships really do have funny names.

Dad just bought a fishing boat called Forty Winks haha

Jack :D
Title: Re: Funny Ship Names
Post by: Capetan Thanasis on November 23, 2008, 18:19:14
Hi
TITAN URANUS is not a fanny name. Perhaps it seems to be funny to you because you don't know what are TITAN and URANUS.
TITANS, in Greek mythology, were Gods, before the 12 Olympian ones (Zeus-Poseidon-Apollo-Ermes-Athina-Aphrodite...).
URANUS (means SKY) was the Titans' father, therefore a Titan, and GAIA (Earth) was their mother.
If you want more information about Titans the link will help http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Titan_(mythology) (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Titan_(mythology))
As you can see TITAN URANUS everyway is not a funny name.
Best regards
Thanasis
Title: Re: Funny Ship Names
Post by: Agent|Austin on November 23, 2008, 18:37:39
I was thinking of you the other day Jack.

We were driving into west seattle. There was 1 container vessel being offloaded, and then on the side of the road was a little boat on a trailer, right on the stern it said Capt' Jack. :)
Title: Re: Funny Ship Names
Post by: IRI5HJ4CK on November 23, 2008, 18:41:35
I was thinking of you the other day Jack.

We were driving into west seattle. There was 1 container vessel being offloaded, and then on the side of the road was a little boat on a trailer, right on the stern it said Capt' Jack. :)

haha, lovin' that name :D ;D

Capt' Jack ;) :D
Title: Re: Funny Ship Names
Post by: Agent|Austin on November 23, 2008, 18:51:33
haha, lovin' that name :D ;D

Capt' Jack ;) :D

Yeah... I am like. Now I know were you really live. hehe...

It looked like a big rowboat with a outboard on it. :p
Title: Re: Funny Ship Names
Post by: ash on November 23, 2008, 19:07:23
i know a boat called "my fanwy m"
Title: Re: Funny Ship Names
Post by: Second Mate on November 23, 2008, 19:07:30
funniest name i've ever seen

i can't stop laughing

someone should have told the ship owners. any other planet would be fine

i have a good name for their next ship :

STICK IT UP URANUS

haha
Title: Re: Funny Ship Names
Post by: Bottman on November 23, 2008, 19:08:47
Well, here is one of the longest ship names ever: FLIEGERKOSMONAUT DER DDR SIGMUND JÄHN. They used to have two rowes at the ship to paint the whole name on it.  :D

Guess nobody knows this hero nowadays!?!
Title: Re: Funny Ship Names
Post by: mvsmith on November 23, 2008, 22:05:02
As I recall, Dr. Jahn was the first German astronaut—cosmonaut I guess, because he was in the DDR and flew on a SOYUS. He later worked for the ESA.
Title: Re: Funny Ship Names
Post by: firestar12 on November 23, 2008, 22:09:37
funniest name i've ever seen

i can't stop laughing

someone should have told the ship owners. any other planet would be fine

i have a good name for their next ship :

STICK IT UP URANUS

haha
Or if they made a ship called Uranus, The orderers of that ship would check in with the ship builders asking "Is Uranus done yet?
Title: Re: Funny Ship Names
Post by: matt5674 on November 24, 2008, 02:23:59
I was thinking on imagining a fiction ship with the name called "Long Lei."
Title: Re: Funny Ship Names
Post by: pirateybob on November 24, 2008, 02:44:17
I have a huge list of funny names that I've seen on AIS during those long hours on watch. Dont know where my notebook is at the moment but from memory:
Ducky Shiny
A Beer
Flipper
A Elephant
Mr Omar
Ginga Panther

Loads more but as I say, will have to whip out the notebook.
By the way, they might not be that funny, but they were at the time :)
Title: Re: Funny Ship Names
Post by: Quaysider on November 24, 2008, 20:29:54
Well, here is one of the longest ship names ever: FLIEGERKOSMONAUT DER DDR SIGMUND JÄHN. They used to have two rowes at the ship to paint the whole name on it.  :D

Guess nobody knows this hero nowadays!?!

I can beat that name - my photo of an SCI tanker arriving in the Tees - "Flying Officer Nirmal Jit Singh Sekon PVC" - I beleive the longest name on a ship.
Title: Re: Funny Ship Names
Post by: Ncena1 on November 27, 2008, 14:51:53
Imagine youre diving that ship and somoby ask you what ship are you drivin? ... hm i am driving the "Flying Officer Nirmal Jit Singh Sekon PVC" lol
Title: Re: Funny Ship Names
Post by: firestar12 on November 28, 2008, 00:26:37
I have a huge list of funny names that I've seen on AIS during those long hours on watch. Dont know where my notebook is at the moment but from memory:
Ducky Shiny
A Beer
Flipper
A Elephant
Mr Omar
Ginga Panther

Loads more but as I say, will have to whip out the notebook.
By the way, they might not be that funny, but they were at the time :)
That would be funny for "A Elephant because It would be "An Elephant".
Title: Re: Funny Ship Names
Post by: pirateybob on November 28, 2008, 01:46:26
Aye. Wonder who had the honour of naming her.
Title: Re: Funny Ship Names
Post by: firestar12 on November 28, 2008, 16:11:49
Aye. Wonder who had the honour of naming her.
Someone with bad grammar hehe.
Title: Re: Funny Ship Names
Post by: Jackobaker53 on November 30, 2008, 02:26:03
I saw a little yacht tender called little willy LOL
Title: Re: Funny Ship Names
Post by: The Ferry Man on December 13, 2008, 13:12:09
On AIS, I saw a yacht once called

Jedi Knight

http://www.shipais.com/showship.php?mmsi=235052492

The Ferry Man
Title: Re: Funny Ship Names
Post by: Seaboy on December 17, 2008, 05:55:57
lol i saw a tinny with the name on the side of her: (TRIPPER) lol  :o
Title: Re: Funny Ship Names
Post by: NIN on December 17, 2008, 07:07:58
Ragina
Title: Re: Funny Ship Names
Post by: The Ferry Man on January 31, 2010, 13:37:27
Sorry to drag the  topic from the depths of the blue, but looking at AIS today...

http://www.shipais.com/showship.php?mmsi=235020943

lol
Title: Re: Funny Ship Names
Post by: captain mcenzi on January 31, 2010, 21:50:58
uhm,well i did see a ship when i was at sea call Qualtasta Stellar.
Title: Re: Funny Ship Names
Post by: marcstrat on January 31, 2010, 22:07:27
Hoy,
This one is for the flemish and the dutch quit funny.
Regards
Marc

Picture is just there to prove it ;D
Title: Re: Funny Ship Names
Post by: clanky on February 01, 2010, 20:32:47
I was on the Ave Lubeck (ex pau cassals, ex dawn merchant) when she was chartered by T-Link to run from Palermo to Genoa and became the T-REX, there was actually talk of painting a great big dinosaur on the funnel until the charterers realised how much it would cost!

Who the f*** calls a ship T-Rex?

EDIT: she was actually the T Rex rather than T-Rex, those nice chaps at the MCA pointed out that you are not allowed to use symbols such as - in a ship's name under the UK flag.
Title: Re: Funny Ship Names
Post by: --tractorman-- on February 01, 2010, 20:51:15
I was flying around shipais one time and saw near Dublin a vessel called 'Willy'   ;D

Ah I can be so childish :P
Title: Re: Funny Ship Names
Post by: Sam on February 01, 2010, 20:55:34
Hoy,
This one is for the flemish and the dutch quit funny.
Regards
Marc

Picture is just there to prove it ;D

Shhht, there may be Dutch children reading this.  ;D

PShhht,no one asked a explanation,
Marc
Title: Re: Funny Ship Names
Post by: McGherkin on February 01, 2010, 20:59:02
Marmite Delight...

It doesn't exist, but it probably should...
Title: Re: Funny Ship Names
Post by: Firestar on February 01, 2010, 23:16:35
lol i saw a tinny with the name on the side of her: (TRIPPER) lol  :o
Oh my god...

That's 'my' dog's name.. ::)
Title: Re: Funny Ship Names
Post by: J3nsen on February 02, 2010, 01:30:15
(http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2480/3533682033_85bc395ec0.jpg)

 :doh:
Title: Re: Funny Ship Names
Post by: Capt. Matt on February 02, 2010, 01:37:40
Well we can assume something about the owner can't we :P
EDIT 2000 POSTS!!!!!!  :2thumbs:
Title: Re: Funny Ship Names
Post by: gibby12 on February 02, 2010, 01:46:29
Well we can assume something about the owner can't we :P
hahahahahahahah    :lol: :lol: :D :D ;D  yes we sure can
Title: Re: Funny Ship Names
Post by: bbydino05 on February 02, 2010, 03:25:55
dont be so quick to judge it could be the other meaning which means happy
Title: Re: Funny Ship Names
Post by: Capt. Matt on February 02, 2010, 03:33:23
This is true  ;)
Title: Re: Funny Ship Names
Post by: Ralphy on February 02, 2010, 08:24:36
Hoy,
This one is for the flemish and the dutch quit funny.
Regards
Marc

Picture is just there to prove it ;D

hehe i had to google it to find out what it ment  :D
Title: Re: Funny Ship Names
Post by: Firestar on February 02, 2010, 22:55:36
Well we can assume something about the owner can't we :P
Uhahahahahaha ;D
Title: Re: Funny Ship Names
Post by: gibby12 on February 02, 2010, 22:59:17
dont be so quick to judge it could be the other meaning which means happy
  true very true
Title: Re: Funny Ship Names
Post by: Firestar on February 02, 2010, 23:01:22
dont be so quick to judge it could be the other meaning which means happy
But then it wouldn't be so funny?...:doh:
Title: Re: Funny Ship Names
Post by: gibby12 on February 02, 2010, 23:04:08
But then it wouldn't be so funny?...:doh:
yeah that is also true
 :lol: :lol: :lol:
Title: Re: Funny Ship Names
Post by: IRI5HJ4CK on February 03, 2010, 08:54:38
(http://www.latitude38.com/LectronicLat/2006/0306/Mar08/titanuranus.jpg)

Hahaha.. :lol:
Title: Re: Funny Ship Names
Post by: McGherkin on February 03, 2010, 11:46:22
I swear that one came up before...

Here's one, on a houseboat.

Dunribbin!
Title: Re: Funny Ship Names
Post by: Wave Music on February 04, 2010, 09:52:01
Kiss the Sky (http://www.shipspotting.com/modules/myalbum/photo-1060052-Kiss+the+Sky+%09)  :doh:
Title: Re: Funny Ship Names
Post by: saltydog on February 04, 2010, 14:02:16
Here's a nice old tug.. ;D
Title: Re: Funny Ship Names
Post by: gibby12 on February 04, 2010, 14:03:30
What The HELL............ Thats jacked up  :lol: :lol: :lol:
Title: Re: Funny Ship Names
Post by: Wave Music on February 04, 2010, 14:06:48
Here's a nice old tug.. ;D

Be careful, SD - they're banning before realizing that it was just a joke.  ;D
Title: Re: Funny Ship Names
Post by: gibby12 on February 04, 2010, 14:07:50
oh yeah a couple peaple just got banned
Title: Re: Funny Ship Names
Post by: saltydog on February 04, 2010, 14:10:19
It's no joke..That is really the ships name.. ;D

http://www.shipspotting.com/modules/myalbum/viewcat.php?cid=&uid=33622&orderby=titleA
Title: Re: Funny Ship Names
Post by: sadsid († 2016) on February 04, 2010, 14:15:25
Come on guys we do have a sense of humour to you know  ;D
                                                                         Eric
Title: Re: Funny Ship Names
Post by: saltydog on February 04, 2010, 14:21:01
I think he was just pulling our leg, Eric.. ;D
Speaking of long names: meet the Russian products tanker PYATIDYESYATILYETIYE SOVIETSKOY GRUZII
Title: Re: Funny Ship Names
Post by: Wave Music on February 04, 2010, 14:36:07
Speaking of long names: meet the Russian products tanker PYATIDYESYATILYETIYE SOVIETSKOY GRUZII

Try to beat this:

Quote from: http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/Mariners/2001-08/0998325408
TCHETYRNADTSATAIA GODOVSTCHINA OKTIABRSKOI REVOLIOUTSII
Title: Re: Funny Ship Names
Post by: saltydog on February 04, 2010, 15:31:15
You win..Only the Russians can think of such long names.. :doh:
Title: Re: Funny Ship Names
Post by: Wave Music on February 04, 2010, 15:47:09
You win..Only the Russians can think of such long names.. :doh:


TCHETYRNADTSATAIA GODOVSTCHINA OKTIABRSKOI REVOLIOUTSII - in English it'll be:

The 14th Anniversary of October Revolution


PYATIDYESYATILYETIYE SOVIETSKOY GRUZII

50 Years of Soviet Georgia


So it's just the long words in Russian language...  ;D
Title: Re: Funny Ship Names
Post by: saltydog on February 04, 2010, 15:57:39
Then the 50 Let Pobedy is longer in English.. ;D (50 Year Anniversary of Victory)
Title: Re: Funny Ship Names
Post by: Wave Music on February 04, 2010, 16:23:17
Earlier I thought it's usually Dutch ships that have long & hard-to-spell names if it's a one-word name.

Once in 2003 I saw in our port Wagenborg's Oosterscheldeborg...   It'd be easy if it was Ooster Schelde Borg though.
Title: Re: Funny Ship Names
Post by: Traddles on February 04, 2010, 16:52:52
Many years ago there was a Dutch passenger liner called "Johan van Oldenbarnevelt".  That was quite a mouthful.
She was named after a Dutch statesman of the 1500/1600s who fought to free the Netherlands from Spanish rule.
Title: Re: Funny Ship Names
Post by: Firestar on February 04, 2010, 17:31:27
Here's one from shipspotting, Onrust ;D

http://www.shipspotting.com/modules/myalbum/photo-918278-Onrust

Strange that I don't see any rust on it though? ;D
Title: Re: Funny Ship Names
Post by: saltydog on February 04, 2010, 18:57:47
Tug with captain.. :lol:
Title: Re: Funny Ship Names
Post by: Ralphy on February 04, 2010, 19:09:11
that tug is quite cute  :D i wounder how powerful it is
Title: Re: Funny Ship Names
Post by: saltydog on February 04, 2010, 19:37:11
I bet it's one of the few 2-stroke tugs in the world..    ;D
Title: Re: Funny Ship Names
Post by: The Ferry Man on February 04, 2010, 20:34:45
that tug is quite cute  :D i wounder how powerful it is

The dog had to pull it in

 ;D
Title: Re: Funny Ship Names
Post by: Second Mate on August 17, 2012, 01:48:06
(http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2480/3533682033_85bc395ec0.jpg)

 :doh:

Owns 'em all
Title: Re: Funny Ship Names
Post by: RYAN123 on August 17, 2012, 08:35:54
My grandad used to deliver ship paints to ship yards ... he let me come with him some days.. the funniest one ive seen was Called don't panic ... it was funny because the name was on upside down so if the ship capsized it said dont panic;D
Title: Re: Funny Ship Names
Post by: clanky on August 17, 2012, 10:14:09
I bet it's one of the few 2-stroke tugs in the world..    ;D

Salty, most large ship's engines are actually 2 stroke engines.
Title: Re: Funny Ship Names
Post by: Second Mate on August 17, 2012, 11:30:50
Sadly........ but have to go now  *sobbery sob sob*


Jet Carhorn
Title: Re: Funny Ship Names
Post by: Captain Cadet on August 17, 2012, 12:23:35
Sadly........ but have to go now  *sobbery sob sob*


Jet Carhorn
guest? that means hes deleted himself right?

anyway i saw one the other day on a fishing boat saying "the boring old office"