Never name a flagship after your capital or country!

Naval warfare propaganda mistake 101!

January 25, 2025 - 11:21 UTC

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Yes, which is why none of them is named the Brussels or the Europe - they're named after provinces. Destroyers and frigates get second-level divisions (Bavaria, etc.) or equivalent historic regions in provinces that lack them (East Anglia, etc.), corvettes get third-level ones (e.g. departments).
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And the common command and operational language shall be Dutch!

Using a forgotten and unspeakable language to prevent enemy espionage!

If they cannot pronounce Scheveningen, enemy.
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Even provinces is a mistake; capital flagships should be either seas (Med, Baltic, Black, North, Adriatic, Caribbean) or major rivers (Danube, Rhine, Vistula, Po, Sava, Seine, Dnipro). Rivers have the advantage of allowing for asserting territorial expansion (Don, Thames, Saint-Laurent, Neva).
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