The Mighty Super-Battleship... Hannover?

[Meneleus]

So one thing that has been announced is a super-battleship event, featuring the Satsuma and the... Hannover?

 

Let's get one thing straight. The German navy reserved city names for light cruisers. This thing is everything but and it should have an outrageous name to go with it, since the Germans in those days ware foaming-at-the-mouth crazy with all things way too big to be practical. A better name would be Hermann von Salza for example, one of the most famous grand masters of the Teutonic order. It would also be great to meet and greet the Nevski with this name. If you have a flair for the melodramatic, call it Götterdämmerung, the twilight of the gods, or Ragnarok, after Wagner's work. Certainly that would have left stains in the couch at party headquarters.

 

Personally I'd go for Götz von Berlichingen, the crazy and eccentric german mercenary of the early sixteenth century. His exploits are hilarious and he gave Kentaro Miura the inspiration for his great work Berserk. It also gives you the excuse to put a heraldric shield at the bow featuring an armoured fist wih the letters L.M.A., Lick My Arse (amazingly the english translation uses the same abbrevation), supposedly coined by Götz himself and an attitude everyone sailing in a super-battleship should hold while surveying his puny opponents.

 

Regards, M

[MrWastee]

if about anything in this regard, i'm just offended by it not being called braunschweig!!11!111!!!!1!

[Meneleus]

10 minutes ago, MrWastee said:

if about anything in this regard, i'm just offended by it not being called braunschweig!!11!111!!!!1!

Well, at least calling it Braunschweig would have historical basis...

[totally_potato]

23 minutes ago, Meneleus said:

So one thing that has been announced is a super-battleship event, featuring the Satsuma and the... Hannover?

 

Let's get one thing straight. The German navy reserved city names for light cruisers. This thing is everything but and it should have an outrageous name to go with it, since the Germans in those days ware foaming-at-the-mouth crazy with all things way too big to be practical. A better name would be Hermann von Salza for example, one of the most famous grand masters of the Teutonic order. It would also be great to meet and greet the Nevski with this name. If you have a flair for the melodramatic, call it Götterdämmerung, the twilight of the gods, or Ragnarok, after Wagner's work. Certainly that would have left stains in the couch at party headquarters.

 

Personally I'd go for Götz von Berlichingen, the crazy and eccentric german mercenary of the early sixteenth century. His exploits are hilarious and he gave Kentaro Miura the inspiration for his great work Berserk. It also gives you the excuse to put a heraldric shield at the bow featuring an armoured fist wih the letters L.M.A., Lick My Arse (amazingly the english translation uses the same abbrevation), supposedly coined by Götz himself and an attitude everyone sailing in a super-battleship should hold while surveying his puny opponents.

 

Regards, M

maybe Brandenburg? Or maybe Baden coz that's sounds pretty badass

 

[MrWastee]

13 minutes ago, Meneleus said:

Well, at least calling it Braunschweig would have historical basis...

as the founder of it also been like the 2nd most powerful political entity within his realm at the time, i would find it kinda fitting for a super bb... or even simply heinrich der löwe, or just barbarossa.... while the least one might could wake offence lol

[hellhound666]

truly 1st world problem - how the fck is called imaginary bb ...

[x_scheer109_x]

29 minutes ago, Meneleus said:

So one thing that has been announced is a super-battleship event, featuring the Satsuma and the... Hannover?

The boat is not named after the city of Hannover but after the province of Hannover. Basically, WG just reused the name of this ship: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SMS_Hannover

 

But it doesn't change the fact that this name is total nonsense for a German WK2 BB. Just as Pommern and Brandenburg were unsuitable names. If so, I would suggest one of these names:

• Friedrich Barbarossa
• Wallenstein
• Waldersee
• Markgraf
• Karl der Große

[Meneleus]

Just now, hellhound666 said:

truly 1st world problem - how the fck is called imaginary bb ...

This is a forum discussing elements of a computer game. If you want to save the world, discuss geopolitics or societal woes you're in the wrong place mate.

[MrWastee]

or simply "stauffenberg"... not giving all those wehraboos dat feeling, u know...

 

[hellhound666]

1 minute ago, Meneleus said:

This is a forum discussing elements of a computer game. If you want to save the world, discuss geopolitics or societal woes you're in the wrong place mate.

dude, even in this crp game are far more important issues to disccuss than the name of imaginary bb

[RossijskijAxisFlot]

but above all... it's not truly an H-42 battleship 

[DFens_666]

30 minutes ago, MrWastee said:

if about anything in this regard, i'm just offended by it not being called braunschweig!!11!111!!!!1!

 

Are you also from Braunschweig?

[Meneleus]

1 minute ago, x_scheer109_x said:

The boat is not named after the city of Hannover but after the province of Hannover. Basically, WG just reused the name of this ship: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SMS_Hannover

 

But it doesn't change the fact that this name is total nonsense for a German WK2 BB. Just as Pommern and Brandenburg were unsuitable names. If so, I would suggest one of these names:

• Friedrich Barbarossa
• Wallenstein
• Waldersee
• Markgraf
• Karl der Große

Yes, I started realising the same thing when I was going down the long line of predreadnoughts. Silly me, should have caught myself in that one.

 

I must say I like the name Wallenstein.

[Meneleus]

1 minute ago, hellhound666 said:

dude, even in this crp game are far more important issues to disccuss than the name of imaginary bb

Then go discuss them someplace and stop wasting my time.

[totally_potato]

18 hours ago, hellhound666 said:

dude, even in this crp game are far more important issues to disccuss than the name of imaginary bb

then go to other threads

Don't be an edited*

And why do you think other ppl came here for?

 

edit: watch the language please

[totally_potato]

29 minutes ago, Meneleus said:

Well, at least calling it Braunschweig would have historical basis...

Maybe Württemberg??

[MrWastee]

36 minutes ago, DFens_666 said:

 

Are you also from Braunschweig?

eeerm.... "also"?! echt jetz?!?!

[ApocalypseMeeow]

1 hour ago, Meneleus said:

So one thing that has been announced is a super-battleship event, featuring the Satsuma and the... Hannover?

 

Let's get one thing straight. The German navy reserved city names for light cruisers. [...]

While some of your suggestions are not too bad, just for the sake of clarification. 

The ship is not named for the city, but the prussian province. And as this was in the imerial navy good enough for a capital ship... It's in the same class as "Deutschland".

 

EDIT: Missed that x_scheer109_x mentioned it already.

 

[josykay]

48 minutes ago, x_scheer109_x said:

The boat is not named after the city of Hannover but after the province of Hannover. Basically, WG just reused the name of this ship: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SMS_Hannover

 

But it doesn't change the fact that this name is total nonsense for a German WK2 BB. Just as Pommern and Brandenburg were unsuitable names. If so, I would suggest one of these names:

• Friedrich Barbarossa
• Wallenstein
• Waldersee
• Markgraf
• Karl der Große

It isxeven worse. The province of Hannover stopped existing in 1918. After that there was election county Lower Saxony. Also, the battleship SMS Hannover was still around in WW2.

 

Unlike Odin, Braunschweig, Pommern, Aegir, Friedrich der Große  and Großer Kurfürst.

 

But WG did similiar for the Japanese. The cruiser Izumo even saw active service in WW2...

[xe_N_on]

Lets call it "Prince Ernst August of Hannover" 

 

Special ability: close quarter brawling against reconnaissance vessels taking pictures.

[ApocalypseMeeow]

5 minutes ago, josykay said:

It isxeven worse. The province of Hannover stopped existing in 1918. After that there was election county Lower Saxony. Also, the battleship SMS Hannover was still around in WW2.

 

The Province of Hanover (German: Provinz Hannover) was a province of the Kingdom of Prussia and the Free State of Prussia from 1868 to 1946.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Province_of_Hanover

 

And no problem for renaming old ships to make place for a newer/bigger/better one.

[Sigimundus]

1 hour ago, Meneleus said:

So one thing that has been announced is a super-battleship event, featuring the Satsuma and the... Hannover?

 

Let's get one thing straight. The German navy reserved city names for light cruisers. This thing is everything but and it should have an outrageous name to go with it, since the Germans in those days ware foaming-at-the-mouth crazy with all things way too big to be practical. A better name would be Hermann von Salza for example, one of the most famous grand masters of the Teutonic order. It would also be great to meet and greet the Nevski with this name. If you have a flair for the melodramatic, call it Götterdämmerung, the twilight of the gods, or Ragnarok, after Wagner's work. Certainly that would have left stains in the couch at party headquarters.

 

Personally I'd go for Götz von Berlichingen, the crazy and eccentric german mercenary of the early sixteenth century. His exploits are hilarious and he gave Kentaro Miura the inspiration for his great work Berserk. It also gives you the excuse to put a heraldric shield at the bow featuring an armoured fist wih the letters L.M.A., Lick My Arse (amazingly the english translation uses the same abbrevation), supposedly coined by Götz himself and an attitude everyone sailing in a super-battleship should hold while surveying his puny opponents.

 

Regards, M

 

But there was a german battleship with the name Hannover . . . SMS Hannover.

So maybe it is same as with Großer Kurfürst which inherit name from SMS Großer Kurfürst

[Meneleus]

11 minutes ago, Sigimundus said:

But there was a german battleship with the name Hannover . . . SMS Hannover.

So maybe it is same as with Großer Kurfürst which inherit name from SMS Großer Kurfürst

 

1 hour ago, Meneleus said:

Yes, I started realising the same thing when I was going down the long line of predreadnoughts. Silly me, should have caught myself in that one.

 

Point still stands though, Hannover is a stale and silly name. Super-battleships tied to special events should have awesome names.

[Sigimundus]

21 minutes ago, Meneleus said:

 

 

Point still stands though, Hannover is a stale and silly name. Super-battleships tied to special events should have awesome names.

In this case you should name it "SMS Ehrfurcht Gebietend"

[Glue_Connoisseur]

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Every time I hear Götterdämmerung: