[Bones McCoy]

There's nothing particularly new about cooperating with the Navy of a NATO ally, even the Germans.

Back in 1959, the West German Navy was operating ships named: Hipper, Scheer, Scharnhorst and Graf Spee.

History buffs will recognise the names, once the pride of Hitler's navy.
Three named after German naval heroes of the First World War who sunk Royal Naval vessels.
All four names had been carried by major surface ships in Hitler's navy: Three sunk by the British, one by Norwegians.

These 1950s replacements were transfers from the Royal Navy.
Old convoy escorts, smaller and slower than fleet destroyers.

The Navy engaged in NATO ops with the West Germans, including these ships.
They didn't publicly rage about "Glorifying enemies of Britain".
If anything there was a lot more "We sunk the 35,000 ton version and gave them a tiny 1,200 ton replacement".

[Andy McDandy]

Oh yes, one other thing. HMS Dragon, you say? HMS Drag Queen, more like! That Labour government, they're obsessed, I tell you! Can't move for seven feet tall burlesque drag acts strutting up and down Whitehall!

Obsessed cunt.

[Bones McCoy]

Oh yes, one other thing. HMS Dragon, you say? HMS Drag Queen, more like! That Labour government, they're obsessed, I tell you! Can't move for seven feet tall burlesque drag acts strutting up and down Whitehall!

Obsessed cunt.

It's definitely an area where the loudest protesters often leave a legacy of closet skeletons.

[Youngian]

As Britain’s forced to borrow a German warship… what would Nelson make of today’s Navy?

Britain relied on entire German armies from Hannover and Prussia to face Napoleon in order to free up its military might on the seas. Disappointing these superpatriots have such a poor grasp of military history.