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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish_ship_Nuestra_Se%C3%B1ora_de_la_Sant%C3%ADsima_Trinidad
"Enemy ship sighted to the North!"
"Roger that! Commence removal of 'North'!"
Didn’t go well… Battle of Trafalger
Meanwhile the Dutch:
We'll casually navigate up the river Medway and destroy the entire British fleet in the harbour
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raid_on_the_Medway
Hehe poop deck.
Yes, I know that's not where the poop goes since it's originally a Fr🤮nch term for stern, but in my head cannon it is.
I like to shoot grapeshot out of my head cannon