What sounds best for a name of a ship?

[jeffkantoku]

This is for the name of a 1953 tramp steamer, an old steam ship that carries a mysterious cargo and looks like this:
http://members.shaw.ca/jeffscreen/Fortune/fortunesmall.jpg

Best name? :

1) S.S. Tullelane
2) S.S. Charone
3) S.S. Charonin

[radiofreememory]

I like 3.

[bedhead_dl]

yeah number 3

[[SD] Bob Plisskin]

I thought almost all ships were named after places, but that might just be me...

<OB>

[jeffkantoku]

Some ships are named after places, (USS Indianapolis) some after women, some after famous people, Generals, Presidents (USS Nimitz, USS Dwight D. Eisenhower), some after figures from mythology, etc.

Ships get their names from somewhere and place names are a good a place as any. http://www.joblo.com/ubb/wink.gif

-J

So which name do you like the best? Who's to say they're not place names?

[syxxpac]

I like #2.

[jeffkantoku]

Okay, I've got 2 for S.S. Charonin and 1 for S.S. Charone.

Any other votes?

Here's the list:

Best name for an old cargo ship?

1) S.S. Tullelane
2) S.S. Charone
3) S.S. Charonin

[Movie Hunter]

i also like #2

[jenzie]

I do like #2 though how about S.S. Charleene?

[cdnwriter]

HMS Valeperaso

[jeffkantoku]

Valeperaso sounds cool. Where did you get it from? What does it mean?

Nice to meet sometime from the west coast of B.C.

What kind of scripts are you writing?

[acid_allen]

HMS RAVENWING

[acid_allen]

Hey, didn't the titanic hold a mysterious cargo?? Rumours of a egyptian mummy. the mummy had a curse.

hhmmm...........?

[pineapple]

MASTER-BATER

[PhantomRhyter]

I like S.S. Tulelane (note with one 'l' in tule- ).

Chills,
PhantomRhyter

[actressgirl_05]

<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by pineapple:
MASTER-BATER</font>

LOL! Anyway...

I like #1. Maybe you could use...

U.S.S. Poseidon...the Greek God of the sea. Was that already a ship?

[Zed]

I like #3 name

[jeffkantoku]

Well there was "The Poseidon Adventure", about a ship that flips over. That ship must've been called the Poseidon.

Speaking of Greek gods and mythological figures, Charon is the name of the character who ferries dead souls across the River Styx to their place in Hades (Hell).

So some of my ideas for the ship are based on "Charon".

How about

SS Charontis

SS Charonte

SS Caronte


BTW, the "Ch" is pronounced as a "K".