Talk:HMS Marshal Ney

MAN diesel engines
So her engines were built by a German company? How was this arranged? Drutt (talk) 00:34, 9 December 2010 (UTC)

I suppose the (MAN) engines were built in Britain under licence? They sound like the Hooven-Owens-Rentschler engines used in the US Gato-class submarine of WWII; so unreliable they were nicknamed "whores" Hugo999 (talk) 11:15, 28 April 2017 (UTC)

Why would they pick this name?
Why the name of one of Napoleon's generals? --Richardson mcphillips (talk) 16:20, 25 September 2015 (UTC)
 * I really want to know that as well. When I clicked on the link I assumed it was a wartime prize ship. But no, apparently not. Given that he ended up executed for siding with Napoleon during the 100 Days I really can't see a reason, there were plenty of respectable Legitimist commanders or even commanders of the Second Empire period who one would have thought were deserving in the event that England wanted to cozy up to the French. It is most curious — Preceding unsigned comment added by Cyndane5 (talk • contribs) 04:03, 7 December 2015 (UTC)