Talk:Cressy-class cruiser

class name

About the class name; Jane calls them Cressy's; Massie and Halpern both call them Bacchante's. Anyone know which is correct? Xyl 54 (talk) 17:52, 31 December 2008 (UTC)

Both can be correct if verifiable, but which one is best? I suggest Cressy - built and commisioned first per RN convention. GraemeLeggett (talk) 20:30, 31 December 2008 (UTC)

I think as a basic reference for the general reader, we need to help out the reader by telling them that the class has been referred to as both X and as Y... just to eliminate confusion. Perhaps some kind soul (Graeme ?) could write an article on British ship class name conventions, and we could link the word class to it ? Rcbutcher (talk) 14:23, 1 January 2009 (UTC)

It's covered at Ship_class#United_Kingdom. GraemeLeggett (talk) 14:49, 1 January 2009 (UTC)

According to Massie, as well as according to quotes and documents from contemporary sources, they're Bacchante class. A couple of examples-

"For Heaven's sake, take those Bacchantes away! The Germans know they are about and if they send out a suitable force, God help them"- Commodore Roger Keyes in a letter to Rear Admiral Sir Arthur Levenson, director of the Admiralty's Operations Division (taken from p 129 of Castles of Steelby Robert K. Massie).

"The Bacchantes ought not to continue on this beat. The risk to such ships is not justified by the services they can render." -taken from a memo from First Lord of the Admiralty Winston Churchill to First Sea Lord Prince Louis of Battenberg (from p. 130, Castles of Steel).

Seems to me that if senior officers of the Royal Navy, not to mention the First Lord of the Admiralty, referred to them as Bacchante class, there may be something to it. Just my two cents. SpudHawg948 (talk) 03:08, 16 April 2010 (UTC)