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Name? edit
Isn't it meant to be HMS Téméraire, not HMS Temeraire?
James F. (talk) 13:16, 1 Mar 2005 (UTC)
- That's a really good question. A random sampling of my navy books seems to suggest that accents are dropped as part of coming into the RN, and it makes sense given the audience (non-French-speaking sailors, for instance), but I don't have anything that that says that in so many words. Stan 14:08, 1 Mar 2005 (UTC)
name Origin? edit
Pardon my lack of French. What does the name mean? Paul, in Saudi (talk) 17:02, 10 April 2009 (UTC)