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Ship Name Histories - Database of
histories of ship names beginning with letter W. |
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Wajang  |
| Name
Origin: A volcano in Java. |
Wakaba
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| Name Origin: Young leaves. |
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Wal 
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Name Origin: Whale |
Waldeck-Rousseau
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Name Origin: - Pierre Marie Waldeck-Rousseau, born 1846, died
1902, a notable lawyer and statesman, Minister of the Interior during
the Gambetta and Ferry Ministries.
He was the leader of the moderate Republican Party, and held
office as Prime Minister from 1899 to 1902. |
Wale
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| Name Origin: In Norse mythology a son of Odin and Rind.
He was brave in fight and a good shot. |
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Warrior  |
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| Wasa
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| Name Origin: The name of the old Swedish dynasty which gave
Sweden many kings, the first of whom was Gustavus I, who in 1523
delivered Sweden from the Danish yoke and reigned until 1560. |
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Waterwitch |
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Waveney |
| Name
Origin: A river on the borders of Norfolk and Suffolk, and tributary to
the Yare, which it joins a few miles from Yarmouth. |
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Wear |
| Name
Origin: A river rising in County Durham, which flows past Durham into
the North Sea at Wearmouth. |
Weissenburg
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| Name Origin: A town in Alsace, where on August 4th
1870, the Crown Prince of Prussia with three army corps defeated the
French under General Douay, who fell.
The German losses in this the first battle of the war amounted to
91 officers and 1460 men killed and wounded. |
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Welland |
| Name
Origin: A river rising near Market Harborough and flowing into the Wash. |
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Wesp |
| Name
Origin: Wasp |
| Wespe
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| Name Origin: Wasp. |
| Wettin
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| Name Origin: The family name of the Royal house of Saxony.
The first Wettin known to history is Count Dietrich, who fell in
928 in Calabria. Count Dedi
II of Wettin married the widow of Margrave Otho of Meisen (Misnia), and
thus laid the foundation of the wealth and importance of his house,
which divided into two branches still rules over the kingdom of Saxony
and the several Saxon duchies. |
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Whiting |
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Widgeon |
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Wien
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Name Origin: Vienna, the capital of Austria |
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Wildfang
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Name Origin: Madcap |
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Wildfire |
| Name
Origin: Another name for "Greek fire", a preparation of
inflammable materials very hard to quench once alight. It was
formerly used in naval warfare. |
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Willem Warmont |
| Name
Origin: Dutch naval officer, who served as Second in Command of the
Gorcum at the battle of the Kentish Knock against the British, on
September 28th 1652, when he gallantly defended and saved his ship after
the flight of his captain. |
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Willem Willemsz |
| Name
Origin: Dutch naval officer in command of a fireship with which he
gallantly attacked and destroyed the British ship Old James, under a
heavy fire from the shore batteries during Ruyter's attack on the
Medway, June 12th 1667. |
Willemoes
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Name Origin: A naval officer who distinguished himself in the
battle of Copenhagen April 2nd 1801. He fell onboard the ship Prinds Christian Frederik during a
fight with the English at Sjoeltand Odde March 21st 1808. |
| Wittelsbach
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| Name Origin: The family name of the Royal house of Bavaria.
Its ancestor was Luitpold, cousin of the Emperor Arnulf, who fell
fighting the Hungarians in 907. In
1180 the Wittelsbachs became Dukes of Bavaria, and in 1214 they received
the Pfalz (Palatinate) in fief. In
1294 the House of Wittelsbach divided into the branches of Bavaria and
the Palatinate, now reunited in the former.
The Wittelsbachs gave three emperors to the Holy Roman Empire;
Louis the Bavarian (1314-1346), Rupert the Palatine (1400-1401), Charles
VII (1742-1745). |
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Wizard |
| Name
Origin: Sorcerer. |
Wodan
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Name Origin: (aka
Odin) In Norse mythology the chief and father of the
gods, who rules over the heavens and rides in the storm on his
miraculous horse “Sleipner.” He
is the protector of warriors and seamen.
His two ravens, “Hugin” (thought” and “Munin” (memory),
sit on his shoulders and whisper counsel in his ears.
He sacrificed one of his eyes for a draught from the fountain of
wisdom. Wednesday (Wodan’s day) is called after him. |
| Wodan
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| Name Origin: In Norse mythology the chief and father of the
gods, who rules the heavens and rides in the storm on his miraculous
horse “Sleipner.” He is
the protector of warriors and seamen.
His two ravens, Hugin (thought) and Munin (memory), sit on his
shoulders and whisper counsel in his ears.
He sacrificed one of his eyes for a draught from the fountain of
wisdom. Wednesday is named
after him. |
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Wodan |
| Name
Origin: Odin. In Norse mythology the chief and father of the gods, who
rules the heavens and rides in the storm on his miraculous horse
Sleipner. He is the protector of warriors and seamen. His
two ravens, Hugin and Munin, sit on his shoulders and whisper counsel in
his ears. He sacrificed one of his eyes for a draught from the
fountain of wisdom. Wednesday is named after him. |
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Wolf |
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Woodcock |
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Woodlark |
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| Worth
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| Name Origin: A village in Alsace, where on August 6th
1870, the Crown Prince of Prussia with five army corps inflicted a
crushing defeat on the French under Marshal MacMahon, who lost 8000
killed and wounded and 9000 prisoners.
The German losses in killed and wounded amounted to 489 officers
and 10,153 men. |
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Wurger
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Name Origin: Shrike or butcherbird |
| Wurttemberg
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| Name Origin: Kingdom of Wurttemberg, one of the Federal
Slates of the Empire. Stuttgart
is its capital. |
