[GZG] RE: Naming NSL

I still like my interpretation. Blucher!....Neehhhhhhhhhh!

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The intent was probably to honor Generalfeldmarschall Gebhard Leberecht von
Blücher, Furst von Wahlstatt. He was the commander of the Prussian Army at
Katzbach, Mockern, Liepzig, and Waterloo, and held the Pour le Merite for
heroism as a Lieutenant Colonel in the Red Hussars. He had a British
locomotive named after him, as well as a German corvette launched in 1877, an
armored cruiser launched in 1908 that was sunk by British battlecruisers at
the Battle of Dogger Bank, and an armored cruiser launched in 1937 that was
sunk during the invasion of Norway in 1940.

Personally, I think that's an amazingly unlucky ship name, but that's just me.

John

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