It should be noted that there is a land-based facility called HMS Fisgard, and the vessels attached to it are known as HMS Fisgard II, IV and so on.

It is thanks to this HMS Fishguard that I am familiar with the name ‘Fishguard’, but I had no idea it had such origins. What is interesting is that ‘Fishguard’ appears to have been spelled ‘Fisguard’ without the ‘h’; when I heard that the original form was ‘Fiskigardr’, it all made sense.

This is because the second and third HMS Scotts were survey ships, named after Captain Robert Falcon Scott (1868–1912), who was famous for his polar expeditions.

In fact, the first HMS Scott was completed on 16/1.1918 and sank on 15/8 of the same year. Furthermore, it appears that the Royal Navy’s ship badges were first introduced in 1919. Consequently, it does not exist, just like the unfinished HMS Barrington and HMS Hughes.

This ship is named after Sir Walter Scott, but I can’t imagine there’s any connection between this renowned writer and penguins. And the coat of arms bestowed upon him bore little resemblance to a penguin.

I can almost hear someone saying, ‘Hold on a moment—there must be one more left, surely?’ Yes, there is still HMS Scott. However, when I search for its badge, all I get are penguins.

In other words, it is the same ‘Yorkshire rose’ as the heavy cruiser HMS York. This ship was transferred to Australia, where there was a river called the Stuart, and so the name was retained.

Finally, regarding HM(A)S Stuart, Wikipedia states that ‘Stuart’ refers to ‘the royal crown and a Yorkshire rose: the Scottish Stuarts’ claim to the English throne stemmed from their descent from Edward IV of the House of York’.

I forgot to provide the English translation. The red rose on HMS Montrose derives from the coat of arms of the Duke of Montrose.

HMS Montroseの赤いバラはcoat of arms of the duke of Montrose Armsに由来する。

The badge of HMS Malcolm is ‘a tower silver on a mount green’, derived from the clan’s badge.

That is probably the case, but I should have trusted my own eyes. In fact, it says here: ‘Crest Description: On a boar’s head erased fessways erased Or, armed Argent, langued Gules’.

Come to think of it, the only Polish novel I’ve read is Stanisław Lem’s ”Solaris”. Apart from that, the only other thing that springs to mind is the story that, although Jules Verne originally intended Captain Nemo to be Polish, he changed him to an Indian because of the Russo-French Entente.

The badge of HMS MacKay. This derives from a legend in which the Chieftain of the MacKays, when asked to produce a land deed dating from 1554, slammed a dagger down on the table in place of the document and declared that his territory was held solely by the strength of his clan’s swords.

Unfortunately, I haven’t even read ‘Quo Vadis’ (my partner’s favourite book), and that book, ‘Potop’, hasn’t been translated either. I was shown the film with Japanese subtitles, but I couldn’t understand it at all.

The bear’s head is the symbol of the HMS Campbell clan.

The ISUZU Gemini advert ‘The City’s Free Agent’, released in 1985. It became famous for its stunts, which were performed without any special effects or CGI, but sales were somewhat lacklustre, and ISUZU has now become a manufacturer of lorries and buses.