On the MARHST-L (http://post.queensu.ca/~listserv/wwwarch/marhst-l.html) list they just had a thread about silly ship names. This was one of my favorites from the thread:
Aspergillum, first heavy cruiser commissioned by the state of Vatican City. Armed with 6 heavy water cannon in three turrets, intended to sink light craft of infidels by flooding them with holy water. Lost at sea on her first operational cruise when a particularly vicious episode of St. Elmo's Fire ignited 300 barrels of altar wine and the ship exploded.
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