Evening Republican, Volume 18, Number 104, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 May 1914 — Origin of Iron Duke. [ARTICLE]

Origin of Iron Duke.

The Iron Duke Is to bo the note big British battleship. The Duka, •< course, was Wellington, but ho camo by the nickwsw in a roundabout way. He was never so called until long after Waterloo, An iron steamship, a novelty at the time, wps bullt tn the Mersey, and named the Duka of Wellington. and so the vessel camo to bo known as the Iron Duke—the transition being easy and obvious. It was the duke's union of resolution and physical energy which made the popular name for the Mersey-built steamship to fit him like a perfect cap Such, at least. Is the explanation of bio biographer. Str Herbert Mhilrtl.