Watergoing vessels; fact or fiction

[tpw536w]

1) Wave ruler
2)Darwin's pet perhaps
3) Willie's sign
4)Onedin's girl
5)Zulu with spear
6)Henrys favourite
7)Music with gossip
8)Troy's fish

Thanks for any help

[squarebear]

2 - Beagle? (the name of his ship)
6 - Mary Rose?

[tpw536w]

Thanks squarebear

[Ought2bband]

1. Britannia

[tpw536w]

Thanks Ought2bband

[Ought2bband]

7. Not one hundred per cent certain ? Calypso

[Ought2bband]

8. Stingray ?

[shaneystar2]

4 There was a ship in The Onedin Line (TV series)called the Charlotte Rhodes ?

[gen2]

Yes Calypso for 7
Calypso was the ship of Jacques Cousteau
gossip Calypso was a hit when I was a child (Bernard Cribbins I think)

[chestnut]

5.HMS Assegai

If you look up assegai I think you will find it's a spear used by Zulu's

[tpw536w]

Thanks so much everyone