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As far as I know, that was never the case for Names. My teacher would have killed me if I ever wrote Hessen like this. It works the other way around, the "ß" can be replaced by a double "s", and has been, more and more, after the grammar reform, but also when you use all capital letters, like crossword puzzles.

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I am reasonably sure, that the Name "Hessen" was never spelled with an "ß".

The US military governement, proclaimed the state of "Groß-Hessen" on 19 September 1945 by issuing the "Proclamation No 2":
http://www.historische-eschborn.de/beri ... wer509.jpg
As you can see, it was spelled with a "double-s".

But all this should not distract from your fantastic drawings.

P.S.:
For what it's worth, the official Bundesmarine website states the ships' name as "Hessen":
http://www.marine.de/portal/a/marine/!u ... 5TB9YO9Y3/

Best regards from North Rhine-Westphalia!
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Nice drawing Bezo of a powerful ship. Welcome back to the world of receiving comments rather than just making them

is it not also a case when the "ß" could be used for names but only when it is from the beginning, instead of replacing 'ss'? not that I know german other then a bit of high school a long time ago, but that would make sense to me.

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...problem solved...

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Great work!

Great job with the update on this class bezobrazov!

Being German and from Hessen I can only say: You are absolutely right.
Today, the "ß" (or SZ as it's pronounced) is only used after long vocals. You sure know the yachtbuilder Heesen, in German he'd be written Heßen.

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Shall we stay on task, guys? I'd rather have constructive input on the ship drawings than have the thread filled with grammatical pedantry... - The "offensive" misspelling has been removed.

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