The Ships and Boats Thread

[Captain Willard]

57 minutes ago, AngryOfTuebrook said:

Does he mention the little red one?

Ha ha. The cruel sea is a fantastic book but I’d be amazed if anyone reading this thread didn’t already know that. 

[easytoslip]

22 minutes ago, Captain Willard said:

Ha ha. The cruel sea is a fantastic book but I’d be amazed if anyone reading this thread didn’t already know that. 

Born in Liverpool. 

[Captain Willard]

2 hours ago, easytoslip said:

Born in Liverpool. 

Yes. A bit of the book takes place on the Wirral and there are a lot of Liverpool references. 

[easytoslip]

17 minutes ago, Captain Willard said:

Yes. A bit of the book takes place on the Wirral and there are a lot of Liverpool references. 

Only seen the film, must give it a read. 

[Bjornebye]

Terrifying. 

 

 

 

When the Fitz Went Down: Newsman, Sailor Recall a Night to Remember - Lake Superior Magazine

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[dockers_strike]

The first of the Royal Navy's Type 26 City class frigates, Glasgow gets floated down the Clyde on a barge to later be floated off in deeper water by submerging the barge.

 

The ship isnt officially HMS Glasgow yet as she isnt in commission and is why her name Glasgow is painted black on her aft quarter deck flanks.

 

All commissioned RN ships have their name in red except the now decommisioned HMS Monmouth whose name was in black. This was in recognition of the Black Duke, a dukedom that no longer exists due to being involved with the uprising to put bonnie Prince Charlie on the thrown.

 

 

[AngryOfTuebrook]

On 23/11/2022 at 16:42, Bjornebye said:

Terrifying. 

 

 

 

When the Fitz Went Down: Newsman, Sailor Recall a Night to Remember - Lake Superior Magazine

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I've always known the song, but it's only recently I found out that it's about a shipwreck that's not only real but recent (when the song was written).

 

[dockers_strike]

14 hours ago, dockers_strike said:

The first of the Royal Navy's Type 26 City class frigates, Glasgow gets floated down the Clyde on a barge to later be floated off in deeper water by submerging the barge.

 

The ship isnt officially HMS Glasgow yet as she isnt in commission and is why her name Glasgow is painted black on her aft quarter deck flanks.

 

All commissioned RN ships have their name in red except the now decommisioned HMS Monmouth whose name was in black. This was in recognition of the Black Duke, a dukedom that no longer exists due to being involved with the uprising to put bonnie Prince Charlie on the thrown.

 

 

 

Fuck's sake, my old English teacher would be chucking the blackboard cleaner at me, 'throne' not thrown!

 

Anyway, here's another clip of her going along the Clyde to Scotstoun where she'll be floated off the barge.

 

 

[AngryOfTuebrook]

Auto-incorrect is a cunt. 

[dockers_strike]

Glasgow gets floated off the barge at night. Guess there were operational reasons for the timing such as needing the height of the tide for submerging the barge and allowing for Glasgow's draft as any Russian \ Chinese spy satellites had plenty of time to spot her on the hard standing at Govan?

 

 

[VladimirIlyich]

On 02/12/2022 at 15:20, AngryOfTuebrook said:

Auto-incorrect is a cunt. 

Shouldnt that be 'cnut?'

[dockers_strike]

Fleet Auxillary Fort victoria departs the float dock at Lairds after completion of work on her. Didnt realise she's the last of her class still in service.

 

These little tugs are powerful fuckers. One on the bow and one on the stern to edge her through the narrow dock entrance and into the river with the aid of a few shovers to keep her off the dock walls. They have steerable props so they can pull sideways when needed.

 

 

[halewood pete]

HMS Daring ,class 45 destroyer at Liverpool cruise terminal berth after leaving cammell laird shipyard.

[dockers_strike]

Fleet Auxillary Tidesurge leaves Devonport on 4 January. The tug on the stern cable is going backwards because its towing bollard is fixed to its aft deck and can help turning a big, slow moving ship.

 

 

[Anubis]

A Twitter feed for affectionados of videos of helmsmen fucking up rather badly.

 

 

[Bjornebye]

Jesus some of them are really fucking bad 

[Lee909]

Just seen this

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-65953872.amp

 

Sounds like a potential disaster 

 

 

[Anubis]

Company put out a statement that only mentions crew members, not tourists. Not that it makes it any better for the poor bastards.

[Fugitive]

30 minutes ago, Anubis said:

Company put out a statement that only mentions crew members, not tourists. Not that it makes it any better for the poor bastards.

Hmmm, I bet they are classing the tourists as crew. It’s like these space tourists, they are called crew when they go up.

[Bjornebye]

I didn't realise that was the location of the wreck, for some reason I've always thought it was miles norther than that. 

 

Grim for anyone trapped down there. Imagine dying on the Titanic this day in age.  

[redheart]

Imagine being in that submersible about the size of a car. You know you have up to 96 hours oxygen and nobody can get to you.

 

All of you know that you are slowly going to die.

 

About as grim as it gets

[Bobby Hundreds]

2 hours ago, Bjornebye said:

I didn't realise that was the location of the wreck, for some reason I've always thought it was miles norther than that. 

 

Grim for anyone trapped down there. Imagine dying on the Titanic this day in age.  

And people laughed when  I said I was looking forward to Titanic 2!

[Bjornebye]

10 minutes ago, redheart said:

Imagine being in that submersible about the size of a car. You know you have up to 96 hours oxygen and nobody can get to you.

 

All of you know that you are slowly going to die.

 

About as grim as it gets

 

I had a nightmare years ago about the Kursk disaster. Horrible it was. Poor bastards. I had a look around HMS Talent when it was docked in Plymouth once. You have to be wired differently to want to be a submariner. Oddly most of the submariners I knew in the Navy were Scottish. 

[Harry's Lad]

35 minutes ago, Bjornebye said:

 

I had a nightmare years ago about the Kursk disaster. Horrible it was. Poor bastards. I had a look around HMS Talent when it was docked in Plymouth once. You have to be wired differently to want to be a submariner. Oddly most of the submariners I knew in the Navy were Scottish. 

I used to work with an ex submariner.

Used to stink to high heaven and always looked like he needed a good wash, preferably with a Karcher.

Not sure were he was from, he wasn't a Scot and he wasn't Scouse either and a proper loner.

Weird fucker.

[polymerpunkah]