Thinking about it
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| posted on 13/2/12 at 10:36 PM |
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Originally posted by snakebelly
SS Uganda? a grand old lady who delivered me to the falklands, very interesting hostory and loads of info and photos available on google. Added
advantage of having served as a schools ship therfore being relevant?
I went on that for a fortnight when it was a school ship. Had a great time, did no work mind.
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Peteff
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| posted on 13/2/12 at 10:42 PM |
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Originally posted by gavin174
not sure anyone would of heard of this one..
bit obscure i know.....
Noah's Arc
Was he a welder ? It was an ark when I read the book What about the Black Pig or it's deadliest enemy The Flying Dustman 
[Edited on 13/2/12 by Peteff]
yours, Pete
I went into the RSPCA office the other day. It was so small you could hardly swing a cat in there.
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maskell01
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| posted on 13/2/12 at 10:56 PM |
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I went to see the Golden Hind when i was in school!
Sir Francis Drakes flag ship.
Was pretty cool, but i was 8!
www.goldenhind.co.uk
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mangogrooveworkshop
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| posted on 13/2/12 at 10:59 PM |
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Discovery sitting in Dundee at Discovery point
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jeffw
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| posted on 14/2/12 at 07:46 AM |
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Could also maybe go a bit more modern and do something about HMS Illustrious - been plenty of places and seen plenty of action over the
years.
Missed the main event though, only by a few months mind. Invinc has had a more interesting career than either Lusty or the Ark.
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HowardB
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| posted on 14/2/12 at 08:17 AM |
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As the Falklands are in the news again,.. how about Atlanti Conveyor?
Howard
Fisher Fury was 2000 Zetec - now a 1600 (it Lives again  and goes zoom)
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Irony
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| posted on 14/2/12 at 09:07 AM |
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How about the Tirpitz - Bismarck's ill fated sister ship. Everyone seemed to have a go at her, we even sent a fleet of mini submarines after
her. Finally put to bed by 611 Squadron (of damnbusters fame) using their earthquake bombs (called tallboys weighing 5 ton each)
Interestingly you can go on google earth and see where the ship sank when it was attacked. The bombs that missed left craters which are still
visable.
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dhutch
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| posted on 14/2/12 at 09:11 AM |
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Originally posted by scotty gGypsy Moth IV was a 54 foot yawl rigged yacht commisioned by sir Francis Chichester to sail singlehanded
round then world, he did loads of crazy daft sailing adventures and his books were amazing to read.
Indeed.
I personallly would be very tempted by the SS Great Britain, from a sort of engineering bend, but having got some suggestions its more important that
its something she wants the write about.
Ellen McArthur is a bit of a legend, but sadly i wouldnt really say the boat was famous. I certainly cant name it.
Daniel
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emsfactory
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| posted on 14/2/12 at 09:27 AM |
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Yara Viking. Biggest tanker ever. Get to do lots of crazy facts like stopping distance and turning circles in miles and how long the fuel can keep a
city going. How much it burns in a day. All cool stuff.
Or to be a bit more technical you could do the uncle John. First commercial semi sub with dp.
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dhutch
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| posted on 14/2/12 at 09:43 AM |
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Or the Britannic, one of Titianics sister ship, sank some time afterwards as a hospital ship.
Daniel
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coozer
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| posted on 14/2/12 at 09:48 AM |
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Originally posted by T66
Heres another good one, the first steam turbine ship. Good story about how it attracted attention to itself...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turbinia
Parsons' ship turned up unannounced[2] at the Navy Review for Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee at Spithead, on 26 June 1897, in front of
the Prince of Wales, Lords of the Admiralty and foreign dignitaries. As an audacious publicity stunt, the Turbinia, which was much faster than all
other ships of the time, raced between the two lines of large ships and steamed up and down in front of the crowd and princes with impunity, while
easily evading a Navy picket boat that tried to stop her, indeed, almost swamping it with her wake.[3]
Another vote for Turbinia, plenty of firsts in history and currently sitting in the Discovery Museum in Newcastle. well worth a vist if you've
not been before.
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http://www.twmuseums.org.uk/discovery/collections/
Steve
1972 V8 Jago
1980 Z750
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mad-butcher
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| posted on 14/2/12 at 10:17 AM |
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SS Thistlegorm I'll be diving this in June can't wait
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sebastiaan
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| posted on 14/2/12 at 10:55 AM |
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Earth race / Ady Gil? Some pretty dramatic stories behind that one and recent as well.
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loggyboy
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| posted on 14/2/12 at 11:00 AM |
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RMS Queen Elizabeth/Seawise University - Sank in Hong Kong Harbour and was used in James Bond (Man with Golden gun) as an MI6 HQ
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loggyboy
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| posted on 14/2/12 at 11:07 AM |
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Originally posted by Irony
How about the Tirpitz - Bismarck's ill fated sister ship. Everyone seemed to have a go at her, we even sent a fleet of mini submarines after
her. Finally put to bed by 611 Squadron (of damnbusters fame) using their earthquake bombs (called tallboys weighing 5 ton each)
Interestingly you can go on google earth and see where the ship sank when it was attacked. The bombs that missed left craters which are still
visable.
oh yeah:
http://g.co/maps/p5xms
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daviep
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| posted on 14/2/12 at 11:59 AM |
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quote:
Originally posted by Irony
How about the Tirpitz - Bismarck's ill fated sister ship. Everyone seemed to have a go at her, we even sent a fleet of mini submarines after
her. Finally put to bed by 611 Squadron (of damnbusters fame) using their earthquake bombs (called tallboys weighing 5 ton each)
Interestingly you can go on google earth and see where the ship sank when it was attacked. The bombs that missed left craters which are still
visable.
That would be 617 squadron then But nice factoid anyway
“A truly great library contains something in it to offend everyone.”
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Irony
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| posted on 14/2/12 at 12:03 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by loggyboy
quote:
Originally posted by Irony
How about the Tirpitz - Bismarck's ill fated sister ship. Everyone seemed to have a go at her, we even sent a fleet of mini submarines after
her. Finally put to bed by 617 Squadron (of damnbusters fame) using their earthquake bombs (called tallboys weighing 5 ton each)
Interestingly you can go on google earth and see where the ship sank when it was attacked. The bombs that missed left craters which are still
visable.
oh yeah:
http://g.co/maps/p5xms
I recently read the history of 617 squadron as I live within spitting distance of RAF Scampton. Quite awesome. Turns out they turned into a
'precision bombing squadron' and they used Barnes Wallace's Tallball Bombs that were if anything more impressive than his bouncing
bombs. Really interesting read if your into that sort of thing.
[Edited on 14/2/12 by Irony]
[Edited on 14/2/12 by Irony]
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Irony
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| posted on 14/2/12 at 12:04 PM |
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That would be 617 squadron then But nice factoid anyway
Oops........yeah I did that to test you lot........maybe
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andrew.carwithen
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| posted on 14/2/12 at 02:12 PM |
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How about the Mayflower? (took the pilgrim fathers to America)
Or the Beagle ( Darwin's ship)
or, as said previously, Sir Francis Drake's 'Golden Hind' ?
(sorry, bit of a Plymouth theme going on, here)
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Badger_McLetcher
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| posted on 14/2/12 at 08:21 PM |
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The SS Great Britain is indeed dry docked in Bristol, well worth a visit if you're in the area!
She was the middle child, as far as ships go of I.K Brunel, being after the SS Great Western (a wooden hulled paddle steamer built to cross the
atlantic) and before the SS Great Eastern (more on her later). She wasn't the first iron hulled ship, and neither was she the first to use a
screw propellor, however she was the first to combine these items, was the biggest passenger ship in her day and was deemed revolutionary at the time.
An interesting fact is that recent tests have shown that the design Brunel made for her propellor is only 3-5% less efficient than those used today-
chalk one up for old I.K
She was for a while used as a hulk in the Falklands, and some plates from her were even used to patch up HMS Exeter after her run in with the Graf
Spee at the battle of the River Plate. She was rescued and restored in the early '70's, if I remember correctly.
The SS Great Eastern was an absolute monster, one hell of a design. She was the largest passenger ship built for over 40 years, made for the
Australia run. The paddle wheels weren't for propulsion BTW, but for maneuvering. Everyone thinks that she was cursed, and there are plenty of
ghost stories etc. such as finding a skeleton trapped inside the double hulls, but it's not true as far as I know.
The interesting thing about the Great Eastern was that she hit a rock (later named after her) and suffered damage far worse than that which sunk the
Titanic (about 60 times the area I think). The ship listed slightly, made it to port and most passengers didn't even realise anything happened-
another one for old I.K
My final contribution - HMS Warspite. Served in (and survived) two world wars, recieved the most battle honours of any RN warship, nearly sunk by
early anti ship missiles and an all round beast, affectionately known as "The Grand Old Lady".
If disfunction is a function, then I must be some kind of genius.
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JoelP
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| posted on 14/2/12 at 09:05 PM |
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cant believe no one has mentioned HMS Dreadnought?
Im guessing old warships wont really interest her though. Plenty to think about on this thread though!
Beware! Bourettes is binfectious.
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