slingshot2000
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| posted on 23/5/12 at 06:40 PM |
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Queen Elizabeth Class Carrier
A section of one of the new Aircraft Carriers is currently being towed up the East Coast. Apparently it has just passed Grimsby. I wouldn't mind
taking Junior to see it but am not sure how to find out/work out what time it may be passing the coast near us. Probably the nearest point for us to
get to easily would be Seaton Carew or Hartlepool.
Has any one any idea how long it would take a tug to tow a section of an aircraft carrier that far ??
Thanks
Jon
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Daddylonglegs
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| posted on 23/5/12 at 06:48 PM |
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Take some piccies for the collective if you see it 
It looks like the Midget is winning at the moment......
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blakep82
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| posted on 23/5/12 at 06:53 PM |
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if you know which tugs are towing it, you can track it live on www.shipais.com
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slingshot2000
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| posted on 23/5/12 at 06:54 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by Daddylonglegs
Take some piccies for the collective if you see it
I will do. Apparently each section being built in 5 different shipyards arounnd the country. These are then all being towed to Fosyth on the West
Coast, to be assemble in a pupose built dock.
Regards
Jon
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T66
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| posted on 23/5/12 at 07:22 PM |
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[Edited on 23/5/12 by T66]
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T66
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| posted on 23/5/12 at 07:23 PM |
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Or marinetraffic.com if you know roughly where it is...
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slingshot2000
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| posted on 23/5/12 at 07:43 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by blakep82
if you know which tugs are towing it, you can track it live on www.shipais.com
Great, i will see if I can find out !
Thanks
Jon
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slingshot2000
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| posted on 23/5/12 at 07:45 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by slingshot2000
quote:
Originally posted by Daddylonglegs
Take some piccies for the collective if you see it
I will do. Apparently each section being built in 5 different shipyards arounnd the country. These are then all being towed to Rosyth on the West
Coast, to be assemble in a pupose built dock.
Regards
Jon
Why on earth did I type Forsyth, when I meant Rosyth? For gawds sake, I even have a niece stationed there!!
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jeffw
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| posted on 23/5/12 at 08:28 PM |
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Gordon Brown's constituency....can't think why they chose Rosyth then. It isn't even a commercial yard with 100s of years of ship
building experience like somewhere on the Clyde or Harland & Wolff in Belfast.
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T66
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| posted on 23/5/12 at 08:36 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by jeffw
Gordon Brown's constituency....can't think why they chose Rosyth then. It isn't even a commercial yard with 100s of years of ship
building experience like somewhere on the Clyde or Harland & Wolff in Belfast.
Chosen because he is a shit......like the rest of the corrupt tossers.
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mangogrooveworkshop
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| posted on 23/5/12 at 08:58 PM |
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Macspeedy is working on that job
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mangogrooveworkshop
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| posted on 23/5/12 at 08:58 PM |
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Macspeedy is working on that job
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locogeoff
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| posted on 24/5/12 at 01:01 AM |
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quote:
Originally posted by jeffw
Gordon Brown's constituency....can't think why they chose Rosyth then. It isn't even a commercial yard with 100s of years of ship
building experience like somewhere on the Clyde or Harland & Wolff in Belfast.
I don't think Rosyth has ever been in Gordon Brown's constituency area, though it's a bit difficult to track due to parliamentary
boundary changes over the years, he did live in the constituency that Rosyth is in, but you are correct in saying that Rosyth Dockyard is not a
commercial yard, it's a Naval Dockyard, maybe that's why the final assembly is being done there. If it's jobs for the locals
you're bothered about then maybe the current administration can find storage facilities for the seven Nuclear submarines that are stored at
Rosyth in their constituencies.
Regards
Geoff
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jeffw
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| posted on 24/5/12 at 05:28 AM |
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You are correct, I didn't realise his constituency was the next one across. Roysth Naval Base (there are no Royal Dockyards left now) is
operated by Babcocks who also run Devonport Naval Base.
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alistairolsen
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| posted on 16/6/12 at 10:20 PM |
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If I remember correctly the primary reason was the availability of a large enough dry dock to build it in, and even at that it was extensively
modified
My Build Thread
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