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Old 16 June 2008, 04:14   #1
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When I was a kid at school everyone wanted a job at VT. The following is an interesting history of the company. If I was doing the RB08 I would want to be aboard a Brave class ( Perkasa).
http://www.battleships-cruisers.co.u...hornycroft.htm
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Old 16 June 2008, 13:35   #2
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i got to go on a few of these as a kid - awesome things with their gas turbines.

I even ended up making a radio controlled model of one which I still have in the attic!!!
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