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Old 26 November 2008, 16:47   #1
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Piece of a warship

Saw this floating past this afternoon. Shows just how "modular" these new warships are. The bow and funnel have been constructed in Portsmouth. Everything on the bow has been finished right down to the guard rails. Presumably it's off to another ship yard to be welded to the other bits.
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Old 26 November 2008, 20:50   #2
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great innit , I bet the makers are waiting fingers crossed untill they know it fits the rest of the boat .
I know How i feel when I set off with a kitchen or some windows I have made in the van
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Saw this floating past this afternoon. Shows just how "modular" these new warships are. The bow and funnel have been constructed in Portsmouth. Everything on the bow has been finished right down to the guard rails. Presumably it's off to another ship yard to be welded to the other bits.
Are you sure it's not what our exalted leader has deemed to be sufficient for use as a ship by the Navy?
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Old 26 November 2008, 21:20   #4
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Ya' what?
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Old 26 November 2008, 21:29   #5
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Ya' what?
Cutbacks to the defence budget... That's the finished ship.
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Old 27 November 2008, 17:21   #6
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Cutbacks to the defence budget... That's the finished ship.
So the Enemy would see that massive bow comming over the Horizon and high tail it away quick not realizing the rest of the ship was never made......
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Cutbacks to the defence budget... That's the finished ship.
I am on your wavelength, it must be time for a vodka.
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we were just putting away the sails at Gunwharf when that went past !
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we were just putting away the sails at Gunwharf when that went past !
What! Sails on a RIB
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