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Old 19 October 2011, 16:40   #1
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Proof that GRP ribs are very hard to sink!
Episode 3: In the Dead of Night | Royal Navy Caribbean Patrol | Channel 5

19:00 onwards, it's only a few minutes long
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Old 19 October 2011, 16:55   #2
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I was waiting for the C4 to be planted
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Old 19 October 2011, 18:00   #3
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Good post!

With a commendation like that, from the CO, do you think they'll be freighting one to his home?....
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With shooting like that, how did we ever win any wars?
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The Russians don't seem to have a problem. In fact they don't even bother boarding.

http://www.rib.net/forum/f19/piracy-figures-42933.html
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