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Not as good as the personal alarm rescue beacon (EPIRB?) That had activated sparking a search , including Nimrod aircraft . It was eventually located in a boat on a low loader on a motorway in the midlands .
Activated when it fell into a water filled bilge , I suspect this was internet Bo##ocks as well .
Activated when it fell into a water filled bilge , I suspect this was internet Bo##ocks as well .
Not as good as the personal alarm rescue beacon (EPIRB?) That had activated sparking a search , including Nimrod aircraft . It was eventually located in a boat on a low loader on a motorway in the midlands .
Activated when it fell into a water filled bilge , I suspect this was internet Bo##ocks as well .
Activated when it fell into a water filled bilge , I suspect this was internet Bo##ocks as well .
Osinjak said:
This gets resurrected very frequently in military circles , they love bashing the yanks.I like the tale of the yank navy on exercise in the far east , they had spent three days and many rounds of ordanance trying to destroy a towed target without success, then up popped a Royal Navy sub enquiring what all the noise was about , the yanks said if they could do any better feel free. 4 rounds later the sub sailed into the sunset signalling "sorry I seem to have sunk your toy !"
sherbertdip said:
Why are you making this crap up?
What exactly did the UK submarine fire? a Mk24 Torpedo? a Cruise Missile? or a Trident Missile? No wait they must have used their SA80's or pistols.
And no UK Submarine would just pop up!
I think I'm taking this too seriously!
Many tales of this type come from a time when things were a little less p c mainly the 50s 60s and 70s .
Inter service banter and especially between allied services was very lively and in many cases tracked in acknowledged but unauthorised journals.
In the subs case back in the 60s I imagine the weapon used was just a deck gun.
I am but the messenger and never claim anything to be 100% truthful or genuine.
Dear old Readers Digest used to have a section for humour in uniform which contained many of these tales , wether they were true or fanciful most induced at least a smile and many outright laughter .
What exactly did the UK submarine fire? a Mk24 Torpedo? a Cruise Missile? or a Trident Missile? No wait they must have used their SA80's or pistols.
And no UK Submarine would just pop up!
I think I'm taking this too seriously!
Many tales of this type come from a time when things were a little less p c mainly the 50s 60s and 70s .
Inter service banter and especially between allied services was very lively and in many cases tracked in acknowledged but unauthorised journals.
In the subs case back in the 60s I imagine the weapon used was just a deck gun.
I am but the messenger and never claim anything to be 100% truthful or genuine.
Dear old Readers Digest used to have a section for humour in uniform which contained many of these tales , wether they were true or fanciful most induced at least a smile and many outright laughter .
Edited by sherbertdip on Wednesday 3rd September 15:21
Edited by sherbertdip on Wednesday 3rd September 15:22
Osinjak said:
grumpy52 said:
This gets resurrected very frequently in military circles , they love bashing the yanks.
Without wishing to be argumentative, I've been in the military for 17 years and I've never heard this story related once. Mind you, the latter half of your sentence is absolutely spot on.Gassing Station | Speed, Plod & the Law | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff