Post Amazingly Cool Pictures Of Ships or Boats!

[FourWheelDrift]

USS Intrepid?

[Blib]

[Carl_Spackler]

Back on an even keel Blib, if you parden the pun

[Jonny671]

Thats amazing!

I never really realised how much of the ship is actually under the water compared to the little bit you see on top!

[Blib]

[ALawson]

Is that a Typhoon, double titanium hull bugger?

[sotonboy1977]

Blib said:

Funny thing. I thought to myself. 'Should I check if this is a repost?'. I couldn't be bothered.

So, in a desperate effort to redeem myself, howzabout this?

gonna need more than a 5litre tub of antifoul for that job!!!

[Chassis 33]

My favourites from the RN, only because I did (re)design work on the engines in a previous job. Largest GRP hulled warships out there as far as I'm aware

ETA...or do the Sandown class now own that title?

Regards
Iain

Edited by Chassis 33 on Monday 25th May 22:31

[Alfa_75_Steve]

HMS Middleton? - Hunt class minesweeper?

[Chassis 33]

IIRC that's Middleton (M34) and Ledbury in the background, either way there are 6off Deltic engines in that picture

Regards
Iain

[Oily Nails]

Blib said:

Although already pointed as a Repost (tut-tut Blib)

This shot always brings the same question to me....FINE that ship CAN do that turn. BUT thats in a test condition, everything (and man) tied down.

I Wonder just HOW MANY MILLIONS (of equipment and Aircraft) would go over the side/into a wall if she ever had to try that during Operational conditions? ie dodging a Torpedo ext

[Blib]

Oily Nails said:

Although already pointed as a Repost (tut-tut Blib)

Hey! Kick a man while he's down why doncha????

[Oily Nails]

Blib said:

OK that is probably the American Tri-maran-destroyer-next/gen-thingie.

But wasn't there a British version either on the drawing boards..or maybe even had the keel laid?

[Oily Nails]

OK ignore me...found what I was meaning..RV Triton, a testbed for the Royal Navy FSC Program.

RV Triton


And some good old artist impressions of what the final frigate/destroyer ships will NOT look like


and



Although reading some sources sounds like with the FSC Program we'll just do a half bake copy of the USA Littoral Combat Ship Class

[GTO Scott]

[XJSJohn]

Oily Nails said:

I Wonder just HOW MANY MILLIONS (of equipment and Aircraft) would go over the side/into a wall if she ever had to try that during Operational conditions? ie dodging a Torpedo ext

still a cheeper option that the subsequent hole caused by the aforementioned torpedo though isn't it

[deevlash]

XJSJohn said:

Oily Nails said:

I Wonder just HOW MANY MILLIONS (of equipment and Aircraft) would go over the side/into a wall if she ever had to try that during Operational conditions? ie dodging a Torpedo ext

still a cheeper option that the subsequent hole caused by the aforementioned torpedo though isn't it

is an aircraft carrier worth more than the combined cost of the flying things it houses? Would it be worth taking the hit (assuming it didnt sink straight away) and getting all the planes off to a nearby airfield. From a purely finsncial and hardware point of view obviously, I doubt losing all those sailors would be good particularly cost effective.

[Taffer]

Chassis 33 said:

My favourites from the RN, only because I did (re)design work on the engines in a previous job. Largest GRP hulled warships out there as far as I'm aware

ETA...or do the Sandown class now own that title?

Regards
Iain

Edited by Chassis 33 on Monday 25th May 22:31

American Osprey class holds the GRP record, although I think the longest 'plastic' ships are the Visby class corvettes of the Swedish Navy - carbon fibre, PVC and stunning looks:

[XJSJohn]

deevlash said:

XJSJohn said:

Oily Nails said:

I Wonder just HOW MANY MILLIONS (of equipment and Aircraft) would go over the side/into a wall if she ever had to try that during Operational conditions? ie dodging a Torpedo ext

still a cheeper option that the subsequent hole caused by the aforementioned torpedo though isn't it

is an aircraft carrier worth more than the combined cost of the flying things it houses? Would it be worth taking the hit (assuming it didnt sink straight away) and getting all the planes off to a nearby airfield. From a purely finsncial and hardware point of view obviously, I doubt losing all those sailors would be good particularly cost effective.

I think the carrier plus nuclear reactor, its own armaments, and equipment will far outweigh the cost of the airborn element.

Also its more than likely that the carrier will be operating out of range of a normal airfield / runway, or at least a friendly one.

eta plus the strategic / tactical costs of loosing such a platform.

Edited by XJSJohn on Tuesday 26th May 05:13

[Fume troll]

Le Grand Bleu, once owned by Paul Allen of MS, then apparently owned by Mr Abramovic, and may or may not have been given to his mate Eugene Shvidler a wee while ago.

The ship's tenders include:
Bellatrix, a 74-foot sailing yacht, was constructed with a honeycomb foam composite, and Cherry-veneer interior paneling preserved the owner’s taste for luxurious aesthetics.
Sirius A, a 67-foot Sunseeker, which has three staterooms for weekend jaunts or in the unlikely event they run out of room on the yacht.
6 Jet Skis
A couple of RIBS
Helicopter (and a second helideck for visitors)














I think I could be quite comfortable living aboard!

Cheers,

FT.