Post Amazingly Cool Pictures Of Ships or Boats!

[Cotty]

SkinnyBoy said:

FLIP research ship, literally capsizes itself!

Wow thats really wierd. I found a video of it flipping
http://www.metacafe.com/watch/463635/flip_research...

I love the way everything inside can move depending on orientation

[Tootles the Taxi]

This visited South Quay near Canary Wharf a couple of years ago. Moored next to my office.

[FUBAR]

Maybe not an 'Amazingly Cool Picture of Ships' but its certainly a picture of an amazingly cool ship

My first weekend of the seaon in Lymington this weekend, and this was moored at the end of the jetty.

Dunkirk Little Ship "Bounty". Absolutely gorgeous







http://www.adls.org.uk/shipinfo.cfm?id=19&Rest...

[AshVX220]

rhinochopig said:

I agree with EM as a better long term solution though. I would imagine that a linear accelerator would be kinder to the airframe as you could precisely control the acceleration rate.

It'd look crap in war films though - how would they get the arty slow-mo shots of steam drifting across the deck as the hero hurtles off to war.

I think the EM technology is still extrememly immature, the CVX may be the first ship to use them, but that seems unlikely. They're also developing Guns that use EM to fire the projectile, with extreme accuracy a shell that weighs a ton could be fired up to a 100 miles apparently, that's far more impressive than the big guns on the old battleships even!

Edited by AshVX220 on Tuesday 14th April 15:43

[AshVX220]

FUBAR said:

Maybe not an 'Amazingly Cool Picture of Ships' but its certainly a picture of an amazingly cool ship

My first weekend of the seaon in Lymington this weekend, and this was moored at the end of the jetty.

Dunkirk Little Ship "Bounty". Absolutely gorgeous







http://www.adls.org.uk/shipinfo.cfm?id=19&Rest...

That's beautiful, it's been restored with a massive amount of care and love!

[FUBAR]

She is a thing of beauty

[Munter]

AshVX220 said:

FUBAR said:

Maybe not an 'Amazingly Cool Picture of Ships' but its certainly a picture of an amazingly cool ship

My first weekend of the seaon in Lymington this weekend, and this was moored at the end of the jetty.

Dunkirk Little Ship "Bounty". Absolutely gorgeous

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http://www.adls.org.uk/shipinfo.cfm?id=19&Rest...

That's beautiful, it's been restored with a massive amount of care and love!

....and money!

I agree though. It's a good looking thing.

[FourWheelDrift]

I've seen a very similar ship the Portola (1929) It's currently up for sale as well - http://www.charleslichaconstruction.com/Portola_si...

[neilsie]

[XJSJohn]

FUBAR said:

Maybe not an 'Amazingly Cool Picture of Ships' but its certainly a picture of an amazingly cool ship

My first weekend of the seaon in Lymington this weekend, and this was moored at the end of the jetty.

Dunkirk Little Ship "Bounty". Absolutely gorgeous

I remember seeing her about the Solent in the 80's ... she is looking good for her age.

Anyone know if the Somerset is still about, Big white "little ship" that was kept on a swinging moring off Hamble Point Marina in the 80's.

I think she was owned by Racall Decca as a testbed for equipment.

[rhinochopig]

[AshVX220]

My Mum's cousin has a barge like that.

[Rower]

rhinochopig said:

Humber Keel ?

[rhinochopig]

Rower said:

rhinochopig said:

Humber Keel ?

[escargot]

Just out of interest, what sort of GTs will they use in the new carriers?

[rhinochopig]

escargot said:

Just out of interest, what sort of GTs will they use in the new carriers?

IIRC R-R WR21s (as per T-45) were in the running (when I worked at R-R, although I'm long gone now)

It would appear things have moved on - MT30s seem to be the choice http://navy-matters.beedall.com/cvf6.htm

Edited by rhinochopig on Wednesday 15th April 13:49

[AshVX220]

rhinochopig said:

escargot said:

Just out of interest, what sort of GTs will they use in the new carriers?

IIRC R-R WR21s (as per T-45) were in the running (when I worked at R-R, although I'm long gone now)

It would appear things have moved on - MT30s seem to be the choice http://navy-matters.beedall.com/cvf6.htm

Edited by rhinochopig on Wednesday 15th April 13:49

That's all clanky stuff, so I'm not sure, they were making a big deal about CVF having "environmentally friendly" electric engines, though the good old media seemed to forget where that electricity would be coming from!
As far as I'm aware it's still only two shafts, though that may change. They'll need to tie down the decision soon though as they'll be cutting steel for those sections within a year I expect.

[FourWheelDrift]

This is the paddle steamer Seeandbee who along with the similar paddle steamer Greater Buffalo were converted for use by the USN for an unusual job.




They were converted into paddle wheeled powered aircraft carriers, operated on the Great Lakes for pilot take off & landing training purposes. Seeandbee became the USS Wolverine. Greater Buffalo became USS Sable.

[FourWheelDrift]

USS Missouri squeezing itself into one of the locks on the Panama Canal, the Iowa class Battleships although the longest built at 270m were at 33m width (narrow for their length) designed to just fit.




USS New Jersey in another part of the canal.

[dirty boy]

Not quite a ship or amazingly cool, but I cycle past this boat every morning.

I even attended an evening presentation by the trust owner

Launched 1937
Used to evacuate Dunkirk (crossing the Channel 8 times)
Starred in the 1976 film "The Eagle Has Landed" (starring Michael Caine)

Originally powered by three Isotta Fraschini 57 litre petrol engines each of 1100hp. giving a speed of 48 knots light and 43 knots loaded and armed, this made her the fastest wartime British naval vessel in service Now that is cool!