HMS Daring

[deevlash]

Just back from watching the launch, pretty good use of my day off anyway I'm uploading a bunch of pictures to fotango, how do i get them into this thread? I tried searching for other people who have asked this but im a bit rubbish and couldn't find any.

[Marki]

Here you go mate ,, look foward to seeing them


www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&t=21094

[devious]

Try img code. [ img ] url [ / img] but without the spaces between the square brackets.

[monkeyhanger]

devious said:

Try img code. [ img ] url [ / img] but without the spaces between the square brackets.

It's [ pic ] url [ /pic ] on here

[deevlash]

right theres the first one, lets hope it works and i'll do the rest

[devious]

I was listening to a report on this on R5 this afternoon. Apparently the weaponry can take out incoming the size of a cricket ball, travelling at mach 3, from a distance of 60 miles.

[deevlash]

hopefully this lot all works, anyway its a pretty huge boat, not exactly a looker though. There were loads of folk there watching it. A navy chopper turned up at the last minute, opened its door and sat and watched the launch from the sky, lucky sods!

>> Edited by deevlash on Wednesday 1st February 19:50

>> Edited by deevlash on Wednesday 1st February 19:52

[devious]

monkeyhanger said:

devious said: Try img code. [ img ] url [ / img] but without the spaces between the square brackets. It's [ pic ] url [ /pic ] on here

I'm too used to the vBulletin software. "pic" makes more sense.

[FourWheelDrift]

Just saw it on the news, the bridge superstructure looked it was very close to touching the top of the opening in the building.

[monkeyhanger]

FourWheelDrift said:

Just saw it on the news, the bridge superstructure looked it was very close to touching the top of the opening in the building.

The computer simulations said the chains wouldn't be strong enough to stop it crashing into the car park on the opposite side of the river....

They went ahead anyway

[deevlash]

whats happened to my pictures? they were there a minute ago, still on the fotango thingy too, any ideas? used the [img] for the 1st pic then the [pic] for the rest, could that be it?

[tollytuff]

they should have asked iain banks to think of a better name for it. a (space) ship in one of his novels is called "ask no questions"... or to really upset the enemy call it 'HMS hand of God'

the launch was just on the news, impressive looking thing and no mistake...

[silverback mike]

My wife works on the T45 project, was up there today hobnobbing it....On her way home via plane from glasgow now.

Long old day, she left at 0515 this morning..

[DBSV8]

often wondered if anyone ever simulated a modern warship with a ww11. warship

high deck armour larger guns versus missiles .........bismarck could run at 31 knots so would be faster but less manoeuverable ??

[225]

surely the modern ship could just launch missiles at it all day from well out of range and hit every time. Has to be said deck gun does look a little piddly! (well in comparason anyway)

[rick_172]

tollytuff said:

or to really upset the enemy call it 'HMS hand of God'

Great idea. Imagine the uproar!

[simpo two]

DBSV8 said:

often wondered if anyone ever simulated a modern warship with a ww11. warship high deck armour larger guns versus missiles .........bismarck could run at 31 knots so would be faster but less manoeuverable ??

I wonder that too. Bismarck charging head on should be tough enough to to send Exocets pinging off the sides, and once you got within gunnery range, curtains

[eharding]

tollytuff said:

they should have asked iain banks to think of a better name for it.

Top suggestion - I love those Ian M. Banks ship names - the Navy could do worse than adopt that style of naming scheme...

Assault Ships:
HMS Did You Spill My Pint?
HMS Did You Call My Pint A Puff?
HMS Did You Spill My Bird?
HMS Did You Call My Bird A Puff?
HMS ASBO

Missile Submarines:
HMS It's All Gone Quiet Over There

Type 42's
HMS No Such Thing As A Quick Run Ashore

etc etc

[john75]

Problem is at the moment the ship has no engine or gearbox

[julianhj]

tollytuff said:

they should have asked iain banks to think of a better name for it. a (space) ship in one of his novels is called "ask no questions"... or to really upset the enemy call it 'HMS hand of God' the launch was just on the news, impressive looking thing and no mistake...

Iain M. Banks Ship Names