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HMS Astute named and levered out the build hall!
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Posted on 06/12/2007 1:36:36 AM PDT by Vanders9
HMS Astute named and levered out the build hall!
TOPICS: News/Current Events; United Kingdom
KEYWORDS: navy; seapower; submarine
The navy turned out for the celebrations too.
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posted on
06/12/2007 1:36:40 AM PDT
by
Vanders9
To: Vanders9
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posted on
06/12/2007 2:27:51 AM PDT
by
jebeier
(Never ascribe to malice what can be adequately explained by stupidity. But is stupidity sufficient?)
To: Vanders9
levered out the build hall!
Ha! We roll ours out of the hanger now.
Good luck and godspeed on Alpha trials! Hope post-shakedown doesn't take an eternity.
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posted on
06/12/2007 2:59:18 AM PDT
by
Thrownatbirth
(.....when the sidewalks are safe for the little guy.)
To: Thrownatbirth
it progresses out of the build hall at a speed of 1 meter a minute on a series of rollers.
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posted on
06/12/2007 4:11:16 AM PDT
by
Vanders9
To: Vanders9
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posted on
06/12/2007 6:06:45 AM PDT
by
stinkerpot65
(Global warming is a Marxist lie.)
To: Vanders9
Here's a Blue Ensign in honor of the Submarine
Astute.
It's a blue one because until she finishes her builder's trials and is accepted into Her Majesty's service she is not in commission, and does not rate a White Ensign.
God bless her and all who sail on her.
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posted on
06/12/2007 7:42:00 AM PDT
by
GreenLanternCorps
(Past the schoolhouse / Take it slow / Let the little / Shavers grow / BURMA-SHAVE)
To: stinkerpot65
Sea Trials first, then acceptance into the navy, then it will “disappear” for several months at a time.
RN response to any query about the location of submarines is “no comment”. :)
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posted on
06/13/2007 1:20:26 AM PDT
by
Vanders9
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