A thing of magnificent beauty. Even better when they actually work!
Posted on 02/11/2024 12:17:54 PM PST by dynachrome
Crowds of hundreds gathering to watch the grand departure of £3billion warship HMS Prince of Wales, ahead of the biggest NATO exercise since the Cold War, have been left bitterly disappointed after it failed to make it out of the harbour.
The 65,000-tonne Royal Navy aircraft carrier was primed and ready today to make the journey from Portsmouth Naval Base to Norway to take part in Exercise Steadfast Defender which is set to involve more than 40 ships.
This comes exactly a week on from the failed departure of the vessel's sister ship HMS Queen Elizabeth last weekend when an 'issue' was found with its starboard propellor coupling at the last minute.
Since then, the race has been on to replace Big Lizzie with the HMS Prince of Wales and before the big day scaffolding was removed from the aircraft carrier's flight deck.
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Rule, Britannia! Britannia rule the waves
A thing of magnificent beauty. Even better when they actually work!
HMS Queen Elizabeth is down as well?
Oy...
At least they still have Rum, Sodomy and the Lash.
The end result of a fallen inbred monarchy.
Reminds me of a Monty Python sketch where a bunch of old ladies are manning submarines of the Royal Navy.
“Mrs. Nesbitt’s got one of her head aches again so I put her in the torpedo tube!’’.
“Right then. Fire Mrs. Nesbitt!’’.
Oh, rip the shirt!
How cliché!
This is the end-state of the WOG (White-Excluding Occupational Government)
We’ve got a few extra flat tops...time to bring back Lend-Lease?
Say what? The Brits named a ship after Thin Lizzie? Or was it Fat Lizzo?
LOL!!!
And the political mob-like factions that parliamentary systems evolve toward. The “national pie(i.e., the economy)” gets divided up so many different ways to buy off constituent factions to little is left for actual government functions like national defense.
......hmmmm “coupling” ???
If that is what I think it is, a complete repair could take a year or more. They (news article writer) said “propeller”. I don’t think a “propeller” has a coupling. But, the shaft leading to the propeller from the engine could have a “coupling’. Said “coupling” couples two sections of drive shaft together. Since these drive shafts can be 2’ thick and 100’ plus long, repairing them is no small task.
Now, I could be wrong, but I can’t figure out how a “propeller” has a “coupling”.
But hey, if they need masks or ventilators I hear they are available at deep discounts now.
I think they eliminated the lash. But they’re still good with rum and sodomy.
Don’t forget, the HMS Diamond has no missiles to hit Yemen.
Clown World.
Brits should stick to timepiece dramas where blacks are in equal position for some reason…
And— WAILS!
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