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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Hope this isn’t another commercial for Lucas Electrics.
Drool, Britannia! Dementia comes in waves!
I don’t see any smoke.
At least they still have Rum, Sodomy and the Lash.
Best to stay away from The Poop Deck.
I got my a__ kicked in Wisconsin once.
Well, one out of three, anyway.
By now, the probability has increased, that the prop shaft, the “coupling,” and the prop, are not the only surprises.
For BOTH aircraft carriers.
“Putin and Xi laughing.”
At what? Putin’s sole aircraft carrier is a rusting hulk alongside in Murmansk and after two serious fires it’s unlikely to ever sail again.
China’s aircraft carriers can’t sustain operations, they haven’t figured out arresting gear, and their drive systems are so bad one of their carriers will likely be scrapped.
The UK might have two difficult carriers but those two carriers have logged more time underway than all Chinese and Russian carriers have logged in this decade.
Maybe they can sell to the Chinese for use as a floating casino.
Used carrier only driven to church on Sundays by a little old lady.
This may be a blown up version of a Snake Oil Salesman.
Imagine Mr. Haney on TV show Green Acres talking gentleman farmer Oliver into buying some ridiculous berry picking machine, one that doesn’t work and makes things worse.
undoubtedly some inbreeding amongs the dei bunch.
If it’s a broken tail shaft, they can cancel everything for a year.
> Now, I could be wrong, but I can’t figure out how a “propeller” has a “coupling”.
Perhaps they were referring to the sailors?
“At least they still have Rum, Sodomy and the Lash.”
Unlike Ruzzia which has vodka, sodomy, hazing, and no carriers to speak of.
I can only see a little blue question mark for some reason…
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