Ship porn
- Thread starter bi0boy
- Start date
T & P
|-o-| (-o-) |-o-|
That seems a rather, er, unusual name for any boat/ ship, let alone a warship. HMS Vanguard, Valiant, Dauntless… and here we have HMS Duncan.
Must send shivers down the spines of enemy combatants. ‘All hands, prepare for the worst: here comes HMS Duncan’
bcuster
Well-Known Member
the RN usually comes up with fabulous names for warships. A favorite of mine HMS Ambush. I guess RN was following USN custom of naming destroyers after people. Rather mundane, I agree…That seems a rather, er, unusual name for any boat/ ship, let alone a warship. HMS Vanguard, Valiant, Dauntless… and here we have HMS Duncan.
Must send shivers down the spines of enemy combatants. ‘All hands, prepare for the worst: here comes HMS Duncan’
T & P
|-o-| (-o-) |-o-|
I’d love to know who the Duncan this ship is named after might. Undoubtedly a hard bloke not to mess with.
gosub
~#
Adam Duncan, 1st Viscount Duncan - Wikipedia
pseudonarcissus
fluttering and dancing
True naval hero..Adam Duncan, 1st Viscount Duncan - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
Several public houses are named after him, including the Admiral Duncan pub in Soho, London
existentialist
Tired and unemotional
It's to lull them into a false sense of security. "Oh, it's only HMS Duncan and HMS Nigel. We'll be fiiiiine"That seems a rather, er, unusual name for any boat/ ship, let alone a warship. HMS Vanguard, Valiant, Dauntless… and here we have HMS Duncan.
Must send shivers down the spines of enemy combatants. ‘All hands, prepare for the worst: here comes HMS Duncan’
pseudonarcissus
fluttering and dancing
just keep them away from bridges
Brazilian Navy training ship crashes into the Ecuadorian port of Guayaquil
A Brazilian Navy training ship, 'Cisne Branco,' hit a bridge in the Ecuadorian port of Guayaquil on Monday (October 18) in what was described by the Ecuadorian Navy as an accident. The Ecuadorian Navy reported there were no causalities. The masts of the Brazilian sailboat hit a tilting...
www.newsflare.com
bcuster
Well-Known Member
The 18 mile long Chesapeake Bay Bridge Tunnel and the Hampton roads Bridge Tunnel are right in her path!just keep them away from bridges
Brazilian Navy training ship crashes into the Ecuadorian port of Guayaquil
A Brazilian Navy training ship, 'Cisne Branco,' hit a bridge in the Ecuadorian port of Guayaquil on Monday (October 18) in what was described by the Ecuadorian Navy as an accident. The Ecuadorian Navy reported there were no causalities. The masts of the Brazilian sailboat hit a tilting...
pseudonarcissus
fluttering and dancing
the Francis Scott Key Bridge being cleared out of the way could have been good.
StoneRoad
heckling from the back!
Was at the Lifeboat Festival / 200 event at RNLI HQ in Poole at the weekend, ie18/19 May 2024
Should be uploading a few images either tonight or tomorrow.
It was "interesting" as I was there as part of the support for the oldest British lifeboat attending, built in 1909 ...
Should be uploading a few images either tonight or tomorrow.
It was "interesting" as I was there as part of the support for the oldest British lifeboat attending, built in 1909 ...
bcuster
Well-Known Member
bcuster
Well-Known Member
I wonder what is meant by "hybrid"...
Maggot
The Cake of Liberty
Named after Latino soul singer Joe Bataan?
bcuster
Well-Known Member
Yes, 5th ship in a unique class of statue haulers
A380
How do I change this 'custom title' thing then?
Apparently they retrofitted it (and nine others) with a hybrid battery system.
bcuster
Well-Known Member
Stuck at sea for years, a sailor's plight highlights a surge in shipowner abandonment
Abdul Nasser Saleh says he rarely got a good night’s sleep during the near-decade he spent working without pay on a cargo ship abandoned by its owner at ports along the Red Sea. By day he paced the deck, stuck for the last two years in the seaport of Jeddah, unable to set foot on land because...
T & P
|-o-| (-o-) |-o-|
I’ve posted this before on the boards somewhere; there’s an absolutely fascinating story (and a much happier one as far as the welfare of the stranded sailors goes) regarding what happened to the many ships that were on the Suez Canal when the Six Day War broke out. Basically it involved dozens of ships from multiple countries, and the stranded sailors formed a community that evolved even to issuing their own stamps, having Olympic Game competitions, and more. The two links below are a great read:Gosh that's awful!
I didn't know that sort of thing could happen
Eight years stuck on the Suez Canal
The crew on the Melampus faced a dilemma. War between Israel and Egypt appeared imminent, and passing through the Suez Canal could place them right in
Great Bitter Lake Association - 99% Invisible
When Eric Carlson retired, he dove headfirst into an old hobby… philately. Philately is the study of postage stamps, and it’s a tragically underappreciated field of study. A stamp can give you a perfect snapshot of the past on a single square inch of paper. Carlson finds his stamps where every...
99percentinvisible.org
