Ship porn

[T & P]

The Royal Navy’s newest aircraft carrier seen from inside their oldest warship…


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And about the same number of operational fighter jets on both their decks?

 

[Bahnhof Strasse]

I think Victory’s probably more seaworthy right now…

 

[StoneRoad]

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they're lethal, Lethal ! I tell ya !


[according to a few of the bods that drive the little RNLI h'craft - they are almost impossible to steer round sharp changes of course ... sometimes even a straight line seems to be too much !]

 

[A380]

Had it almost to ourselves today.

 

[A380]

 

[existentialist]

Boat with wheels.

 

[petee]

 

[bcuster]

Cool vid of carrier underway at high speed:

 

[klang]

Cool vid of carrier underway at high speed:

 

[pseudonarcissus]

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they are really useful craft...but fugly

 

[A380]

 

[bcuster]

Irish sisters christen US warship bearing name of their brother, who was lauded for heroism

Three sisters of an Irish-born recipient of the Navy Cross have christened a U.S. Navy warship bearing his name — and have secured a promise that the ship will visit Ireland.

apnews.com

USS Patrick Gallagher - Wikipedia

en.m.wikipedia.org

 

[A380]

 

[T & P]

Can’t dock there mate.

 

[T & P]

Harbour action at Whitstable. The cargo ship is servicing a small cement factory that has somehow survived among all the expensive fish restaurants dotted around the place.

 

[Bahnhof Strasse]

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Large roll of gaffer tape, good as new.

 

[A380]

Not my pictures this time

 

[T & P]

Not my pictures this time

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For whatever reason I hadn’t thought of this before, but your picture has just made me wonder why such immensely long ships would have the bridge placed at the stern, when visibility in particular when docking or navigating busy waters would be so much better if it were placed near the bow?

 

[bcuster]

Naval Warfare during the American Revolution

Naval Warfare during the American Revolution

history-maps.com

 

[A380]

 

[A380]

 

[A380]

 

[pseudonarcissus]

For whatever reason I hadn’t thought of this before, but your picture has just made me wonder why such immensely long ships would have the bridge placed at the stern, when visibility in particular when docking or navigating busy waters would be so much better if it were placed near the bow?

mainly as the front bit is useful for cargo and the people can live on the bit on top of the engine.


Big container ships have changed a bit, now with a very skinny living accommodation and bridge in the cargo area. This is mainly as there are forward visibility requirements

 

[bcuster]

 

[petee]

can that prop take off in that short space?

 

[bcuster]

can that prop take off in that short space?

Nope , The C2 is catapult launched just like the fighters. Lands with a tailhook, too

 

[Chz]

Find it quite funny that at one point they wanted AWACS and transport versions of the Viking for parts commonality. The S3 is long gone, but the Hawkeye and the Greyhound are still around.

 

[bcuster]

Find it quite funny that at one point they wanted AWACS and transport versions of the Viking for parts commonality. The S3 is long gone, but the Hawkeye and the Greyhound are still around.

Greyhound sixty years old. Closer in age to the wright brothers than the birth of modern fighters, as is mentioned in the Reddit comments…

 

[A380]

 

[bcuster]

Bad news for NATO

The US Navy's warship production is in its worst state in 25 years. What's behind it?

The U.S. Navy is struggling to build affordable warships needed to face expanding threats around the world.

apnews.com