Ship porn

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RN captain doubles down on on-duty sex tape w/ junior sailor; pays price

Nuclear sub captain armed with doomsday weapons made sex tape with junior sailor at sea

The officer was in charge of the $5 billion Vanguard-class submarine — which carries nuclear arms — when he took the X-rated video of himself and the junior sailor.

nypost.com

 

[T & P]

It feels somewhat wrong to post this story here as ‘ship porn’ it ain’t, but this thread has long served as general chat as well…

Apparently the super yacht Bayesian which sank last night off the Italian coast during a fierce storm but whilst anchored had the second tallest mast in the world. Could have been a factor? No other ships in the immediate area sank…

British tech tycoon Mike Lynch and daughter missing after yacht sinks: Latest

One man has died while four Britons and child are reportedly among missing after boat hits whirlwind off Palermo

www.independent.co.uk

 

[T & P]

On more cheerful news, those cheeky Germans...

German Navy ship blasts out Darth Vader theme on Thames

Londoners are surprised when a German Navy ship blasts out the music from the Star Wars trilogies.

www.bbc.co.uk

 

[pseudonarcissus]

It feels somewhat wrong to post this story here as ‘ship porn’ it ain’t, but this thread has long served as general chat as well…

Apparently the super yacht Bayesian which sank last night off the Italian coast during a fierce storm but whilst anchored had the second tallest mast in the world. Could have been a factor? No other ships in the immediate area sank…

British tech tycoon Mike Lynch and daughter missing after yacht sinks: Latest

One man has died while four Britons and child are reportedly among missing after boat hits whirlwind off Palermo

www.independent.co.uk

I keep thinking "bloody champagne socialist union leaders" and then have to remind myself this is someone entirely different.

I see there is a whirlwind of conspiracy theories building...it's going to be interesting what MAIB report.

 

[bcuster]

 

[A380]

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

We’ll be ok in the UK, it’s not like we live in an island with half our food and 80% of our energy coming by sea…

 

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[pseudonarcissus]

Yacht Design Experts Dissect How an 'Act of God' Sank Bayesian

Chris Freer, Tad Roberts, Roger Long

loosecannon.substack.com

this is probably fairly well informed

 

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[A380]

On my way to the pub.

 

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[bcuster]

Drunken sailor who pushed male colleague into her chest spared jail

Royal Navy chef Natasha Crawley, who drunkenly pushed a male colleague's head into her chest during boozy New Year's Eve celebrations aboard HMS Lancaster, has narrowly avoided jail.

www.dailymail.co.uk

No booze allowed on USN ships!


....cartoons dubbed Daniels “Sir Josephus, Admiral of the USS Grapejuice Pinafore” who oversaw a fleet of Navy ships with names such as “USS Piffle” that were bedecked with flowers, rocking chairs and potted plants. But Daniels’ order was actually just the final phase of a long process that had been slowly reducing the presence of alcohol on Navy ships.

https://news.usni.org/2014/07/01/hundred-years-dry-u-s-navys-end-alcohol-sea

 

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[blossie33]

Replica 17th century Spanish ship to dock in London

The 500 ton Galeon Aldalucia will be moored at St Katharine Docks near Tower Bridge for two weeks.

www.bbc.co.uk

 

[Chilli.s]

Rms Queeen Mary Arrives In Southampton 1967

 

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Replica 17th century Spanish ship to dock in London

The 500 ton Galeon Aldalucia will be moored at St Katharine Docks near Tower Bridge for two weeks.

www.bbc.co.uk

I went on board when they visited Yarmouth. It’s not really a replica, more a modern sail training ship made to look like a galleon from the outside. But it’s worth a visit.

 

[A380]

The 117-year-old HMS Conway ran aground in the Menai Strait, North Wales, on April 14, 1953, during a tow to Birkenhead for a refit. Strong currents and winds made control impossible, leading to her total loss.

 

[pseudonarcissus]

A satisfying dump

I was on a ship of two halves yesterday...there are hinges either end so the bottom can open up to dump dredge spoil.

 

[bcuster]

Getting crowded

The USNS Big Horn was damaged after it resupplied the USS Abraham Lincoln aircraft carrier strike group. It remained in the region amid heightened tensions over the Israel-Hamas war and Israel’s ongoing strikes targeting Hezbollah in Lebanon.

US Navy replenishment ship operating in Mideast was damaged after refueling warships, officials say

A U.S. Navy replenishment ship operating in the Middle East has sustained damage and the cause is under investigation.

apnews.com

 

[bcuster]

Getting serious about the threat from Chinese Navy

Singapore commissions two new submarines as Asia's undersea rivalry grows​

https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/singapore-commissions-two-new-submarines-asias-undersea-rivalry-grows-2024-09-24/

 

[bcuster]

Getting serious about the threat from Chinese Navy

Singapore commissions two new submarines as Asia's undersea rivalry grows​

https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/singapore-commissions-two-new-submarines-asias-undersea-rivalry-grows-2024-09-24/

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And in response, Chinese Navy major failure

China’s newest nuclear-powered submarine sank earlier this year​

https://www.cnn.com/2024/09/26/politics/chinese-nuclear-powered-submarine-sank/index.html

 

[A380]

HMS Britania.1819 until 1869.

 

[ouirdeaux]

I like the International Code of Signals....you can say a lot with just 3 flags..View attachment 432226

In all seriousness, in. the medical section (page 105) you can provide all the information to a diagnosis for a patient with a doctor in any language while they decide if your plague ship can come into port.

http://www.seasources.net/PDF/PUB102.pdf

I have just looked at the whole list. It is a think of wonder. But I find it hard to believe that most people would be able to memorise all the codes, given that they wouldn't be using them all that frequently, or possibly ever for some of them.

 

[pseudonarcissus]

I have just looked at the whole list. It is a think of wonder. But I find it hard to believe that most people would be able to memorise all the codes, given that they wouldn't be using them all that frequently, or possibly ever for some of them.

The single flag codes you’re expected to remember, and some of the more common 2 flag ones, like RY. The rest you refer to the book. Ships are required to carry a copy of the code of signals.

 

[Chz]

Today I learned that up to 5% of a vessel's gross weight is just weld filler. And that's probably peanuts next to what rivets weighed in at.

 

[A380]

The single flag codes you’re expected to remember, and some of the more common 2 flag ones, like RY. The rest you refer to the book. Ships are required to carry a copy of the code of signals.

They gave us an Aldiss lamp so we could do it right
They gave us a radio to signal day and night
We know our codes and ciphers but what's a semaphore?
A bunting-tosser doesn't toss the bunting anymore

 

[ouirdeaux]

I meant thing of wonder, of course. It's too late to edit, so I have no choice other than to hang myself.