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

 

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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

 

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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

 

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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.

 

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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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On my way to the pub.

 

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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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Replica 17th century Spanish warship 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