How often do you see NBC etc getting USS and USNS mixed up...My "rather small" point was that the pinko's at the ABC called her HMS not RFA
How often do you see NBC etc getting USS and USNS mixed up...My "rather small" point was that the pinko's at the ABC called her HMS not RFA
Um ... I don't know mate, but I can imagine ..... My favorite name for a USNS Barge is the USNS Tippecanoe. When we pulled alongside her for a RAS-L I nearly shat myself laughingHow often do you see NBC etc getting USS and USNS mixed up...
Whats the normal hull plate thickness for a steel hulled warship/commercial ship?The ABC's 7.30 has confirmed corrosion on the ship was so serious that parts of the hull were only two millimetres thick.
Yup pretty obvious, that oneMy "rather small" point was that the pinko's at the ABC called her HMS not RFA
From what I remember it was to with the asbestos in the hull and it would cost too much and take too much time to make it compliant so they rejected it.Rumor has it they rejected it because they wanted a local build.. The argies haven't exactly be flash with the cash, so the real reason may be a bit of a mystery. The french have the mistrals now so I can see why they don't have to hold onto it. But we would be buying an older ship.
In which case it would immediately be out of contention for sale to the RAN.From what I remember it was to with the asbestos in the hull and it would cost too much and take too much time to make it compliant so they rejected it.
You're right, they were. Harry is probably confused by the earlier aborted sale of the older Orage-class French LPDs to Argentina, which fell through because they were (like many other 1960s warships) full of the stuff.Well I would have thought the french would have been off abestos by then.
The French set on four amphibs as the desired fleet size, with the first two Mistrals replacing Orage & Ouragan. Now Dixmude is building, Foudre will soon be spare, though there is an argument that one ship could replace the training role of Jeanne d'Arc now she's retired.The french have the mistrals now so I can see why they don't have to hold onto it.
Its been Success since she was built.A little change of topic. But what ship is the current flagship of the RAN Fleet? I assume normally it would be Kanimbla or Manoora, but with those two both out of action, which ship is it?
Yup was the same when I served on her twice during the 1990's.Its been Success since she was built.
She is though Sydney is the senior ship for the East and Perth for the West due to them having 4 ringers as CO's.Its been Success since she was built.
She's in a multi-year refit though, she's officially still the flagship though?Its been Success since she was built.
She's flagship in name only, she doesn't carry a command staff or anything. She's only in charge of task groups if her CO is the senior one in company.She's in a multi-year refit though, she's officially still the flagship though?
Thought so, which makes it a bit weird in my mind. Considering the flagship of a fleet or task group is generally the command ship of that formation.She's flagship in name only, she doesn't carry a command staff or anything. She's only in charge of task groups if her CO is the senior one in company.
Thickness depends on the steel in use. HT will be thinner that mild steel. For mild steel commercial vessel 12mm is pretty standard. I suspect the amphibs are mild steel but am willing to be corrected.Whats the normal hull plate thickness for a steel hulled warship/commercial ship?
Just wondering since I know a conventional small alluminium craft is ~3-5mm. But thats just something the size of this or this which being aluminium can get away with a thinner hull and are hardly comparable in size anyway.
And on that note, how hard is it to strip off hull plates at the various parts of framing below them (with a grinder?) and weld on new plating? I would have thought it fairly straight forward or does that part of the hull need special bracing while the plating is removed?
With 3 ships 1 should be available all the time and 2 some of the time.Hey, just wanted to know. What would be the difference in availability (like percentage and how many ships we will have up all the time) between 3 or 4 AWDs.