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USS Porter hones her Navigational & DC skills
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You've got to feel sorry for them Yanks, those tiny little oil tankers zip around erratically. Must be hard to dodge eh.
why you kikka my dog and a call it fuck off?
13-08-12, 07:40 #3Don't mock. This is highly reminiscent of HMS Southampton in 1988 (link).
N.B. A single RAF Typhoon costs £126 million excluding support.
Originally Posted by Hansard 7 Mar 2011
13-08-12, 08:00 #4which spoiled a very promising evening with a young lady in Abu Dhabi......
The Apostrophe. The difference between knowing your shit and knowing you're shit......
14-08-12, 09:15 #5It will be a long time before we get to hear the full circumstances including navigational constraints, weather conditions, mechanical integrity, operational priorities etc. By the nature of their purpose, warships are expected to operate at the margins of the accepted safety envelopes.
However, being struck on the starboard side does tend to point the finger at the hittee, rather than the hitter.Tribals - gun at both ends and wooden decks - can't beat it!
14-08-12, 10:09 #6If to your starboard red appear it is your duty to keep clear. Or perhaps the tanker was going astern?
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