TrickyWoo56 said:
damn and buggeration - just read these messages which means she'd have turned around right outside my office if I'd bothered to look. Ah well, I hope there's a next time.
Do they moor up for ceremonial duties then or do they actually use the Thames in central london as a port?
Brandenburg would have been making a courtesy visit to show the flag. Warships normally use naval ports for operational visits as they tend to be cheaper, more secure, and contain necessary maintenance and logistical support.
Call me pedantic but when ships go alongside a jetty or another ship, they do not
moor, they
berth.
Mooring involves securing to
moorings (anchored buoys) except when riding at two anchors joined with a swivel piece, an evolution known as
mooring ship. In some ports where jetty space is at a premium, ships perform a
Mediterranean moor with their sterns secured to the jetty and their bows sticking out perpendicularly, secured to the seabed by moorings or anchors.