Honest John: "Land Rover Announces Affiliation With Royal Navy Type 45 Destroyer"

[soleil]

Land Rover announces afilliation with Royal Navy Type 45 destroyer | Motoring News | Honest John

 

[soleil]

I particularly like the one on the right, looks very smart.

Hmmmmm ....

I wonder whether there is scope for naming the next ship to be commissioned HMS Lotus ..... one of those would make a nice little runabout.

 

[taffscrivs]

Knowing the M.O.D's eye for a bargain the next one will probably be named HMS Dacia!

 

[Stirling]

'The firm will be supplying HMS Defender with a ... errr ... Defender to use when in dry land'

All county class destroyers had a defender on permanent loan, it went where the ship went. Correct me if I'm wrong but I think some Leanders had a mini van.

 

[trelawney126]

On the Old Ark we had a minibus painted red with HMS Ark Royal. The Pantomime Sqn were lent a Rolls Royce, which some enterprising pilot managed to turn over

 

[Shackles_and_Flags]

I was in Illustrious when the press kicked up abit of stink about the ship receiving a top of the range land rover prior to our 2006 trip out to India which included photos of it getting craned onboard prior to us sailing from Portsmouth.

 

[WreckerL]

The old Bulwark (R08 ) had a landrover and a tilly which went everywhere with the ship.

 

[redmonkey]

Lusty had a very nice Jaguar on board in 98 I think. Nice until some girl on 801 Sqdn untied a lashing and dropped a bomb carrier onto the roof.

(year could be wrong, old age and all)

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[Stand_Still]

The old Protector carried her own landrover in the sixties.