Some old (ish) aerial pics of Dev & Plymouth Sound

[Lemacque]

Some pics from early 2000s of devonport & plymouth sound.

 

[WreckerL]

"Oldish" pics from the early 2000's? That's what my grandsons would say!

How old are you..10!

 

[Lemacque]

"Oldish" pics from the early 2000's? That's what my grandsons would say!

How old are you..10!

Just covering bases before people start dripping that the crane is gone or something else has changed.
Being in my late 40s they aint that old for me either, though early 2000s is now almost a quarter century ago (it does still seem like last week......)
I think its towards the end of 2004 as that is Vanguard flooded-up in 9 dock

 

[WreckerL]

Just covering bases before people start dripping that the crane is gone or something else has changed.
Being in my late 40s they aint that old for me either, though early 2000s is now almost a quarter century ago (it does still seem like last week......)
I think its towards the end of 2004 as that is Vanguard flooded-up in 9 dock

If it's 2004 that might be Traf in the dock next to her, I left Traf in 2003 in dock after we stuck the nut on a bit of Scotland and trashed 1 and 2 MBT!

 

[Waspie]

If it's 2004 that might be Traf in the dock next to her, I left Traf in 2003 in dock after we stuck the nut on a bit of Scotland and trashed 1 and 2 MBT!

I assume MBT isn't Main Battle Tank!!!! (Worked with Percy Pongo for too long I'm afraid!!)

 

[fishhead]

I assume MBT isn't Main Battle Tank!!!! (Worked with Percy Pongo for too long I'm afraid!!)

Very close. Main Ballast Tank

 

[Waspie]

Very close. Main Ballast Tank

I knew that really, working with the Armoured Crops erased so many RN phrases and replaced them with hole diggers phrases and sayings!! Have to read Jack Speak more frequently!!

 

[Lemacque]

If it's 2004 that might be Traf in the dock next to her, I left Traf in 2003 in dock after we stuck the nut on a bit of Scotland and trashed 1 and 2 MBT!

Skye?

 

[Sumo]

If it's 2004 that might be Traf in the dock next to her, I left Traf in 2003 in dock after we stuck the nut on a bit of Scotland and trashed 1 and 2 MBT!

were you on the panel? or a rude awaking ?

 

[Sumo]

"Oldish" pics from the early 2000's? That's what my grandsons would say!

How old are you..10!

old, they were taken after I left?

 

[WreckerL]

Skye?

Fladda chuain to be precise

were you on the panel? or a rude awaking ?

I was on the panel, turned out to be my last one ever, a gen dit Emergency Surface with a manual flood alarm, although that was set off in error but I didn't know that at the time!

 

[Sumo]

Fladda chuain to be precise


I was on the panel, turned out to be my last one ever, a gen dit Emergency Surface with a manual flood alarm, although that was set off in error but I didn't know that at the time!

On spartan we had a duff 10ton alarm back after, we had a few EM surfaces, it got to the stage of which panel operator had not done one? Skippers local order, no emergency surface for back aft ten ton, unless backed up by a manual alarm, this was all going on during work up, we asked the Staff were we going to do an emergency surface, No with lack of humor. also during work up I was on the panel when I heard a comment from aft, smell of burning, being investigated, SCOOW, panel what are you doing, lining up to fight a fire art? Ok carry on, at this time Capt sea training entered control room watched what was happening, call our skipper in and said, I am not happy with your crew they are determined to get me on EBS. smell tracked to a damaged cable into a transformer, isolated and sorted. Capt Sea training then told skipper, very happy the way your crew handled that safeguard, no panic, calm and ready, if escalation required.

 

[Dusty70]

Wot..........................................gobbldygook

 

[Sumo]

Wot..........................................gobbldygook

Would you like it translating to skimmer?

 

[huwshpis]

Would you like it translating to skimmer?

I was a skimmer, and I understood!

 

[Dusty70]

yeah but you are all klankies............................I is a JD and above all this mucky stuff

 

[huwshpis]

yeah but you are all klankies............................I is a JD and above all this mucky stuff

I resemble that remark! @Sumo and I were pinkies (although I went on to be a squirrel - some very mucky stuff there).

 

[Dusty70]

'although I went on to be a squirrel'......I wondered who was nicking my nuts from the main store ?

 

[huwshpis]

'although I went on to be a squirrel'......I wondered who was nicking my nuts from the main store ?

If I told you, I’d have to kill you.

 

[Taztiff]

This website is interesting. Can search by area and see old photos taken back to the 30's
A bit scant in places but being built up continually.
We used it for some historical images of our factory being built.

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