Mister Frag 0 Posted October 28, 2002 From http://www.cnn.com/2002/WEATHER/10/27/britain.gales/index.html Warship a casualty of UK gales Sunday, October 27, 2002 Posted: 8:06 AM EST (1306 GMT) Fierce gales have brought widespread damage to Britain LONDON, England -- Violent gales sweeping the UK have left Britain's newest warship seriously damaged after a passenger ferry was blown into it. High winds swept the ferry, Pride of Portsmouth, which was carrying 800 passengers and 130 crew from the French port of Le Havre, into the HMS St Albans as the ferry tried to berth in Portsmouth harbour. A Royal Navy spokesman said the warship, a Royal Navy Type 23 frigate, suffered "significant damage to its superstructure" but no-one was hurt in the collision on Sunday which came as fierce gales battered much of the country, with the south being the worst hit. "It will be out of action for the time being," he told Reuters. The ship was only handed over to the Navy last year and was in its last week of preparation for sea training before becoming an operational part of the British fleet. Britain's HMS Nottingham was also damaged just months ago The incident comes just three months after Britain's high-tech Type 42 destroyer, HMS Nottingham, equipped with state-of-the-art navigation equipment, sailed onto well-charted rocks off Australia and punctured its hull. The latest collision occurred as 70 miles-an-hour (110 kph) winds lashed Portsmouth harbour. "The Pride of Portsmouth was being manoeuvred to her berth with assistance of tugs, when there was a big gust of wind and she was blown onto HMS St Albans," a spokesman for the ship's operators, P&O Ferries, said. "The Pride of Portsmouth has suffered a small gash to its bow above waterline -- but HMS St Albans has come off worse," he added. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
brgnorway 0 Posted October 28, 2002 Just curious - what is "superstructure"? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mister Frag 0 Posted October 28, 2002 It's basically all structures above the deck. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ralphwiggum 6 Posted October 28, 2002 even a ship of such size is no match fo mother nature's fury......any hurricane effects in OFP2? j/k Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Placebo 29 Posted October 28, 2002 The army had an inflatable tank blown away as well, shame it was one borrowed from the RAF really Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
FSPilot 0 Posted October 28, 2002 Yeah those inflatable tanks are expensive. There's also a TS and TD (tropical depression) about to hit Hawaii. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Tovarish 0 Posted October 28, 2002 </span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote (placebo @ Oct. 28 2002,02:36)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">The army had an inflatable tank blown away as well, shame it was one borrowed from the RAF really <span id='postcolor'> lol that reminds me. I remember reading somewhere about US spy satellites keeping track of Russian subs in a dock. They were monitoring this one particular new sub...then one day during a storm, a satellite took a picture of the sub - rolling across a nearby field. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DracoPaladore 0 Posted October 28, 2002 </span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote (Tovarish @ Oct. 28 2002,03:25)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">lol that reminds me. I remember reading somewhere about US spy satellites keeping track of Russian subs in a dock. They were monitoring this one particular new sub...then one day during a storm, a satellite took a picture of the sub - rolling across a nearby field.<span id='postcolor'> I guess "Fierce winds" was an understatement Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Tex -USMC- 0 Posted October 28, 2002 lmao Tov- you nearly made me choke Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
edc 0 Posted October 28, 2002 Also reminds me of the preparations before D-Day where there were all the rubber tanks set up to confuse the Germans Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Warin 0 Posted October 28, 2002 </span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote (edc @ Oct. 28 2002,04:02)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">Also reminds me of the preparations before D-Day where there were all the rubber tanks set up to confuse the Germans<span id='postcolor'> When Rommel went to North Africa to relieve the Italians, he had a bunch of wooden tanks built to make the British believe that his small force (at that point) was far more sizable than it was. Funny part is that the British hadnt bothered to look, so the idea was for nothing! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Badgerboy 0 Posted October 28, 2002 </span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote </td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">The army had an inflatable tank blown away as well, shame it was one borrowed from the RAF really <span id='postcolor'> You bastards! We want our tank back! Bloody squaddies! At least the RAF regiment beat the Army in a shooting contest.... (They also beat the US Army, Marines, and Rangers!! We still don't know how! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Tex -USMC- 0 Posted October 28, 2002 </span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote (Badgerboy @ Oct. 28 2002,08:23)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">At least the RAF regiment beat the Army in a shooting contest.... (They also beat the US Army, Marines, and Rangers!! We still don't know how! <span id='postcolor'> Lord forbid you go out and fly your planes Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Badgerboy 0 Posted October 28, 2002 </span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote </td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">Lord forbid you go out and fly your planes<span id='postcolor'> The RAF regiment is the RAF's own little Army. They are tasked with protecting airlfields, and seizing enemy airfields for our own use. They have their own armour, plus support units.... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Othin 0 Posted October 28, 2002 </span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote (Tovarish @ Oct. 27 2002,18:25)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE"></span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote (placebo @ Oct. 28 2002,02:36)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">The army had an inflatable tank blown away as well, shame it was one borrowed from the RAF really <span id='postcolor'> lol that reminds me. I remember reading somewhere about US spy satellites keeping track of Russian subs in a dock. They were monitoring this one particular new sub...then one day during a storm, a satellite took a picture of the sub - rolling across a nearby field.<span id='postcolor'> lol, that's quality. I love hearing stories like that from both sides. I'm also glad that now that the cold war is ended we have stories like that to share here on the internet rather then much worse ones shared around campfires by cavemen! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
munger 25 Posted October 28, 2002 </span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote (Tovarish @ Oct. 28 2002,02:25)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">lol that reminds me. I remember reading somewhere about US spy satellites keeping track of Russian subs in a dock. They were monitoring this one particular new sub...then one day during a storm, a satellite took a picture of the sub - rolling across a nearby field.<span id='postcolor'> LOL! What kind of wind would you need to pull a several thousand ton submarine out of the water and roll it across land? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mister Frag 0 Posted October 28, 2002 You missed the point -- it wasn't a real submarine, it was a light-weight mock-up used to confuse the US intelligence analysts by focusing their attention and resources on the mock-up. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Warin 0 Posted October 28, 2002 </span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote (placebo @ Oct. 28 2002,02:36)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">The army had an inflatable tank blown away as well, shame it was one borrowed from the RAF really <span id='postcolor'> Some corrections are actually required here. For 'The Army' read 'Placebo' For 'tank' read 'girlfriend' For 'the RAF' read 'Denoir' That will put the story much, much closer to the truth. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Placebo 29 Posted October 29, 2002 You said you'd never tell Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Warin 0 Posted October 29, 2002 </span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote (placebo @ Oct. 29 2002,19:50)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">You said you'd never tell  <span id='postcolor'> Sorry Placebo When that reporter from the beeb called me and asked what I knew..I said no. But I trusted the guys here in the forum. They generally are the souls of discresion! Have you found her yet? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Placebo 29 Posted October 29, 2002 Yup she came home again Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sadico 1 Posted October 29, 2002 Bwaaahaahahaaaa LMAO!!! You almost killed me, placebo!!! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
