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Ship Photo of the Day
- Thread starter Randy Daytona
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Some new photos of HMS Queen Elizabeth which has put to sea for tests.
http://www.businessinsider.com/phot...-2018-2/#heres-another-view-of-the-choppers-8
Length: 920 ft, Beam: 128 ft (waterline), 240 ft (overall), Displacement: 65,000 tons. 2 gas turbines and 4 diesels gives 26+ knots
Armament: 50 aircraft
Commissioned: 7 December 2017
http://www.businessinsider.com/phot...-2018-2/#heres-another-view-of-the-choppers-8
Length: 920 ft, Beam: 128 ft (waterline), 240 ft (overall), Displacement: 65,000 tons. 2 gas turbines and 4 diesels gives 26+ knots
Armament: 50 aircraft
Commissioned: 7 December 2017
So apparently the CO is a RN Commodore (equivalent to Rear Admiral Lower Half) but he wears the rank of Captain when in command of the ship while retaining the rank of Commodore. Is that something unique to the Royal Navy (or even the Queen Elizabeth) or is that something that can happen in the US Navy as well?
In 1996, TR had a CO named Christensen that continued to wear Captain for 5 weeks until his CoC after he was promoted to RADM.
During that 5 weeks, he managed back down into / collide with the YSS Leyte Gulf while doing engineering drills. Since he’d already been promoted, he just changed his collar devices after he was relieved for cause.
He managed to hang on long enough to retire as an O7 without ever being given a real O7 job.
During that 5 weeks, he managed back down into / collide with the YSS Leyte Gulf while doing engineering drills. Since he’d already been promoted, he just changed his collar devices after he was relieved for cause.
He managed to hang on long enough to retire as an O7 without ever being given a real O7 job.
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SM U-9 of the Kaiser's Navy. Along with raider SMS Emden, they were the only ships the Kaiser awarded the Iron Cross.
On 22 September 1914, U-9 sighted a squadron of 3 obsolete Royal Navy Cressy class 12,000 ton armored cruisers. Within 1 hour, the 6 torpedoes carried by U-9 had sunk all 3 ships, killing 1,450 British sailors.
Wenman "Kit" Wykeham-Musgrave (1899–1989) survived being torpedoed on all three ships.[14] His daughter recalled:
He went overboard when the HMS Aboukir was going down and he swam like mad to get away from the suction. He was then just getting on board the HMS Hogue and she was torpedoed. He then went and swam to the HMS Cressy and she was also torpedoed. He eventually found a bit of driftwood, became unconscious and was eventually picked up by a Dutch trawler.
Remember that the next time you think you are having a bad day...
U-9 eventually sunk another British armored cruiser, 3 British steamers, 10 British fishing vessels and a Russian minesweeper.
Length: 188 ft, Beam: 20 ft, Displacement: 493 tons (surfaced), 611 tons submerged, max depth: 160 ft.
2 x 6 cylinder and 2 x 8 cylinder engines gave 1,000 HP on the surface and 14 knots
2 x electric motors gave 1,140 HP submerged and 8 knots
Armament: 4 x 17.7" torpedo tubes (2 fwd, 2 aft), 1 x 2" gun, 1 x 1.5" gun.
Commissioned: 18 April 1910, Surrendered 26 November 1918 and subsequently broken up.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Action_of_22_September_1914
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Illustration by Hans Bohrdt depicting the sinking of HMS Cressy, HMS Hogue and HMS Aboukir by U-9 on 22 September 1914 off the Dutch coast.
On 22 September 1914, U-9 sighted a squadron of 3 obsolete Royal Navy Cressy class 12,000 ton armored cruisers. Within 1 hour, the 6 torpedoes carried by U-9 had sunk all 3 ships, killing 1,450 British sailors.
Wenman "Kit" Wykeham-Musgrave (1899–1989) survived being torpedoed on all three ships.[14] His daughter recalled:
He went overboard when the HMS Aboukir was going down and he swam like mad to get away from the suction. He was then just getting on board the HMS Hogue and she was torpedoed. He then went and swam to the HMS Cressy and she was also torpedoed. He eventually found a bit of driftwood, became unconscious and was eventually picked up by a Dutch trawler.
Remember that the next time you think you are having a bad day...
U-9 eventually sunk another British armored cruiser, 3 British steamers, 10 British fishing vessels and a Russian minesweeper.
Length: 188 ft, Beam: 20 ft, Displacement: 493 tons (surfaced), 611 tons submerged, max depth: 160 ft.
2 x 6 cylinder and 2 x 8 cylinder engines gave 1,000 HP on the surface and 14 knots
2 x electric motors gave 1,140 HP submerged and 8 knots
Armament: 4 x 17.7" torpedo tubes (2 fwd, 2 aft), 1 x 2" gun, 1 x 1.5" gun.
Commissioned: 18 April 1910, Surrendered 26 November 1918 and subsequently broken up.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Action_of_22_September_1914
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Illustration by Hans Bohrdt depicting the sinking of HMS Cressy, HMS Hogue and HMS Aboukir by U-9 on 22 September 1914 off the Dutch coast.
Is that Korea on the horizon?
WestPac exercise............could be for anything WestPac.Is that Korea on the horizon?
What a royal pain in the ass it must be to deconflict airspace.
Don't think anyone was flying that morning. No AM events for a photo shoot. good deal.What a royal pain in the ass it must be to deconflict airspace.
Are we looking at the same picture? It appears someone is flying that morning.
Everyone forgets about helicopters. If you’re too mean to helicopter people then they’ll just put you on the “do not rescue list.”
DOHHHHH!
For those of you wondering why the ships aren't in "numerical order", it's because they're in "alphabetical order". (Yes, I may be somewhere on "the spectrum"...).
