kent_white Posted June 26, 2017 Share Posted June 26, 2017 HMS Queen Elizabeth is an impressive looking bit of kit. Just reading that as it leaves into open water - there will only be 50cm between the bottom of the ship and the seabed. Hopefully non of the crew have put on weight :-) https://www.google.co.uk/amp/www.bbc.co.uk/news/amp/40402153 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madthatter Posted June 26, 2017 Share Posted June 26, 2017 Give me the SS Great Britain any day Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Site Supporter White on Tyne Posted June 26, 2017 Site Supporter Share Posted June 26, 2017 Let's hope her Officer of the Watch is more competent than that onboard USS Fitzgerald. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frank_spencer Posted June 26, 2017 Share Posted June 26, 2017 Remember seeing something on a cruise liner that docked in a Scandinavian port somewhere and the only way it could get out was to go full throttle so it sat lower in the water as it passed under the bridge. If the captain hadn't got it fast enough then it would twat into the bridge Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
little whitt Posted June 26, 2017 Share Posted June 26, 2017 not ready till 2020 got 3 years just fucking about testing stuff Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gonzo Posted June 26, 2017 Share Posted June 26, 2017 Fucks my mind something so big can float. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Site Supporter Tonge moor green jacket Posted June 26, 2017 Site Supporter Share Posted June 26, 2017 No harriers anymore to go on it. Always reminds me of the Falklands. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
birch-chorley Posted June 26, 2017 Share Posted June 26, 2017 Fucks my mind something so big can float. Apparently anything will float if it weighs less than the water it displaces It must displace some water! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frank_spencer Posted June 26, 2017 Share Posted June 26, 2017 No harriers anymore to go on it. Always reminds me of the Falklands. Are the not as good yank planes we bought instead going to be ready in time.I'm sure I read somewhere that they weren't Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Site Supporter Spider Posted June 26, 2017 Site Supporter Share Posted June 26, 2017 Are the not as good yank planes we bought instead going to be ready in time. I'm sure I read somewhere that they weren't Doesn't look like it. I read that we'd ordered nearly 200 fighters, but the order for the US military of 2,800 fighters is taking priority. That's a fucking lot of fighters Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
birch-chorley Posted June 26, 2017 Share Posted June 26, 2017 Also worth noting that this was ordered by Gordon Brown's Labour government at the hight of the banking crisis Part of the big infrastructure spending stuff that was announced in an effort to rescue the economy from very likely hitting 'depression' levels I know the Tories talk about overspending now is just asking the next generation to pay for this generations mistakes but this War Ship is set to keep us all safe for 50 years. Both this generation and the next! I'm all for the government borrowing if it's for solid capital expenditure projects and not just to drive rampant wage inflation. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kent_white Posted June 26, 2017 Author Share Posted June 26, 2017 Right here's a question. If I had a jug of water weighing 150g on some kitchen scales - and I put 100 of rice into the water and it was suspended in the water. Would the scales register the the full 250g? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Zico Posted June 26, 2017 Moderators Share Posted June 26, 2017 Do it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sweep Posted June 26, 2017 Share Posted June 26, 2017 (edited) Right here's a question. If I had a jug of water weighing 150g on some kitchen scales - and I put 100 of rice into the water and it was suspended in the water. Would the scales register the the full 250g? Long grain rice or basmati rice? Edited June 26, 2017 by Sweep Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
little whitt Posted June 26, 2017 Share Posted June 26, 2017 Also worth noting that this was ordered by Gordon Brown's Labour government at the hight of the banking crisis Part of the big infrastructure spending stuff that was announced in an effort to rescue the economy from very likely hitting 'depression' levels I know the Tories talk about overspending now is just asking the next generation to pay for this generations mistakes but this War Ship is set to keep us all safe for 50 years. Both this generation and the next! I'm all for the government borrowing if it's for solid capital expenditure projects and not just to drive rampant wage inflation. look were it was built Gordon Browns back garden Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gonzo Posted June 26, 2017 Share Posted June 26, 2017 Right here's a question. If I had a jug of water weighing 150g on some kitchen scales - and I put 100 of rice into the water and it was suspended in the water. Would the scales register the the full 250g? Surely it would add to the overall weight? I'm saying it will. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Site Supporter only1swanny Posted June 26, 2017 Site Supporter Share Posted June 26, 2017 Had to try it, don't care that i'm being trolled... yes it does... (took me half hour to find the scales..) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kent_white Posted June 27, 2017 Author Share Posted June 27, 2017 Had to try it, don't care that i'm being trolled... yes it does... (took me half hour to find the scales..) Ha ha - thanks Swanny. I won't argue with empirical evidence! :-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members bolty58 Posted June 27, 2017 Members Share Posted June 27, 2017 Ha ha - thanks Swanny. I won't argue with empirical evidence! :-) Good man. Anything to do with the Empire is good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sweep Posted June 27, 2017 Share Posted June 27, 2017 Excellent...powered by XP http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4640214/HMS-Queen-Elizabeth-maiden-voyage.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gonzo Posted June 27, 2017 Share Posted June 27, 2017 Excellent...powered by XP http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4640214/HMS-Queen-Elizabeth-maiden-voyage.html I couldn't live in one of those bunks fuck me. Feel trapped in just looking at it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sweep Posted June 27, 2017 Share Posted June 27, 2017 I couldn't live in one of those bunks fuck me. Feel trapped in just looking at it Yet you have no issues going into Uncle Brians "Midnight Choke Chamber" - weird Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gonzo Posted June 27, 2017 Share Posted June 27, 2017 Yet you have no issues going into Uncle Brians "Midnight Choke Chamber" - weird "Tap out or get passed about" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Escobarp Posted June 27, 2017 Share Posted June 27, 2017 (edited) Just shows what these guys sacrifice though living like that for months on end. I certainly couldn't do it Edited June 27, 2017 by Escobarp Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gonzo Posted June 27, 2017 Share Posted June 27, 2017 Few of my mates do it on the rigs. 4 of em share a room for 2, night and day shift. No way I'm betting in a warm bed where some fucker has been farting In it all night. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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