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maple_leaf_eh
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Reminds me of the old gag. How you circumcise a whale? Send down four skin divers.
. No ... not the Haida (which I drove by daily for many years when she was docked in Toronto) unless she shrunk and was docked in Hamilton harbour for about 24 months in the early ‘’60’sfor several years there was a Canadian Corvette docked in Hamilton (Ont) harbour that reportedly belonged to Onassis and was awaiting a refit as his personal yacht.
You're not talking about the Haida, are you ?Hi
Grizz
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Someone has a lot of cash....HNLMS Piet Hein before and after:
Dark Alley Dan
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Check post #16732.
You're late to the party, bud.
You're late to the party, bud.
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It looks spectacular ....Well, they kept the bow and the heliport.
Grizz
fat tony
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Commander Ian Clarke is presented with the HMS Coventry cross of nails by Captain David Hart pic from Saturday 7 May 2011 article
This particular cross had been aboard HMS Coventry a Type 22 destroyer built as a replacement for F118 until that ship was sold to another navy, at which time the cross was returned to Coventry Cathedral.
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-coventry-warwickshire-18195170
Operation Blackleg, a vital & dangerous mission of The Falkland Islands War. The mission was completed to recover 'national security' items from all the sunken RN ships in theatre. Among other items Captain Hart's telescope and sword (since placed on public display) were recovered along with a cross of nails made from the ruins of St. Michael's Cathedral. St. Michael's Cathedral was destroyed 14/15 November 1940 in Operation Moonlight Sonata. The recovered cross was rededicated to HMS Diamond sometime after HMS Coventry (Type 22) was sold.
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Dark Alley Dan
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This is the Laffley W15 TCC.
French, early war.
Just the thing for shoot and scoot, but sadly, for naught.
French, early war.
Just the thing for shoot and scoot, but sadly, for naught.
Dark Alley Dan
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A Fairey Barracuda. In the background, HMS Spurious:
Spurious was an 1930 Albion bus converted to look like the island of an aircraft carrier.
Also handy for stage productions of HMS Pinafore.
Spurious was an 1930 Albion bus converted to look like the island of an aircraft carrier.
Also handy for stage productions of HMS Pinafore.
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A Fairey Barracuda. In the background, HMS Spurious:
Spurious was an 1930 Albion bus converted to look like the island of an aircraft carrier.
Also handy for stage productions of HMS Pinafore.
Guess those Royal Navy officers were thrown under the bus.
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Guess those Royal Navy officers were thrown under the bus.
Hard astern, has new meaning here.
Grizz
Dark Alley Dan
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Piaggio's quite the innovative company. They finished the war intact and started making scooters. That's how they survived. Vespas were enough to keep them alive.
And now, aside from a weird belief in the power of the pusher prop configuration...
...they seem to have gotten over their wartime trauma.
