DaveB wrote:While there's no doubting the technical excellence and fighting capability of these new ships over their forebears, I think they're about as aesthetically pleasing as a box Good that new ships are still being built though
ATB
DaveB
You mean there's no yard arms, tops'lls and mizzens and stuff Dave. And they gave up keel haulin' just after you left? Ah nostalgia eh? Hehe. I'll get me coat.
Well.. yeh, I guess You could tell a British Warship miles away years ago.. now, it's like trying to tell a Honda from a Toyota from a Vauxhall from a Ford. They all look the same!
Well.. yeh, I guess You could tell a British Warship miles away years ago.. now, it's like trying to tell a Honda from a Toyota from a Vauxhall from a Ford. They all look the same!
ATB
DaveB
As ex product planner for Honda UK I resemble that remark
I see the navy still likes them long and thin... I remember a long(ish) debate a while back between long and thin and short and fat(ish). The new type seems to confirm the long favoured view of the speed efficiencies of the long and thin shape.
Good that new ships are still being built though
You could tell a British Warship miles away years ago.. now, it's like trying to tell a Honda from a Toyota from a Vauxhall from a Ford. They all look the same! 
