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Re: A new visitor on the Tyne
Posted: 04 May 2010, 17:56
by Mickey D
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.
Re: A new visitor on the Tyne
Posted: 04 May 2010, 18:19
by DaveB
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

Re: A new visitor on the Tyne
Posted: 04 May 2010, 19:09
by jonesey2k
I saw Daring up close when she docked in Liverpool a while back.
She is tiny compared with the cruise ships we've been getting. Hell of a ship though

Re: A new visitor on the Tyne
Posted: 04 May 2010, 19:09
by John
DaveB wrote:
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
JR
Re: A new visitor on the Tyne
Posted: 04 May 2010, 20:05
by ChrisHunt
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.
Regards,
Chris