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Err For putting the Sub's Mooring Ropes on, perhaps?

Not used to Vanguard being a Submarine, I keep expecting to see the Battleship....

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Leonidas D. v Cap San Nicolas.

April 1970?????????

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Well not on the 15th May 2012 George.

Unless you both had the use of a 'Time Machine'.

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Yes getting a bit long in the tooth now. Ex Aleksandre Pushkin, built in East Germany in 1965. Our first cruise was on the Mikhail Lermontov and we had a Cabin on the enclosed Promanade Deck Midships. Cabin was quite large and fine until you put your head on the pillow to go to sleep. We must have b...

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Difficult to say, or even see just how close she actually got as the Camera Angle is wrong. Yes the stern tug is working hard to pull her across, BUT she cleared it. The Press always make a Drama out of a Crisis. Our Local Paper featured a story about HMS Blyth on Friday and showed a picture of her....

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And showing off her 'New' bum as well.

Its not made any difference to the vibration but its seems to have made her more stable. We had calm sea's from Dubai to Hong Kong so it did not really get tested.

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In a word YES!

She would have had her Steam Engine removed and a diesel fitted. Her overal appearance would have been updated as well.
As an aside that is probably why she lasted as long as she did.

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Marine News report for the time has:-

DAINES.

mv owned by Navaltirso S.p.A. di Nav. Italy, grounded off Cape Bon, 14th March 1964 and sank.

As you say she was probably pulled off and sank later.

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Nice Morning for it, Kevin.

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No doubt about it George. One of two 'NIOBE' class Inshore Minesweepers. HANSA Y 806 ex W 22. 18th November 1957. Displacement: 150 Standard. 180 Full Load. Dimensions: 115.2 x 21.3 x 5.6 Feet. Guns: 1 x 40 mm AA Main Engines: 1 x Mercedes Benz Diesel; Single Shaft; 950 bhp. 14 kts. Complement: 19. ...

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What a fantastic vantage point!

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Agree, Useful info and Line drawings but nothing on the "History". You do have to get your information from a variety of sources. What do you know about the Mauretania being called Tuberose??? The background is when she was bring Troops to the UK and Europe towards the end of WW1. Mauretanian was ne...

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Well 'Pretty Awfull' more or less describes Northumberland at the moment George.......

Easterly Wind Gusting 40 kts. and persistant Rain.

And its going to get worse. Might as well be winter.

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I sometimes wonder who thinks up the names of ships these days!

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Florence is a much nicer name for a 'Hippo' though.......

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Hope Kevin does not see this one..............The Buffet Car is called 'Florence'

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Well it would certainly fit if she was a Wartime Completion.

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Well it could be your right Henk. Built as the ALLER by Haarlemsche Schps Maats, Haarlem in 1944. Twin Screw Tanker of 442 Gross Tons. 823 Dwt. Original Dimensions. Length 220 feet. Beam 27 feet. Became the ANGLIRAN 17 in 1948 for the Anglo Iranian Oil Company and the B.P. ANTWERP in 1953. Cannot fi...

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And all three working hard as well!!

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I don't know where she is now Shirley, but I assume its this one:- JUNO 1. Official Number 129237. Registered Hull. Classed as a Humber Keel. Built Beverley 1909. Registered Tonnage 64. Managing Owner 1928 was George H Huetson of Thorne, Yorks. 1948 Moved to 127 De Grey Street, Hull. In the 1955 Mer...

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At least they are both being docked before the start of the Season this year but with Waverley not starting until the 1st June and Balmoral not starting until the 15th will they make enough money to cover the overheads this year??

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Very nice Bob. Your Model of the 'Austerity' still has pride of place in our house. Looking at the model of the 'Fort Amherst' which is equally impressive I'm just sorry my Bank Account is not sufficiently robust to be able to afford it! One day I might be able to afford another one of your models. ...

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Great shots, but I think I would be seriously worried if my Gas Turbines were making that much smoke......

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Opps Sorry but had to add this one, cause its my 1,000th Post.

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Splendid Picture Young Man...........

Brian Newman sends his regards. Was chatting with him last Friday.

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Well it looks like they are just establishing themselves.

So watch this space!!

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And its Local, Kevin................

http://www.ndtropeaccess.co.uk/marine-services.html

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He did well on his chosen subject as well!

Should have added he is called John Marshall.

He came 2nd.

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That's why you can never find a Hippo thease days because they Blend in so well with the background...........

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We had a WSS visit to the new one whilst she was building a Swans and I remember looking down from the Bridge to the dock and thinking it was a Very, Very, Very long way down!

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They spent a lot of time 'Laid-up' between jobs and were treated like Yacht's.

Now I cannot remember which one it was but the Bow Roller's were removed from one of the scrapped Cable Vessels, grafted onto one of the Noth Sea Pipelaying vessels are are still in use today.

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Not the best of days for them, Kevin. This time last year was much better.

But we hope they all enjoy themselves.

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You got the alarm set, then??

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In very good external condition considering she will be 44 years old this July. Ex OILSTONE. Launched by Appledore Shipbuilders on the 11th July 1968. She carried Diesel Fuel for much of her life in the RMAS and was 527 Tons Full Load. Speed 10 kts with Lister Blackstone Diesel of 405 hp. Her crew w...

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You been delving into the SG again, Kevin??

Tis the Ocean-Wide Shipping Co Ltd. c/o Compass Agencies, Inc., 327 South La Salle Street, Chicargo, Ill., 60604. USA.
At the time they owned a single ship called the COMPASS SPIRIT Built 1953/5789 Gross.

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Great Pictures Paul. Its wonderful to see ships in such a setting, helped by Blue Sky. There is nothing to beat the West Coast of Scotland on a good day, but it does bring home to you, how carefull we have to be with the environment. The effects of an oil spill in such a place would be unthinkable! ...

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Very little I'm afraid but it might help.......

ALETES. FY 045.
American Yacht on Lend-lease as an Anti-Submarine Yacht from 1941. Returned to US 21st November 1945.

I have a 1948 'Record' (Equivalent to Lloyds Register) and can find no mention of her.

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Take care Kevin, Leaping on a Hippo could harm the old joints!!

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Just shows how effective the 'Pink Hippo Camouflage' is.....

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Ahhhh The Secret and Holy Hebburn Sherry Well's as discovered by the Venerable Bede. Its the North's answer to the water shortages down South. The last time they were threatened was when the IRA tried to blow up the Bridge over the River Don, which carries the pipeline linking the Monastry with Hebb...

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Often wondered why they spelt 'Warrier' like that:- Warrier ( Warrier / Varier/Variyar) is a South Indian, Hindu caste of the Ambalavasi (temple-personnel) community from Kerala, India. They are engaged to assist the Namboodiri priests in temple-related chores, primarily catering to the floral requi...

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Far to early for the First Hippo of the season.

Needs a good 'Flood Tide' to get as far West as Whickham.

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The SPABURN was in RFA Service from 1942 to 1977 and the SPALAKE from 1946 to 1947.

If this helps!

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Not surprised...........

Try Cambois, Ulgham and Cowpen........all good old Northumberland names.

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Needed a 'Tow Start' did she...

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An impressive array of lifting apparatus! Three 11t Cranes, 2 x 40t Derricks, 10 x 15t Derricks and 2 x 10t Derricks. The Centre section was built by Howaldswerke-Deutsche Werft, Hamburg in 1970. The aft section by Bremer Vulkan in 1980 and the Forward and part cargo by Rickmers Rhederei, Bremerhave...

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General characteristics Type: Offshore patrol vessel Displacement: approx. 3,750 tons full load Length: 108.4 metres Beam: 16 metres Draught: 4.55 metres Propulsion: 2x Wärtsilä 12V26 diesel engines Speed: 21.5 kts Range: 5000 nm @ 15 kts Boats and landing craft carried: 1 x Fast Rescue Boat (FRB) 2...

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Ahh the 'Secret Warship'.

See last night's Shields Gazette.................

Your picture could be the first one taken outside Holland!

The Gazette wanted a picture of her Dennis, I found loads on the web........

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Well according to my trusty 'Brown's Signalling', How to Learn The International Code of Signals wherein all methods of Signalling are Explained, the nice man wants a pilot.

However my copy was published in 1942 and cost the grand sum of Four Shillings..........so it might have changed.

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It looked good from the Metro going into South Shields at Christmas and I thought that might have been it, but we passed on Friday on the North Side and it looked equally good.

Should be good from your side.

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