HMS QE2

[cyberyacht]

General Service surface fleet are still Fish Heads, Submariners; Bubble Heads, Fleet Air Arm; WAFUs.
Then we have Crabfats, Pongoes and Bootnecks

Anyone got a copy of "Jackspeak"?

 

[SIFTA SAM]

Anyone got a copy of "Jackspeak"?

Aye! Aye! Sir.

 

[Barriesimpson]

Just a question from someone who lives as far from the sea as you can get in England what actually is the difference between a ship and a boat?

There is no difference. Boats are boats

 

[rolosroller]

i don't know go away for a few days.

 

[Wildbill]

There is no difference. Boats are boats

Vessel is a vessel
Wildbill

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[Yorick]

There is no difference. Boats are boats

Not necessarily

 

[ChrisSue]

Are you trying to open another can of worms as to why ships are referred to using the female gender?

Only if they self identify as such

 

[carolyn]

I think sailors are very pedantic about boats and ships, it’s all about the detail. I know if anyone asked my Dad if he was in the Navy he’d always reply “no, the Royal Navy”. We only had Royal Marines, Marines were just stupid Americans.

 

[sueandjohn]

Easy to remember /

lifeBOATS are on SHIPS

 

[Cookieboy68]

This thread has inspired me to buy a book.All about nautical terms.
" The Sailors Wordbook"

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[Coolcats]

The aircraft carrierQE2 is in the solent tonight ,just spent 4 weeks in Scotland being repaired .She looks well impressiveView attachment 929912

Is that Tug pulling it along....I heard one of the propshafts had an issue

The high-profile failure of a $3.7B aircraft carrier shows how Britain is struggling to keep up with first-rate militaries​

 

[Coolcats]

in 1984, as a young engineer I stopped to have a cup of tea, as i looked out of the window and downstream along the Thames, I saw HMS Jupiter leaving HMS Belfast, I could see the current in the Thames still coming upstream. As HMS Jupiter started to turn I thought it must have powerful bow and stern thrusters...Nope HMS Jupiter was washed sideways up the Thames an on to London Bridge, I gave the crew their due, they stayed in position along the deck and only ran to the opposite side just as the ship hit the bridge.

Lots of animated movements could be seen on the bridge. Apparently the commander had refused a line to a Tug that would have spun the ship around and avoided a collision. Post aftermath I finished my tea and went back to work.

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[mondo]

A very good friend of mine was the NAAFI Manager on board the ship..he said it spent more time being repaired the actually doing it's job

 

[bungy]

in 1984, as a young engineer I stopped to have a cup of tea, as i looked out of the window and downstream along the Thames, I saw HMS Jupiter leaving HMS Belfast, I could see the current in the Thames still coming upstream. As HMS Jupiter started to turn I thought it must have powerful bow and stern thrusters...Nope HMS Jupiter was washed sideways up the Thames an on to London Bridge, I gave the crew their due, they stayed in position along the deck and only ran to the opposite side just as the ship hit the bridge.

Lots of animated movements could be seen on the bridge. Apparently the commander had refused a line to a Tug that would have spun the ship around and avoided a collision. Post aftermath I finished my tea and went back to work.

The Daily Fail has a little more on this Chaps life



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That was my first ship..in 88 though..after escaping being a bubblehead, still had some of the dents in it too

 

[HarryML7]

Hers and His alongside in DSC (Pompey)

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[HarryML7]

That was my first ship..in 88 though..after escaping being a bubblehead, still had some of the dents in it too

There used to be a couple of bits of the bridge in the Chief's mess trophy cabinet!

 

[Pausim]

There used to be a couple of bits of the bridge in the Chief's mess trophy cabinet!

I imagine the numpty who refused a tow never visited the Chief’s mess (or paid attention during his training).

 

[bungy]

There used to be a couple of bits of the bridge in the Chief's mess trophy cabinet!

Now you mention it..I seem to remember that

 

[meanders]

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Hers and His alongside in DSC (Pompey)

Is that perspective issue, or is the one on the right longer than the one on the left? I thought they were identical?