Second Astute Class to undergo sea trials

[Jimbuna]

Here's hoping her early days aren't as notable as her predecessor.

The Royal Navy's newest submarine is sailing from Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria, to its new base at Faslane on the Clyde.
Ambush cost £1.6bn and is the second Astute class nuclear-powered submarine to be built in Cumbria.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-cumbria-19620690

[Oberon]

Got a soft spot for Ambush, so let's hope all goes well.

[Betonov]

Love the name

[Herr-Berbunch]

Let's hope this one is more, ahem, astute - particularly in the shallows.

[Jimbuna]

Originally Posted by Oberon

Got a soft spot for Ambush, so let's hope all goes well.

Her name takes me back to the last war when ships names instilled a picture in your mind of what warships were expected to do.

[Oberon]

Originally Posted by jimbuna

Her name takes me back to the last war when ships names instilled a picture in your mind of what warships were expected to do.

I'm still waiting for a warship called Thunder Child, but that's just me.

[Betonov]

We name our ships by geographical landmarks of my country

The problem with a country this small, we don't know what we will name our third ship

[Jimbuna]

Originally Posted by Oberon

I'm still waiting for a warship called Thunder Child, but that's just me.

[yubba]

I was aboard an LST named the USS Boulder, for Solid Sheild in 82.

[Jimbuna]

Originally Posted by yubba

I was aboard an LST named the USS Boulder, for Solid Sheild in 82.

This one?

[Oberon]

Originally Posted by jimbuna

*pics*

Although both pictures have a little pet peeve of mine, they both portray the Thunder Child as a full 'dreadnought' style warship, when in fact she was a small Torpedo Ram.

Compare those pics, to this:



One tiny little Torpedo ram, by guile and luck, managed to destroy two Fighting Machines whilst the Royal Navy could do little but stand by and watch. Wells, purposefully, has the war landlocked, and when it does cross the sea it does so by air, and supposedly attacks the Royal Navy through means that they cannot retaliate against. Our biggest and most powerful forces are useless against the conquering Martians, just as the biggest armies of the Zulu nation could not stop the Martini Henries of the British army. Our victories, fleeting as they are, are only minor set-backs for the Martians to overcome, and our salvation comes through chance, not design.

Sorry, rambling, I could talk all day about The War of the Worlds...it's my favourite novel of all time. I've had a bit of an obsession with it since I was eleven or twelve.

[Jimbuna]

One of my favourite albums as well.

[Betonov]

Found this. It's about the first Astute, but still

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ODDj...eature=related

[Jimbuna]

Never seen this...nice one