Have a look if you want a laugh!!

[IrischKapitan]

This is the transcript of the ACTUAL radio conversation between the British
and the Irish, off the coast of Kerry, Oct 98. Radio conversation released by
the Chief of Naval Operations 10-10-01:

IRISH: Please divert your course 15 degrees to the South, to avoid a collision.

BRITISH: Recommend you divert your course 15 degrees to the North, to
avoid a collision.

IRISH: Negative. You will have to divert your course 15 degrees to the South
to avoid a collision.

BRITISH: This is the Captain of a British navy ship. I say again, divert YOUR
course.

IRISH: Negative. I say again, You will have to divert YOUR course.

BRITISH: THIS IS THE AIRCRAFT CARRIER HMS BRITANNIA! THE
SECOND LARGEST SHIP IN THE BRITISH ATLANTIC FLEET. WE ARE
ACCOMPANIED BY THREE DESTROYERS, THREE CRUISERS, AND
NUMEROUS SUPPORT VESSELS. I DEMAND THAT YOU CHANGE YOUR
COURSE 15 DEGREES NORTH, I SAY AGAIN, THAT IS 15 DEGREES
NORTH, OR COUNTER-MEASURES WILL BE UNDERTAKEN TO ENSURE
THE SAFETY OF THIS SHIP.

IRISH: We are a lighthouse. Your call.

:rotfl::rotfl:
Brilliant, Typcical irish wit :D

[danlisa]

Hehe, this old jem. Been posted at least twice before but I never tire of reading it.

Thanks.:up:

[Zacho]

LOL:lol:

[joegrundman]

Yeah that's funny :D

but last time i heard it it was an american carrier...and a canadian lighthouse.

HMS Britannia is more of a yacht than a carrier anyway, although i guess if the queen is on board, it does carry 'er.

[ichso]

Yeah that's funny :D

but last time i heard it it was an american carrier...and a canadian lighthouse.

HMS Britannia is more of a yacht than a carrier anyway, although i guess if the queen is on board, it does carry 'er.

Me too.
There it was ought to be a real conversation too ;)

But it's funny nonetheless :)

[danlisa]

LMAO, I'm going to save Sailor Steve some effort.:lol:

Here we go again.

The story is 100% BS. I heard it back in 1970, only then it was the battleship Missouri. It gets posted here at least once every six months, and it's always "This is a true story!"

http://www.navy.mil/navydata/navy_legacy.asp?id=174

The difference between a fairy tale and a war story is a fairy tale always begins with "Once upon a time...", and a war story always begins with "No $#!+, there I was..." Anytime, Steve.;)
:rotfl::rotfl:

I think the story comes from here:
http://jproc.ca/radiostor/miscart.html

Urban Legend - http://www.snopes.com/military/lighthse.htm

[SmokinTep]

:rotfl: :rotfl:

[Kaleu. Jochen Mohr]

:rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

[Brag]

It's funny and keeps surfacing :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl:

[Kaleu. Jochen Mohr]

It's funny and keeps surfacing :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl:

:hmm: Bernard ? :rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

[Konovalov]

:rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl:

That is a naval classic.

[IrischKapitan]

Should have known, we dont have a ''Cheif of Naval operations'' because when has ireland ever conducted ''Naval operations''.

[Puster Bill]

a war story always begins with "No $#!+, there I was..."

And a proper one always ends with the line "and I didn't even spill my beer".