Bordeaux sub base pics

jpm1 · 08-19-08, 04:18 PM

Hi

i had to go to a wedding recently i pass over the details it was very cool

. i had to go to take the plane at Bordeaux it took place in the south east of France and i live in the south west of France i had 9 hours between the train arrival and the plane departure guess what i did . sorry for the medium quality it wasn't scheduled at the origin i used a 1 time use cam

http://picasaweb.google.com/jpmarche...eltersBordeaux

Red Heat · 08-19-08, 04:25 PM

Very interesting pics, mate...
Thanks for sharing with us!

Letum · 08-19-08, 04:31 PM

No giant duck?

jpm1 · 08-19-08, 04:55 PM

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Originally Posted by Letum

No giant duck?

why a giant duck ..

Red Heat · 08-19-08, 05:01 PM

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Originally Posted by Letum

No giant duck?

hummmmm!?

Letum · 08-19-08, 05:08 PM

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Originally Posted by jpm1

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Originally Posted by Letum

No giant duck?

why a giant duck ..

Giant ducks are often attracted to u-boat pens where they make nests and rear
their young until they are big enough to fly and take commercial passengers.

Here is a young giant duck outside it's pens in St.Naz.

They are always a favorite with bird spotters due to their unusual mating dance
and beautiful plumage, but are often hard to photograph due to their shy nature.

They are increasingly rare as their nests are being raided by giant rats illegally
bought into the country as sports mascots and then let loose into the wild.

Platapus · 08-19-08, 05:14 PM

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Oh my. THAT was the Type II submarine? No wonder I was so easily spotted. Sure glad I change flotillas and got the Type VII. Much less conspicuous.

Funny I never noticed that when I was on deck. :hmm:

Letum · 08-19-08, 05:22 PM

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Oh my. THAT was the Type II submarine? No wonder I was so easily spotted. Sure glad I change flotillas and got the Type VII. Much less conspicuous.

Funny I never noticed that when I was on deck. :hmm:

They where made like that to get round the Naval restrictions imposed upon
Germany after WWI. Whilst Germany was not allowed battleships or submarines,
French attempts to ban German battleducks failed.

If Germany had 300 of these when the war started they would have won.

UnderseaLcpl · 08-19-08, 08:13 PM

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Originally Posted by Letum

They where made like that to get round the Naval restrictions imposed upon
Germany after WWI. Whilst Germany was not allowed battleships or submarines,
French attempts to ban German battleducks failed.

If Germany had 300 of these when the war started they would have won.

Wouldn't the battleducks follow each other in a line, thereby reducing their effectiveness and limiting their patrol coverage?

jpm1 · 08-19-08, 08:44 PM

i wish there would be such events at Bordeaux it could be a pretext to keep the base in good condition . the few i've seen of the base wasn't in very very good state

Sailor Steve · 08-19-08, 09:24 PM

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Originally Posted by Platapus

[Oh my. THAT was the Type II submarine? No wonder I was so easily spotted. Sure glad I change flotillas and got the Type VII. Much less conspicuous.

Funny I never noticed that when I was on deck. :hmm:

Man, sometimes you are SO dumb! He didn't say a duck, he said a duck. Don't you know anything?

Maybe it's in the inflection.

bookworm_020 · 08-19-08, 10:19 PM

No need to get your feathers ruffled!

Task Force · 08-19-08, 10:23 PM

quack quack

You found my sub pen decoration.

Its my sub pen door.

Red Heat · 08-20-08, 02:48 PM

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Originally Posted by bookworm_020

No need to get your feathers ruffled!

Buuuuuuuuahahahahhaahahahahahahahahahahahhaahah!!! ! :rotfl:

Sailor Steve · 08-20-08, 06:47 PM

Maybe if you flockers didn't spend so much time preening, you'd unnerstand wut I'm tryin' to teal you!

08-19-08, 04:18 PM	#1
jpm1 Captain Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 544 Downloads: 9 Uploads: 0	Bordeaux sub base pics Hi i had to go to a wedding recently i pass over the details it was very cool . i had to go to take the plane at Bordeaux it took place in the south east of France and i live in the south west of France i had 9 hours between the train arrival and the plane departure guess what i did . sorry for the medium quality it wasn't scheduled at the origin i used a 1 time use cam http://picasaweb.google.com/jpmarche...eltersBordeaux

08-19-08, 04:25 PM	#2
Red Heat Ace of the Deep Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Portugal Posts: 1,093 Downloads: 267 Uploads: 0	Very interesting pics, mate... Thanks for sharing with us! __________________ "There is three kinds of man: the living, the death, and those who are at Sea." Plato

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Letum Navy Seal Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: York - UK Posts: 6,079 Downloads: 43 Uploads: 0	No giant duck? __________________

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bookworm_020 Navy Seal Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Sinking ships off the Australian coast Posts: 5,966 Downloads: 1 Uploads: 0	No need to get your feathers ruffled! __________________ "There is always one person in any organization who knows whats going on, That person must be fired"

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Task Force Rear Admiral Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: SPACE!!!! Posts: 10,142 Downloads: 85 Uploads: 0	quack quack You found my sub pen decoration. Its my sub pen door. __________________ Task Force industries "Taking control of the world, one mind at a time"

08-19-08, 08:44 PM	#10
jpm1 Captain Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 544 Downloads: 9 Uploads: 0	i wish there would be such events at Bordeaux it could be a pretext to keep the base in good condition . the few i've seen of the base wasn't in very very good state

08-20-08, 06:47 PM	#15
Sailor Steve Eternal Patrol Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: High in the mountains of Utah Posts: 50,369 Downloads: 745 Uploads: 249	Maybe if you flockers didn't spend so much time preening, you'd unnerstand wut I'm tryin' to teal you! __________________ “Never do anything you can't take back.” —Rocky Russo