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Old 05-14-10, 11:24 AM   #1
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Old 05-14-10, 11:33 AM   #2
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Old 05-14-10, 11:45 AM   #3
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man, back in the day, we would have killed for pictures like that.
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Old 05-14-10, 11:46 AM   #4
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That's just incredible What type is that?
Victor III class.

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Old 05-14-10, 11:50 AM   #5
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Fantastic shots
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Not sure if they are building this one up or tearing her down...


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Old 05-14-10, 01:36 PM   #7
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The Clemenceau in a breakers yard at Hartlepool approximately 30 miles south of me.





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Old 05-14-10, 04:07 PM   #8
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is that a bunch of beer bottles on the horizontal stab?
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fantastic pics, I love anything like this.
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Old 05-14-10, 05:29 PM   #10
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is that a bunch of beer bottles on the horizontal stab?
I see a bunch of wood blocks or parts of the boat on the stern planes, but nothing resembling a bottle. Also note the dumpster placed on the hull. $20 says it ended up at the bottom of the drydock the slightly humorous yet extremely dangerous way.
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This site has some excellent pics: Portsmouth Submarine Graveyard

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That is gigantic.
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That is gigantic.
And not going to the junkyard! That is the bow of the new HMS Astute. The UK's equivalent of the US Virginia class SSN.
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That is gigantic.
And would really suck if it flipped over. would crush those cars, and maby a house.
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Navies: How to go from superpower back to third world status in just a few expensive steps.
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