How hard is it to sink a ship?

bookworm_020 · 09-15-10, 07:35 AM

Well as the Australian Navy, State and Federal governments have just found out, a lot harder than it looks!

http://au.news.yahoo.com/a/-/latest/...hmas-adelaide/

The way it's going, the ship will sink at it's moorings waiting to be ready!

Schroeder · 09-15-10, 07:40 AM

Actually I think it's okay to strip a ship of poisonous stuff before sinking it....

Oberon · 09-15-10, 08:09 AM

Sink it?

Nonsense.

We'll have it...rate things are going, any cheap boat we can get our hands on will do!

papa_smurf · 09-15-10, 08:11 AM

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Sink it?

Nonsense.

We'll have it...rate things are going, any cheap boat we can get our hands on will do!

I'm sure we can convert it into an aircraft carrier

JSLTIGER · 09-15-10, 08:15 AM

In response to the question of the thread topic...easy, just make sure the ship is named Titanic, built to the original Olympic-class specs, find an iceberg and run the bow alongside the thing at about 15-16 knots. That ought to do it.

Herr-Berbunch · 09-15-10, 08:22 AM

Removed of exfoliated red lead paint? Exfoliated? So it's not a hairy vessel then?

Jimbuna · 09-15-10, 10:17 AM

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Originally Posted by papa_smurf

I'm sure we can convert it into an aircraft carrier

LOL

TLAM Strike · 09-15-10, 03:52 PM

Lets see a FFG-7 equipped with SM-2 and ESSM... damn could be buy her back? Our FFG-7s only got a 76mm gun and torpedoes (soon to lose the 76mm gun)...

09-15-10, 07:35 AM	#1
bookworm_020 Navy Seal Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Sinking ships off the Australian coast Posts: 5,966 Downloads: 1 Uploads: 0	How hard is it to sink a ship? Well as the Australian Navy, State and Federal governments have just found out, a lot harder than it looks! http://au.news.yahoo.com/a/-/latest/...hmas-adelaide/ The way it's going, the ship will sink at it's moorings waiting to be ready! __________________ "There is always one person in any organization who knows whats going on, That person must be fired"

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JSLTIGER The Old Man Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Parkland, FL, USA Posts: 1,437 Downloads: 5 Uploads: 0	In response to the question of the thread topic...easy, just make sure the ship is named Titanic, built to the original Olympic-class specs, find an iceberg and run the bow alongside the thing at about 15-16 knots. That ought to do it. __________________ Thor: Intel Core i7 4770K\|ASUS Z87Pro\|32GB DDR3 RAM\|11GB EVGA GeForce RTX 2080Ti Black\|256GB Crucial M4 SSD+2TB WD HDD\|4X LG BD-RE\|32" Acer Predator Z321QU 165Hz G-Sync (2540x1440)\|Logitech Z-323 2.1 Sound\|Win 10 Pro Explorer (MSI GL63 8RE-629 Laptop): Intel Core i7 8750H\|16GB DDR4 RAM\|6GB GeForce GTX 1060\|128GB SSD+1TB HDD\|15.6" Widescreen (1920x1080)\|Logitech R-20 2.1 Sound\|Win 10 Home

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Herr-Berbunch Kaiser Bill's batman Join Date: May 2010 Location: AN72 Posts: 13,203 Downloads: 76 Uploads: 0	Removed of exfoliated red lead paint? Exfoliated? So it's not a hairy vessel then? __________________

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TLAM Strike Navy Seal Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Rochester, New York Posts: 8,633 Downloads: 29 Uploads: 6	Lets see a FFG-7 equipped with SM-2 and ESSM... damn could be buy her back? Our FFG-7s only got a 76mm gun and torpedoes (soon to lose the 76mm gun)... __________________

09-15-10, 08:09 AM	#3
Oberon Lucky Jack Join Date: Jul 2002 Posts: 25,976 Downloads: 61 Uploads: 20	Sink it? Nonsense. We'll have it...rate things are going, any cheap boat we can get our hands on will do!