Sinking of HMCS Huron on History Channel

seafarer · 03-21-08, 07:46 PM

Watching it right now - HMCS Regina just put the first Sea Sparrow into her, and is now opening up with her 57mm.

There are some CF-18's in flight also hoping to have a go at her, and a US Sub (I missed the boat's name) waiting, in line (literally, behind the surface ships) for a go with a mk.48.

I knew she was (had been) sunk, but I did not know it had been a live fire exercise. And I sure didn't know the whole prep and sinking had been filmed for History Channel - at least she didn't go down in obscurity!

Syxx_Killer · 03-21-08, 09:44 PM

I watched it, too. I enjoyed it. Kind of sad to see a ship go down like that, but what a way to go!

The sub mentioned in the documentary was the USS Topeka.

Oberon · 03-22-08, 10:59 AM

Watched that the other month, now watching Sea Patrol

Pity the fly-boys got a go but the Bubbleheads didn't. Also novel that she was hit with her own gun.

Jimbuna · 03-22-08, 03:37 PM

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Originally Posted by Oberon

Watched that the other month, now watching Sea Patrol

Pity the fly-boys got a go but the Bubbleheads didn't. Also novel that she was hit with her own gun.

Novel indeed

03-21-08, 07:46 PM	#1
seafarer Commodore Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 622 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Sinking of HMCS Huron on History Channel Watching it right now - HMCS Regina just put the first Sea Sparrow into her, and is now opening up with her 57mm. There are some CF-18's in flight also hoping to have a go at her, and a US Sub (I missed the boat's name) waiting, in line (literally, behind the surface ships) for a go with a mk.48. I knew she was (had been) sunk, but I did not know it had been a live fire exercise. And I sure didn't know the whole prep and sinking had been filmed for History Channel - at least she didn't go down in obscurity! __________________ My Father's ship, HMCS Waskesiu (K330), sank U257 on 02/24/1944 running SHIII-1.4 with GWX2.1 and SHIV-1.5 with TMO/RSRDC/PE3.3 under MS Vista Home Premium 32-bit SP1 ACER AMD Athlon 64x2 4800+, 4GB DDR2 RAM, 400GB SATA HD Antec TruePower Trio 650watt PSU BFG GeForce 8800GT/OC 512MB VRAM, Samsung 216BW widescreen (1680x1050) LCD

03-21-08, 09:44 PM	#2
Syxx_Killer Admiral Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Michigan, USA Posts: 2,387 Downloads: 21 Uploads: 0	I watched it, too. I enjoyed it. Kind of sad to see a ship go down like that, but what a way to go! The sub mentioned in the documentary was the USS Topeka.

03-22-08, 10:59 AM	#3
Oberon Lucky Jack Join Date: Jul 2002 Posts: 25,976 Downloads: 61 Uploads: 20	Watched that the other month, now watching Sea Patrol Pity the fly-boys got a go but the Bubbleheads didn't. Also novel that she was hit with her own gun.