Double Ds on show off Portsmouth

Onkel Neal · 02-16-10, 10:12 AM

From Bill Nichol's update in the World Naval News

That "whoosing" sound was Dowly clicking madly.

Sailor Steve · 02-16-10, 10:18 AM

Cool! I love destroyers, even if they're bigger than a WW2 light cruiser.

As John Paul Jones said, "Give me a fast ship, for I intend to go in harm's way."

Dowly · 02-16-10, 10:24 AM

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Originally Posted by Neal Stevens

That "whoosing" sound was Dowly clicking madly.

HA-HA-HA

*clicks*

Goddammit...

AVGWarhawk · 02-16-10, 10:32 AM

Dowly

Is it me or do those ship look top heavy? The ship in the back is really leaning on that turn.

frau kaleun · 02-16-10, 10:36 AM

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Originally Posted by AVGWarhawk

Dowly

Is it me or do those ship look top heavy?

So that's why they call 'em Double Ds.

AVGWarhawk · 02-16-10, 11:32 AM

Weiss Pinguin · 02-16-10, 12:47 PM

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Originally Posted by Neal Stevens

That "whoosing" sound was Dowly clicking madly.

Jimbuna · 02-16-10, 05:24 PM

I honestly thought this was a veiled reference to one of the sailors wives exposing her breasts as the battle group left Portsmouth enroute to the Falklands in 82 because it was filmed and recorded at the time by the BBC.

I was about to post "Ha! a bit late in the day don't you think"

frau kaleun · 02-16-10, 05:26 PM

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Originally Posted by jimbuna

I honestly thought this was a veiled reference to one of the sailors wives exposing her breasts as the battle group left Portsmouth enroute to the Falklands in 82 because it was filmed and recorded at the time by the BBC.

So... how long before Dowly tracks down the video on YouTube?

Place your bets, gentlemen.

AVGWarhawk · 02-16-10, 08:25 PM

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Originally Posted by frau kaleun

So... how long before Dowly tracks down the video on YouTube?

Place your bets, gentlemen.

Even money!

Jimbuna · 02-17-10, 06:06 AM

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Originally Posted by AVGWarhawk

Even money!

Odds on certainty I would say

Cohaagen · 02-17-10, 03:42 PM

No, they're not top-heavy in any way, something that USN ships have historically been notorious for.

Briefly saw Daring on trials off Arran during the famous mile run, though not in an official capacity ("Warship, warship, we are a coastal crabbing boat, pulling in our pots now"...for the next 45 minutes while everyone gets their phonecams out

...and by the way, thanks for not telling us you were going to be fannying about out here) - she is as fast as is needed, and as pretty as she wants to be. At least she doesn't have those horrible 1920s colliery-town chimney pots on top of her stack like the Ticonderogas. Gah! Whoever thought of that idea to knacker a fairly good-looking warship?

EDIT: I should add that there is a reasonably well-known route near the builders mile-run that, if hit juuuust right, will add about an extra 1/2 knot on to the the trials speed of a surface warship...not that BAE or VT (or just about any other shipyard from the last 90 years) would be so unscrupulous to do so, you know...

LiveGoat · 02-17-10, 06:15 PM

What the heck? It's been a day and still no one has posted pics of actual "Double Ds" in an attempt at Benny Hill-esqe humor?

I am disappoint.

frau kaleun · 02-17-10, 08:40 PM

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Originally Posted by LiveGoat

What the heck? It's been a day and still no one has posted pics of actual "Double Ds"

LiveGoat · 02-17-10, 08:50 PM

AAHHGGHGHGRRRRHHH!!! My EYES!!!

02-16-10, 10:12 AM	#1
Onkel Neal Born to Run Silent Join Date: Jan 1997 Location: Cougar Trap, Texas Posts: 21,383 Downloads: 541 Uploads: 224	Double Ds on show off Portsmouth From Bill Nichol's update in the World Naval News That "whoosing" sound was Dowly clicking madly. __________________ SUBSIM - 26 Years on the Web

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Sailor Steve Eternal Patrol Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: High in the mountains of Utah Posts: 50,369 Downloads: 745 Uploads: 249	Cool! I love destroyers, even if they're bigger than a WW2 light cruiser. As John Paul Jones said, "Give me a fast ship, for I intend to go in harm's way." __________________ “Never do anything you can't take back.” —Rocky Russo

02-16-10, 10:32 AM	#4
AVGWarhawk Lucky Jack Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: In a 1954 Buick. Posts: 28,254 Downloads: 90 Uploads: 0	Dowly Is it me or do those ship look top heavy? The ship in the back is really leaning on that turn. __________________ “You're painfully alive in a drugged and dying culture.” ― Richard Yates, Revolutionary Road

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AVGWarhawk Lucky Jack Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: In a 1954 Buick. Posts: 28,254 Downloads: 90 Uploads: 0	__________________ “You're painfully alive in a drugged and dying culture.” ― Richard Yates, Revolutionary Road

02-16-10, 05:24 PM	#8
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 190,500 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	I honestly thought this was a veiled reference to one of the sailors wives exposing her breasts as the battle group left Portsmouth enroute to the Falklands in 82 because it was filmed and recorded at the time by the BBC. I was about to post "Ha! a bit late in the day don't you think" __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!!

02-17-10, 03:42 PM	#12
Cohaagen Frogman Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: UK Posts: 296 Downloads: 43 Uploads: 0	No, they're not top-heavy in any way, something that USN ships have historically been notorious for. Briefly saw Daring on trials off Arran during the famous mile run, though not in an official capacity ("Warship, warship, we are a coastal crabbing boat, pulling in our pots now"...for the next 45 minutes while everyone gets their phonecams out ...and by the way, thanks for not telling us you were going to be fannying about out here) - she is as fast as is needed, and as pretty as she wants to be. At least she doesn't have those horrible 1920s colliery-town chimney pots on top of her stack like the Ticonderogas. Gah! Whoever thought of that idea to knacker a fairly good-looking warship? EDIT: I should add that there is a reasonably well-known route near the builders mile-run that, if hit juuuust right, will add about an extra 1/2 knot on to the the trials speed of a surface warship...not that BAE or VT (or just about any other shipyard from the last 90 years) would be so unscrupulous to do so, you know... Last edited by Cohaagen; 02-17-10 at 04:14 PM.

02-17-10, 06:15 PM	#13
LiveGoat XO Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: New York City Posts: 408 Downloads: 439 Uploads: 0	What the heck? It's been a day and still no one has posted pics of actual "Double Ds" in an attempt at Benny Hill-esqe humor? I am disappoint.

02-17-10, 08:50 PM	#15
LiveGoat XO Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: New York City Posts: 408 Downloads: 439 Uploads: 0	AAHHGGHGHGRRRRHHH!!! My EYES!!!