U-Boat invades mainland UK

ajrimmer42 · 08-24-11, 09:20 AM

http://news.sky.com/home/strange-news/article/15753806

Just seen this on my local news Twitter feed

Certainly different....

"It looks just like one of the feared attack vessels that sank 3,000 Allied ships during the Second World War." Um, have they ever actually seen a U-Boat?

papa_smurf · 08-24-11, 09:52 AM

Date of story - 2010, bit late there.

Sailor Steve · 08-24-11, 01:31 PM

Yeah, somebody posted that months ago.

ajrimmer42 · 08-24-11, 02:55 PM

roflmao, you know I thought it seemed familiar. But hey, blame Calendar News' Twitter feed not me!

Anthony W. · 08-24-11, 03:35 PM

That looks nothing like any U Boat I've seen...

People that don't know their history annoy me.

Sailor Steve · 08-24-11, 03:55 PM

And that was said all those months ago as well. They guy is nearly 80, he built a real toy submarine and sails it in a canal. That the reporter was obtuse enough to call it a "replica" is just what reporters do. That you're annoyed over pseudo-history is pretty funny.

razark · 08-24-11, 04:00 PM

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That you're annoyed over pseudo-history is pretty funny.

Aw, c'mon! This is subsim! Even if he had gotten almost every detail correct, someone would have pointed out that he used the wrong shade of gray, or he used the 3 wheel Enigma machine, but the calendar on the wall shows that it's after 1942.

Sailor Steve · 08-24-11, 04:02 PM

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Originally Posted by razark

Aw, c'mon! This is subsim! Even if he had gotten almost every detail correct, someone would have pointed out that he used the wrong shade of gray, or he used the 3 wheel Enigma machine, but the calendar on the wall shows that it's after 1942.

Or that real u-boats weren't powered by hamsters on treadmills.

razark · 08-24-11, 04:05 PM

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Or that real u-boats weren't powered by hamsters on treadmills.

I must have missed that mod. Was that an addon for GWX?

Or SH5?

Jimbuna · 08-24-11, 04:25 PM

SH5

08-24-11, 04:45 PM

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People that don't know their history annoy me.

Ah yes, the history of Saxon Ireland?

08-24-11, 09:20 AM	#1
ajrimmer42 Royal Kinotropist Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Sheffield, UK Posts: 987 Downloads: 18 Uploads: 0	U-Boat invades mainland UK http://news.sky.com/home/strange-news/article/15753806 Just seen this on my local news Twitter feed Certainly different.... "It looks just like one of the feared attack vessels that sank 3,000 Allied ships during the Second World War." Um, have they ever actually seen a U-Boat? __________________ Alex Don't judge a ship by the number of it's guns, but by the skill of it's crew.

08-24-11, 09:52 AM	#2
papa_smurf Ocean Warrior Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: High Peak, Derbyshire Posts: 2,851 Downloads: 33 Uploads: 0	Date of story - 2010, bit late there. __________________

08-24-11, 01:31 PM	#3
Sailor Steve Eternal Patrol Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: High in the mountains of Utah Posts: 50,369 Downloads: 745 Uploads: 249	Yeah, somebody posted that months ago. __________________ “Never do anything you can't take back.” —Rocky Russo

08-24-11, 02:55 PM	#4
ajrimmer42 Royal Kinotropist Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Sheffield, UK Posts: 987 Downloads: 18 Uploads: 0	roflmao, you know I thought it seemed familiar. But hey, blame Calendar News' Twitter feed not me! __________________ Alex Don't judge a ship by the number of it's guns, but by the skill of it's crew.

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Anthony W. Grey Wolf Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Central Indiana Posts: 850 Downloads: 130 Uploads: 0	That looks nothing like any U Boat I've seen... People that don't know their history annoy me. __________________ Sunken Mustangs Proud Ford Mustang owner "Damn the torpedoes! Full speed ahead!" - Admiral David Farragut Run silent - run deep - keep the baffles clear - targets front and center. Private pilot and history buff

08-24-11, 03:55 PM	#6
Sailor Steve Eternal Patrol Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: High in the mountains of Utah Posts: 50,369 Downloads: 745 Uploads: 249	And that was said all those months ago as well. They guy is nearly 80, he built a real toy submarine and sails it in a canal. That the reporter was obtuse enough to call it a "replica" is just what reporters do. That you're annoyed over pseudo-history is pretty funny. __________________ “Never do anything you can't take back.” —Rocky Russo

08-24-11, 04:25 PM	#10
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 190,742 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	SH5 __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!!