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India's first aircraft carrier slips into history
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| 11/22/2014
| V Narayan
Posted on 11/23/2014 7:06:50 PM PST by sukhoi-30mki
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To: sukhoi-30mki
Assorted airgroup
To: rlmorel
ping
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posted on
11/23/2014 7:09:37 PM PST
by
Chode
(Stand UP and Be Counted, or line up and be numbered - *DTOM* -w- NO Pity for the LAZY - 86-44)
To: sukhoi-30mki
She suffers the fate of most ships; the bottom or the breakers.
To: sukhoi-30mki
hadn't realized how small she was.✈
the scale, being the jets on deck.
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posted on
11/23/2014 7:31:25 PM PST
by
skinkinthegrass
("Bathhouse" E'Bola/0'Boehmer/0'McConnell; all STINK and their best friends are flies... d8^)
To: skinkinthegrass
Looks ike an escort or “jeep” carrier. Just enough planes to protect a convoy from enemy aircraft.
CC
To: sukhoi-30mki
Looking at the pic, it appears the ship ran aground.
Are there any 7/11’s on board?
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posted on
11/23/2014 7:40:13 PM PST
by
dragnet2
(Diversion and evasion are tools of deceit)
To: sukhoi-30mki; Kenny Bunk
Well, the Admirals and Vice-Admirals of the glorious Indian Fleet may not know it, but as many a hard-working Indian preteen with tetanus and ringworm has said, breaking up is hard to do.
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posted on
11/23/2014 7:55:08 PM PST
by
golux
To: Kenny Bunk
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posted on
11/23/2014 7:59:05 PM PST
by
golux
To: sukhoi-30mki; SunkenCiv; a fool in paradise
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posted on
11/23/2014 7:59:36 PM PST
by
GeronL
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To: Celtic Conservative
it probably was laid down as an escort carrier
in 1943!!
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posted on
11/23/2014 8:05:25 PM PST
by
GeronL
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To: sukhoi-30mki
Harland & Wolff? Oh my....
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posted on
11/23/2014 8:09:34 PM PST
by
the OlLine Rebel
(Common sense is an uncommon virtue./Federal-run medical care is as good as state-run DMVs.)
To: GeronL
Just looked it up. It was a Majestic class medium carrier, between a fleet size carrier and a escort carrier. It was laid down by Harland & Wolff, the same firm that built Titanic, but sat unfinished until 1957 when the Indian navy bought it and had it completed.
CC
To: Celtic Conservative
wow, it sat there for 14 years and then it served a very long time!
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posted on
11/23/2014 8:17:16 PM PST
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GeronL
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To: Celtic Conservative
Looks ike an escort or jeep carrier. Just enough planes to protect a convoy from enemy aircraft. A little bigger than that. When built, the HMS Hercules was styled as a "light fleet carrier" displacing around 19K tons.
For comparison, the "jeep carriers" displaced 9-11,000 tons while the Essex class displaced up to 37K tons.
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posted on
11/23/2014 8:23:44 PM PST
by
okie01
(THE MAINSTREAM MEDIA: Ignorance on Parade)
To: GeronL
But it was berry berry good carrier!
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posted on
11/23/2014 8:26:25 PM PST
by
bigbob
(The best way to get a bad law repealed is to enforce it strictly. Abraham Lincoln)
To: Kenny Bunk
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posted on
11/23/2014 8:31:42 PM PST
by
golux
To: sukhoi-30mki
$10,000,000 paid for a ship whose steel will sell for something like $3,000,000? This does not make sense.
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posted on
11/23/2014 8:34:01 PM PST
by
HiTech RedNeck
(Embrace the Lion of Judah and He will roar for you and teach you to roar too. See my page.)
To: bigbob
“But it was berry berry good carrier!”
ROFLMAO!
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posted on
11/23/2014 8:50:09 PM PST
by
CodeToad
(Islam should be outlawed and treated as a criminal enterprise!)
To: HiTech RedNeck
US ships usually sell for a penny
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posted on
11/23/2014 8:51:23 PM PST
by
GeronL
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