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To: Melian
I see they have been busy upgrading their fleet.

SpyNavy

Garde la Foi, mes amis! Nous nous sommes les sauveurs de la République! Maintenant et Toujours!
(Keep the Faith, my friends! We are the saviors of the Republic! Now and Forever!)

LonePalm, le Républicain du verre cassé (The Broken Glass Republican)

3,693 posted on 01/17/2026 5:16:06 PM PST by LonePalm (Commander and Chef)
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To: ransomnote; gymbeau
Some more thoughts and expostulations.

I've been wondering, was Erwin Schrödinger's cat was both an indoor and outdoor cat at the same time.

We finally learned who built King Arthur's famous Round Table. It was Sir Cumference.

We went out for dinner with our neighbors. I mentioned that I had tried cross-fit this morning. Sweetie piped up, "It's pronounced 'Croissant' and you had three."

Will glass coffins become a thing? It remains to be seen.

My very obese parrot died. That's a weight off my shoulder.

SpyNavy

Garde la Foi, mes amis! Nous nous sommes les sauveurs de la République! Maintenant et Toujours!
(Keep the Faith, my friends! We are the saviors of the Republic! Now and Forever!)

LonePalm, le Républicain du verre cassé (The Broken Glass Republican)

3,697 posted on 01/17/2026 5:37:49 PM PST by LonePalm (Commander and Chef)
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To: LonePalm
Knud_Rasmussen Danish ocean patrol craft.

Danish-Navys-Knud-Rasmussen-class-patrol-ships-built-icy-Greenland-waters

Knud_Rasmussen

1,720 tons (2,050 t full load)
Length


LOA 71.8 m (235 ft 7 in)
LWL 61.0 m (200 ft 2 in)

Beam 14.6 m (47 ft 11 in)

Draft 4.9 m (16 ft 1 in)

Ice class Finnish-Swedish ice class 1A Super/Polar Class 6)[1]

Propulsion 2 x MAN B&W Diesel ALPHA 8L27/38 generating 2,720 kW (3,650 hp) each through RENK reduction gear "Twin in/single out"

Speed 17 knots (31 km/h; 20 mph)

Range 3,000 nautical miles (5,600 km; 3,500 mi)

The ships' normal tasks include fisheries inspections, environment protection, search and rescue, sovereignty enforcement, icebreaker assignments (Finnish-Swedish ice class 1A Super/Polar Class 6),[1] towage and salvage operations and general assistance to the Danish and Greenland governments (including police tasks). The class has a helicopter deck aft behind the superstructure but lacks an aircraft hangar. However, it can perform Rotors running refueling and can thus increase the endurance and the range of the helicopter. The estimated cost of the third ship as of 2013 was 513 mill Dkr (US$ 81.6 million).


This craft is designed to operate in the Baltic and be able to push through 1st year ice up to 80cm. Its not really designed as a ship of the line, more for coast guard operations.
3,701 posted on 01/17/2026 6:02:28 PM PST by Pete from Shawnee Mission
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