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Great Britain: Don't Dare mess with us (HMS Daring billed as world's most advanced warship)
The Sun (U.K.) ^
| January 30, 2006
| TOM NEWTON DUNN
Posted on 01/30/2006 2:29:38 AM PST by Stoat
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Don't Dare mess with us |
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Awesome ... Sun man on supership Pictures: PAUL EDWARDS |
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By TOM NEWTON DUNN Defence Editor
THIS is the deadliest ship ever built the Navys awesome new Type 45 destroyer.
HMS Daring boasts an extraordinary array of firepower. And The Sun was given an exclusive tour of the state-of-the art warship.
Daring is the first of a batch of eight Type 45 destroyers built at a total cost of £6BILLION.
Weighing in at 8,000 tonnes, the 14-deck monster is almost twice the size of the current Type 42s.
She is armed with 48 Aster missiles with 40lb warheads each can stop even the fastest enemy jet 60 miles away.
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Skipper ... Cmdr David Shutts |
The ship, built by BAe in Glasgow, will be launched by the Countess of Wessex on Wednesday. Defence Secretary John Reid said: The launch of the Type 45 is a milestone for the Royal Navy.
HMS Darings first captain, Commander David Shutts, said: Sailors have begged to serve on her. |
TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; United Kingdom; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: britain; daring; england; greatbritain; hmsdaring; navy; royalnavy; rulethewaves; ship; ships; uk; unitedkingdom; waronterror; warships
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To: Stoat
the ship sucks - it has no sails.
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posted on
01/30/2006 3:09:15 AM PST
by
globalheater
(There is no instance of a country having benefited from prolonged warfare - Sun Tzu)
To: globalheater
the ship sucks - it has no sails. Nor gunports. What would Jack Aubrey say?
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posted on
01/30/2006 3:26:48 AM PST
by
Riley
("What color is the boathouse at Hereford?")
To: globalheater
the ship sucks - it has no sails.I miss the romantic imagery of the Age of Sail as well, but I do believe that Admiral Lord Nelson would be quite proud, knowing that Great Britain will be so very well protected by such a fine ship and a fine Navy. And my guess is that the Royal Navy's sailors don't need to tap their biscuits on the table to knock the weevils out anymore :-)
His Majesty's Ship Victory
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posted on
01/30/2006 3:28:04 AM PST
by
Stoat
(Rice / Coulter 2008: Smart Ladies for a Strong America)
To: Stoat
God Bless the Brit's. Our nation's heritage comes from good stock.
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posted on
01/30/2006 3:44:35 AM PST
by
TruthFactor
(The Death of Nations... pornography,homosexuality,abortion)
To: Stoat
Nice target!
A bubblehead's perspective!
To: Stoat
Allelectric propulsion---please tell me its not Lucas Prince of Darkness.
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posted on
01/30/2006 3:53:02 AM PST
by
wildcatf4f3
(the friend of my enemy is my enemy)
To: spetznaz
Rule, Britannia! Britannia, rule the waves:
Britons never will be slaves.
Thee haughty tyrants ne'er shall tame,
All their attempts to bend thee down
Will but arouse thy generous flame;
But work their woe, and thy renown.
To: BigCinBigD
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posted on
01/30/2006 3:57:52 AM PST
by
real saxophonist
(I survived Parris Island AND Hurricane Hugo! At the same time! Semper Fi)
To: Stoat
Excuse me, but since when is a "destroyer" considered a "big ship". I thought they were the SMALLEST class of oceanic war vessels, with cruisers, battleships, and aircraft carriers being larger.
To: jecIIny
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posted on
01/30/2006 5:26:01 AM PST
by
Banjoguy
(I will rot in Hell before I buy another Dell!)
To: Wonder Warthog
I thought they were the SMALLEST class of oceanic war vessels, with cruisers, battleships, and aircraft carriers being larger. Noöne has completed a battleship since the French Jean Bart in 1949. No battleships are operational
Russia built 4 large cruisers in the 80/90s. Only the Petr Velikiy is operational
Everything else that is not an aircraft carrier comes from destroyer designs (whatever they happen to be called)
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posted on
01/30/2006 5:26:10 AM PST
by
Oztrich Boy
(Men never do evil so completely and cheerfully as when they do it from religious conviction. Pascal)
To: Wonder Warthog
Excuse me, but since when is a "destroyer" considered a "big ship". It looks like the Brits are borrowing a page from the USN book, which is to call a Cruiser a Destroyer. Congress will not fund Cruisers, since they are so costly, but will fund the "cheaper" (1 billion +) "Destroyers".
The USN Frigate is more in line with a DD. Our DDGs are equivalent to a WWII Light Cruiser in size (displacement differs because of armor plate, non-existent on the new DDGs).
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posted on
01/30/2006 5:40:16 AM PST
by
KeyWest
(Help stamp out taglines!)
To: jecIIny
I spent some time with the Japanese Navy and must say that they are every bit as professional as ours, as are the Australians.
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posted on
01/30/2006 5:48:07 AM PST
by
ExpatGator
(Progressivism: A polyp on the colon politic.)
To: Stoat
That thing looks like it was designed by committee.
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posted on
01/30/2006 5:49:36 AM PST
by
ExpatGator
(Progressivism: A polyp on the colon politic.)
To: Wonder Warthog
Excuse me, but since when is a "destroyer" considered a "big ship". I thought they were the SMALLEST class of oceanic war vessels, with cruisers, battleships, and aircraft carriers being larger.
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The Ticonderoga class was the last class of cruisers built in the world. Of course the Iowa class was the last battleship class used by any country.
So now you go from aircraft carriers to destroyers. A steep drop.
To: Cheburashka
So now you go from aircraft carriers to destroyers. A steep drop. Actually right down to where the submarine lives....IMO, a much better way to spend the naval dollar.
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posted on
01/30/2006 7:45:27 AM PST
by
Banjoguy
(I will rot in Hell before I buy another Dell!)
To: old republic
Come sheer up, my lads, tis to glory we steer!
With heads carried high, we will banish all fear!
To honor you're called, we are free men not slaves,
For who are as free as the lords of the waves?
Hearts of oak have our ships,
Jolly tars are our men!
We'll always be ready -- Steady boys, steady!
We'll fight and we'll conquer again and again!
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posted on
01/30/2006 8:08:59 AM PST
by
Snickersnee
(Where are we going? And what's with this handbasket?)
To: Stoat
This thread deserves a White Ensign!
To: Stoat
Bunking for male couples?
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posted on
01/30/2006 8:47:46 AM PST
by
countorlock
(But thy strong Hours indignant work'd their wills, And beat me down and marr'd and wasted me,)
To: snugs; MadIvan
Good morning, snugs and Ivan. I thought you might be interested in this thread about the Royal Navy.
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posted on
01/30/2006 8:49:27 AM PST
by
Wolfstar
(Someday when we meet up yonder, we'll stroll hand in hand again, in a land that knows no parting...)
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