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'I hope it hasn't broken down AGAIN': Royal Navy chiefs cancel departure of £3bn warship HMS Prince of Wales at the last minute - after it was meant to take Big Lizzie's place at NATO drills
Daily Mail ^ | 2-11-24 | SAM LAWLEY

Posted on 02/11/2024 12:17:54 PM PST by dynachrome

Crowds of hundreds gathering to watch the grand departure of £3billion warship HMS Prince of Wales, ahead of the biggest NATO exercise since the Cold War, have been left bitterly disappointed after it failed to make it out of the harbour.

The 65,000-tonne Royal Navy aircraft carrier was primed and ready today to make the journey from Portsmouth Naval Base to Norway to take part in Exercise Steadfast Defender which is set to involve more than 40 ships.

This comes exactly a week on from the failed departure of the vessel's sister ship HMS Queen Elizabeth last weekend when an 'issue' was found with its starboard propellor coupling at the last minute.

Since then, the race has been on to replace Big Lizzie with the HMS Prince of Wales and before the big day scaffolding was removed from the aircraft carrier's flight deck.

(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; United Kingdom
KEYWORDS: brokedown; hmsprinceofwales; natodrill; nolongergreat
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To: hardspunned

Hope this isn’t another commercial for Lucas Electrics.


21 posted on 02/11/2024 12:42:42 PM PST by oldtech
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To: hardspunned
--- "Rule, Britannia! Britannia rule the waves"

Drool, Britannia! Dementia comes in waves!

22 posted on 02/11/2024 12:43:39 PM PST by Worldtraveler once upon a time (Degrow government)
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To: oldtech

I don’t see any smoke.


23 posted on 02/11/2024 12:44:32 PM PST by going hot (Happiness is a Momma Deuce)
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To: dfwgator

At least they still have Rum, Sodomy and the Lash.


They got rid of the rum ration in 1970 and the lash was last used 90 years earlier, so that just leaves...


24 posted on 02/11/2024 12:45:42 PM PST by hanamizu ( )
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To: hanamizu

Best to stay away from The Poop Deck.


25 posted on 02/11/2024 12:47:15 PM PST by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: dynachrome
They couldn't get from England to Norway? I thought that was like going to Wisconsin. Or Czechoslovakia.
26 posted on 02/11/2024 12:48:12 PM PST by Bernard (We honor veterans who fought to keep this country from turning into what it now is. --Argus Hamilton)
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To: All

27 posted on 02/11/2024 12:49:01 PM PST by BipolarBob (One flew East and one flew West . . .)
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To: Bernard

I got my a__ kicked in Wisconsin once.


28 posted on 02/11/2024 12:49:18 PM PST by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: BipolarBob

29 posted on 02/11/2024 12:49:50 PM PST by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: dfwgator

Well, one out of three, anyway.


30 posted on 02/11/2024 12:51:47 PM PST by nickcarraway
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To: dynachrome

By now, the probability has increased, that the prop shaft, the “coupling,” and the prop, are not the only surprises.

For BOTH aircraft carriers.


31 posted on 02/11/2024 12:54:32 PM PST by linMcHlp
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To: EEGator

32 posted on 02/11/2024 12:56:02 PM PST by Reverend Wright ( Everything touched by progressives, dies !)
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To: dynachrome

“Putin and Xi laughing.”

At what? Putin’s sole aircraft carrier is a rusting hulk alongside in Murmansk and after two serious fires it’s unlikely to ever sail again.

China’s aircraft carriers can’t sustain operations, they haven’t figured out arresting gear, and their drive systems are so bad one of their carriers will likely be scrapped.

The UK might have two difficult carriers but those two carriers have logged more time underway than all Chinese and Russian carriers have logged in this decade.


33 posted on 02/11/2024 12:56:33 PM PST by MeganC (Ruzzians aren't people. )
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To: Nateman

Maybe they can sell to the Chinese for use as a floating casino.

Used carrier only driven to church on Sundays by a little old lady.


34 posted on 02/11/2024 12:56:43 PM PST by glorgau
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To: dynachrome

This may be a blown up version of a Snake Oil Salesman.
Imagine Mr. Haney on TV show Green Acres talking gentleman farmer Oliver into buying some ridiculous berry picking machine, one that doesn’t work and makes things worse.


35 posted on 02/11/2024 12:57:34 PM PST by lee martell
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To: Reverend Wright

undoubtedly some inbreeding amongs the dei bunch.


36 posted on 02/11/2024 12:57:54 PM PST by xoxox
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To: Cen-Tejas

If it’s a broken tail shaft, they can cancel everything for a year.


37 posted on 02/11/2024 12:58:15 PM PST by Reverend Wright ( Everything touched by progressives, dies !)
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To: Cen-Tejas

> Now, I could be wrong, but I can’t figure out how a “propeller” has a “coupling”.

Perhaps they were referring to the sailors?


38 posted on 02/11/2024 12:58:22 PM PST by glorgau
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To: dfwgator

“At least they still have Rum, Sodomy and the Lash.”

Unlike Ruzzia which has vodka, sodomy, hazing, and no carriers to speak of.


39 posted on 02/11/2024 1:01:14 PM PST by MeganC (Ruzzians aren't people. )
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To: Reverend Wright

I can only see a little blue question mark for some reason…


40 posted on 02/11/2024 1:05:22 PM PST by EEGator
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