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fantastic trip report...
I can totally sense the giddiness and good times with this post..
some cool subs and watches as well!
PART 2: Portsmouth !
By: bimbeano : August 21st, 2011-00:54
That evening we decided to put on our best shoes ... We took the ferry to Portsmouth and after the ship's captain took our pic he gave us back our little green bag . 3 handsome Purists ... heeeermm. Famous Portsmouth icon ... Graham took us to a very very...
Part 3: Diving ..
By: bimbeano : August 21st, 2011-01:16
.. into history ... Tha day after (this reminds me of a certain movie) we all (yes you too G) had a bit of a hangover and we decided to travel in style to the nearby city centre of Gosport. Admiring a nice SM300 at breakfast .. Checking out the local chic...
PART 4 HMS ALLIANCE !
By: bimbeano : August 21st, 2011-01:33
A little boy finally visiting a real submarine ... HMS Alliance that did some diving (and fighting) during WW II. All aboard ! OK, this was no place for pussy's .... . Front torpedo launch tubes. A real sailor wears two SM 300's. Artificial daylight, on a...
hi Horo, no its...
By: G99 : August 21st, 2011-13:13
hi Horo, no its the Submarine museum in Gosport which is the other side of Portsmouth harbour. Gosport was the home of the Submarine service, Hovercraft and the main Ordnance depot for the Navy. most of that has gone now and been turned into Museums or ap...
X-craft, SSB, JIM suits....
By: BDLJ : August 21st, 2011-17:48
....God, I want to head to Gosport. I would love to see X-24. I don't think even I could stand up anywhere in those things...Imagine being cooped up in one of those things for with 3 other people for hours and hours as you made a run into a fjord to set c...
Chariots are...
By: BDLJ : August 23rd, 2011-19:02
...the British version of the Pigs. Developed after the RN found the remains of an Italian human torpedo. Mk I Chariot. The Italians invented the things, and are rightly well acknowledged for their exploits, but the RN performed plenty of missions with th...
Books...
By: BDLJ : August 24th, 2011-17:37
...I have a entire shelf devoted to that stuff. If you haven't already, get your hands on (or watch the film of) Above Us The Waves. In the film Cmdr. Fraser wears a lovely Reverso, in reality, Fraser was nowhere near Norway
PART 6: THE DAIMLER
By: bimbeano : August 21st, 2011-01:50
We decided to leve the Vantage at Graham's place and returned with this beautiful Daimler ... . This car also has a 4litre V8 with 400 hp ... it houses a supercharger (kompressor) which gives it more torque and smoothness. A fine driving machine ... and a...