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The Shipyard ( Dry Dock ): Builds & Questions => Navy - Military - Battleships: => Topic started by: hmsantrim on October 24, 2013, 10:16:22 pm

Title: Billing Boats Absalon Naval Ship (B500)
Post by: hmsantrim on October 24, 2013, 10:16:22 pm: I got a billings absalon warship from ebay. And its a bit if mess. I was wondering if anyone took any photos of the class on board. At any ship visits.I will post pics of the model I have asap

Frank :P
Title: Re: billings abaslon
Post by: Niall on October 26, 2013, 03:36:34 pm: The TV Series Mighty ships did a program on the ship. Link to the program on Youtube -
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VtoRQcRY130 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VtoRQcRY130)
Title: Re: billings abaslon
Post by: hmsantrim on October 26, 2013, 07:32:35 pm: Thanks for the link. I know one of the ships was open to the public a few yrs ago at Portsmouth navy days. I saw it in the model boats magazine. But anyone that had taken pictures would probably have forgotten :-X
Title: Re: billings abaslon
Post by: Sandy on October 27, 2013, 10:21:43 am: Dave Wooley took lots of pictures that he used in the MB article.

Nice ships.

Isn't it called the Absalom?
Title: Re: billings abaslon
Post by: hmsantrim on October 27, 2013, 07:26:33 pm: Hi sandy.
RE: Isn't it called the Absalom? nay nay thrice nay "Absalon" http://www.cornwallmodelboats.co.uk/acatalog/billing_absalon.html (http://www.cornwallmodelboats.co.uk/acatalog/billing_absalon.html)
Frank %%
Title: Re: billings abaslon
Post by: hmsantrim on October 27, 2013, 09:03:30 pm: Oh! Forgot to add I did message Dave Wooley. As I read the article. But must be to busy making his type 45 for his article in model boats <:(

Frank
Title: Re: billings abaslon
Post by: Sandy on October 28, 2013, 12:39:27 pm: Quote from: hmsantrim on October 27, 2013, 07:26:33 pm
Hi sandy.
RE: Isn't it called the Absalom? nay nay thrice nay "Absalon" http://www.cornwallmodelboats.co.uk/acatalog/billing_absalon.html (http://www.cornwallmodelboats.co.uk/acatalog/billing_absalon.html)
Frank %%

My bad, but it isn't called Abaslon either ... ok2
Title: Re: Billing Boats Absalon Naval Ship (B500)
Post by: Martin (Admin) on October 28, 2013, 02:24:41 pm: Topic renamed. :-))
Title: Re: Billing Boats Absalon Naval Ship (B500)
Post by: Mad Scientist on October 28, 2013, 11:22:05 pm: 67 photos at shipspotting.com, but the link is too long to insert here, I guess.

Also some photos of HDMS Esbern Snare, L17. They appear to be sisterships, but that's no guarantee that they are identical.

Tom
Title: Re: Billing Boats Absalon Naval Ship (B500)
Post by: hmsantrim on October 29, 2013, 01:55:31 am: Thanks Tom. Appreciate you taking the time to look Frank :-))
Title: Re: Billing Boats Absalon Naval Ship (B500)
Post by: Mad Scientist on October 29, 2013, 10:53:00 pm: Hers's a way to see all 67: click on this link: http://www.shipspotting.com/gallery/photo.php?lid=1877048 (http://www.shipspotting.com/gallery/photo.php?lid=1877048)
then scroll down to the bottom of the page and click on More Photos of This Ship. That should get you to the collection of all the photos.

Tom
Title: Re: Billing Boats Absalon Naval Ship (B500)
Post by: jmorrison on November 01, 2013, 10:58:42 pm: Frank here is some pictures for you, since you have heard nothing from Mr Wooley.

Good luck on the build!
Title: Re: Billing Boats Absalon Naval Ship (B500)
Post by: hmsantrim on November 01, 2013, 11:09:26 pm: Cheers mate :-)) O0
Title: Re: Billing Boats Absalon Naval Ship (B500)
Post by: haustrup on January 24, 2014, 01:22:17 pm: Hi, Hope it will it be allowed for a foregner to give a little information.

The L16 Absalon (2004)and her sister ship L17 Esbern Snare (2005) is what directly translated is called a "kommando support wessel".

They are identical - at least mostly, because the Navy always makes changes from ship to ship even if they are the same class and built at nearly the same time - pure Development.

Three other later frigats , the F361 Iver Huitfeldt, F362 Peter Willemoes and F363 Niels Juel, are basically built on the same hull but with som changes because of their purpose, but they have the same dimensions, and then they are equipped very different - and again - these ships also have and will have minor changes during production. As far as I remember just the first two are now operational.