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Aerodecked

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Help to identify this hull
« on: July 28, 2019, 04:08:17 PM »
Hi folks, I'm wondering if anyone can recognise what vessel this grey lady is supposed to be. Not much up top at the moment but I'm sure some surgery can fix that once I know what she is. %)


Cheers Rob
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Re: Help to identify this hull
« Reply #1 on: July 28, 2019, 04:20:39 PM »
No idea as to real identity but looks a bit like a semi scale mine hunter/sweeper type of ship.
Just a guess at the moment.
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Re: Help to identify this hull
« Reply #2 on: July 28, 2019, 04:59:12 PM »
If the pennant number is significant (634) there was a Buckley class destroyer USS Whitehurst🤔


Could try other nations pennant numbers of course.


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Re: Help to identify this hull
« Reply #3 on: July 28, 2019, 05:52:43 PM »
I think Raflaunches is correct.Between the RN and the USN, there were plenty of examples to choose from.
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Re: Help to identify this hull
« Reply #4 on: July 28, 2019, 06:46:40 PM »
Certainly looks like some kind of mine warfare ship.  Check out Nav Source http://www.navsource.org/archives/11/02idx.htm  They have a lot of pics of American and some British types and browsing there is also interesting. 
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Re: Help to identify this hull
« Reply #5 on: July 28, 2019, 09:31:51 PM »
Aye I thought she looked like a minesweeper but the pennant didn't seem to match anything with a bluff stern. Thanks guys will take a look and hopefully strike lucky.
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Re: Help to identify this hull
« Reply #6 on: July 28, 2019, 09:47:56 PM »
I first thought with one eye closed an Algerine at a passing glance, but not convinced it fits anything 100% looking at it.
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