Model Boat Mayhem

Please login or register.

Login with username, password and session length.
Pages: [1]   Go Down

Author Topic: Unknown Vessel - Assumed RN?  (Read 1994 times)

derekwarner

  • Full Mayhemer
  • *****
  • Online Online
  • Posts: 9,464
  • Location: Wollongong Australia
Unknown Vessel - Assumed RN?
« on: February 20, 2021, 08:11:30 am »

Any thoughts or light on what this vessel is?  :o  ...........


Is it too early for a nuclear washdown?


Derek
Logged
Derek Warner

Honorary Secretary [Retired]
Illawarra Live Steamers Co-op
Australia
www.ils.org.au

raflaunches

  • Global Moderator
  • Full Mayhemer
  • *****
  • Offline Offline
  • Posts: 3,681
  • The Penguins are coming!!!
  • Location: Back in the UK, Kettering, Northants
Re: Unknown Vessel - Assumed RN?
« Reply #1 on: February 20, 2021, 08:16:54 am »

Could it be one of the aircraft carrier aircraft maintenance ships like Unicorn or Perseus? They were different to the standard aircraft carrier by having extra equipment and structures on the deck.
Logged
Nick B

Help! The penguins have stolen my sanity, and my hot water bottle!

Illegitimi non carborundum!

rnli12

  • Full Mayhemer
  • *****
  • Offline Offline
  • Posts: 715
  • Location: Cornwall
Re: Unknown Vessel - Assumed RN?
« Reply #2 on: February 20, 2021, 09:44:49 am »

Possibly a converted Colussus or Majestic class
Logged
Regards,

Rich

John W E

  • I see no ships !!
  • Full Mayhemer
  • *****
  • Offline Offline
  • Posts: 8,813
  • Location: South shields
Logged
Knowledge begins with respect
But fools hate wisdom and discipline

raflaunches

  • Global Moderator
  • Full Mayhemer
  • *****
  • Offline Offline
  • Posts: 3,681
  • The Penguins are coming!!!
  • Location: Back in the UK, Kettering, Northants
Re: Unknown Vessel - Assumed RN?
« Reply #4 on: February 20, 2021, 10:24:38 am »

Hi John


I knew there was another ship converted and you beat me to it! :-))
Logged
Nick B

Help! The penguins have stolen my sanity, and my hot water bottle!

Illegitimi non carborundum!

Shipmate60

  • Global Moderator
  • Full Mayhemer
  • *****
  • Offline Offline
  • Posts: 5,800
  • You bark - I will bite!!!
  • Location: Fareham
Re: Unknown Vessel - Assumed RN?
« Reply #5 on: February 20, 2021, 10:44:26 am »

She spent her last years in Chatham Dockyard.


Bob
Logged
Officially a GOG.

Jerry C

  • Full Mayhemer
  • *****
  • Offline Offline
  • Posts: 1,504
  • Location: Caernarfon, North Wales.
Re: Unknown Vessel - Assumed RN?
« Reply #6 on: February 20, 2021, 11:12:51 am »

Pre-wetting, “‘ands to bathe!”

JimG

  • Full Mayhemer
  • *****
  • Offline Offline
  • Posts: 1,268
  • Model Boat Mayhem is Great!
  • Location: Dundee
Re: Unknown Vessel - Assumed RN?
« Reply #7 on: February 20, 2021, 11:43:48 am »

HMS Triumph, Colossus class light fleet carrier. Launched November 1944, served in Korea then as a Cadet training ship. Took part in first trials of angled flight deck then ended training duties in 1955. Converted to heavy repair ship between 1956 and 1965, in reserve at Chatham in 1975 till finally scrapped in 1981.
Logged
Dundee Model Boat club

derekwarner

  • Full Mayhemer
  • *****
  • Online Online
  • Posts: 9,464
  • Location: Wollongong Australia
Re: Unknown Vessel - Assumed RN?
« Reply #8 on: February 20, 2021, 12:19:39 pm »

Ahha....thanks.....I suspected neuclear washdown, but hadn't heard of a pre-wetting  :o ..... does it mean getting wet before you steam into a yellow cloud?


...& what are those Sailors doing out on the Stern-Quarterdeck?


In the commentary fro John WE's thread.....not quite sure if I agree about question of salt/freshwater?..........just copious quantity of seawater 


Derek
Logged
Derek Warner

Honorary Secretary [Retired]
Illawarra Live Steamers Co-op
Australia
www.ils.org.au

raflaunches

  • Global Moderator
  • Full Mayhemer
  • *****
  • Offline Offline
  • Posts: 3,681
  • The Penguins are coming!!!
  • Location: Back in the UK, Kettering, Northants
Re: Unknown Vessel - Assumed RN?
« Reply #9 on: February 20, 2021, 12:35:11 pm »

It’s easier to wash off a substance like radioactive dust or chemicals if the surface is already wet as it’ll flow off quicker when washed again. It’s pre-cautionary action in case of a known possible attack using weapons like these.
Logged
Nick B

Help! The penguins have stolen my sanity, and my hot water bottle!

Illegitimi non carborundum!

dodes

  • Full Mayhemer
  • *****
  • Offline Offline
  • Posts: 988
  • Location: Hampshire
Re: Unknown Vessel - Assumed RN?
« Reply #10 on: February 25, 2021, 08:11:42 pm »

The dog class tug RMAS Mastiff was fitted with it, the idea being in a nuclear emergency at Chatham. The crew sailed her up by the nuclear complex, ty her up and leave her with main engines running and the water sprayers on. Trouble is if the alarm went off which way would they go on the toots out of Gillingham gate or steam towards the possible leak!!!
Logged

dodes

  • Full Mayhemer
  • *****
  • Offline Offline
  • Posts: 988
  • Location: Hampshire
Re: Unknown Vessel - Assumed RN?
« Reply #11 on: March 18, 2021, 08:35:12 pm »

Triumph was based at Singapore for a number of years before eventually returning to UK for disposal. My eldest brother had 18months unaccompanied on her before her world tour cruise home, his boast was dumping 7 million quids worth of new stores over board from her in the bay of Biscay. Remember in Chatham several skips off brand new socket spanner sets being taken away for scrap, as most of the stores were consumable stores so they could not be taken back into Naval Stores.
Logged

derekwarner

  • Full Mayhemer
  • *****
  • Online Online
  • Posts: 9,464
  • Location: Wollongong Australia
Re: Unknown Vessel - Assumed RN?
« Reply #12 on: March 18, 2021, 11:55:51 pm »

In the late 80's, a US vessel in Middle Eastern waters experienced a Guided Missile Launcher failure.........normally we in OZ would never hear of such things, however the US put out a DEF Nav Alert, & we had three such Launchers on our RAN Destroyers.....so the bearing that failed was replaced on many 100's of vessels that used that Launcher, worldwide


Upshot of this was the US Technical Enquiry determined the bearing failure was by exceeding it's End of Use date and a very poorly worded Alert caused a very expensive confusion by who should have known better  >>:-( viewed this as every bearing [even in storage] that had exceeded it's End of Use date as to be scrapped


Even at GID, many, many trolley loads of new sealed bearings that had an EOU Date were scrapped


The Alert should have nominated bearings that had exceeded their design cycles..


Derek...
Logged
Derek Warner

Honorary Secretary [Retired]
Illawarra Live Steamers Co-op
Australia
www.ils.org.au

dodes

  • Full Mayhemer
  • *****
  • Offline Offline
  • Posts: 988
  • Location: Hampshire
Re: Unknown Vessel - Assumed RN?
« Reply #13 on: March 19, 2021, 08:04:19 pm »

It seems an endemic problem not confined to the UK.!!!!
Logged

ballastanksian

  • Full Mayhemer
  • *****
  • Offline Offline
  • Posts: 6,447
  • Model Boat Mayhem inspires me!
  • Location: Crewkerne
Re: Unknown Vessel - Assumed RN?
« Reply #14 on: May 01, 2021, 01:39:25 pm »

These sorts of conversions interest me as it makes an otherwise less interesting* vessel something more unique, like the LSTs converted to Air control and training vessels loaded with Radar and aerials that can be made to revolve. A model like this can have loads more superstructure details added plus little vignettes of loaded and unloaded crates and bits that need repairing or fabricating.


STOP!


*I'm not suggesting Carriers are boring, just that in many cases sourcing model aircraft and the like is expensive and time consuming.


Carry on!
Logged
Pond weed is your enemy
Pages: [1]   Go Up
 

Page created in 0.112 seconds with 21 queries.