OK. lets say optional SC Smoke Box. Oh, I forgot, compensated suspension, on driving axles. No more messing around with springs!
Oh well it takes all sorts, I suppose. There seems to be so many NEW BUILD projects, why not get together and build a batch of new engines just...
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I've always known her as the Foudrouyant, and I thought she was a French prize ship, but as the Trincomalee, she's a real star again. I saw the...
1817 - 12 October Trincomalee was launched amid great celebrations. The cost of her construction was £23,000. or £576,150.00 in today's money....
This is starting to have the look of a scam. A bit like the Burmese Spitfires.
I wonder if this is some sort of elaborate tax dodge?
It seems a bit funny, because the last I heard of it was the order had been placed in a Chinese Dockyard for two, but 2 years on and nothing has...
Well. maybe the RN should be allowed to preserve historic ships, or be able to pass them on to groups who will look after them. As you point out...
Who knows anything about this project?
Lusty is nothing like as big, as Hermes is, and Hermes has a lot more history to it, than Lusty, so for me it would have to be Hermes, in a...
None of these ships make money, because the older they get, the more money need to be put in, but that's no reason to keep them. They are all...
Interesting. Please remember she was a forgotten hulk used as a fueling pontoon and was just a hull. It is an amazing restoration from such a...
New radar and that's about it. If she was saved I hake off the ski jump, and restore her to fixed wing comfig. INS Viraat. She's a grand old...
How is it the Yanks have loads of carriers, and battleships parked everywhere, and we have just the Belfast, and Cavalier. OK we have one WWI...
I'd put an Fleet Air Arm / Royal Marines museum on it, and turn suitable accommodation into hotel rooms Ala RN best bunks, for a proper Navy...
is there any chance of saving HMS Illustrious? I heard she was not for sale outside the UK, and it would be really nice to have a carrier museum...
I visited her in Plymouth, as she was the sole Falklands war veteran. Such a shame it's gone. I hope the same does not happen to HMS Illustrious...
Yep, that loos like the ones. I shipped them but they were exported on via Ian Riley, although it was only a paper export, if you see what I...
Hi Dick. Many thanks for a very interesting reply. I almost certainly have a copy of the “Trains” magazine you mention, and I'll copy what I...
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