We need a bigger dock

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We need a bigger dock

Post by tiger76 » Wed Jul 18, 2018 3:19 pm

And people think our defence spending is flawed. :lol: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-44871788
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Re: We need a bigger dock

Post by houseboy » Wed Jul 18, 2018 3:25 pm

Sorry mate, I misread the word DOCK. It's my eyesight you see.
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Re: We need a bigger dock

Post by karatekid » Wed Jul 18, 2018 3:30 pm

Well , they do say it makes you blind.

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Re: We need a bigger dock

Post by tiger76 » Wed Jul 18, 2018 4:58 pm

houseboy wrote:Sorry mate, I misread the word DOCK. It's my eyesight you see.
You need to go to Specsavers then. :)
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Re: We need a bigger dock

Post by piston broke » Wed Jul 18, 2018 7:40 pm

Similar thing happened in Dublin. They built the port tunnel from the M1 to the docks and found it was too small for lorries.

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Re: We need a bigger dock

Post by Guller Bull » Wed Jul 18, 2018 8:42 pm

So when you misread it, did you think it was "dick" or "cock"? (or "duck")
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Re: We need a bigger dock

Post by Damo » Wed Jul 18, 2018 8:45 pm

"The original problem with the submarine dates back to 2013, when it was discovered that it was about 100 tons heavier than it needed to be.

That caused a problem for its buoyancy - so it could submerge, but might not come back up again.

A former Spanish official told the Associated Press at the time that someone had put a decimal point in the wrong place, and "nobody paid attention to review the calculations"."
That's brilliant if true

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Re: We need a bigger dock

Post by Lancasterclaret » Wed Jul 18, 2018 8:49 pm

Sadly it sounds like it might not be.

Follow a few naval experts on twitter and the general consensus is that it isn't.

I'll try to get a link thats not in Spanish

https://twitter.com/navalhistorian/stat ... 6061182977" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
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Re: We need a bigger dock

Post by dsr » Wed Jul 18, 2018 10:32 pm

Damo wrote:That caused a problem for its buoyancy - so it could submerge, but might not come back up again.
I can see how that could be a problem. Maybe they could name the subs after the ships in the Armada - just for luck!
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