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    The Astute Class. We should save our pennies and buy a couple.

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    HMS Ambush. I want one.

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    I’m pretty sure the dinosaurs died out when they stopped gathering food and started having meetings to discuss gathering food

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    The USA wasn't the only " friend " that sold us a pup. Britain did it with Choules.

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    Broken down HMAS Tobruk, HMAS Choules limit navy's emergency response
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    The US did not sell us pups with Manoora and Kanimbla - we bought the pups with eyes wide open - the yanks never hid their condition - we well knew their condition but like buying an old rusted out car we thought we could fix them up on the cheap - and of course like an old banger the opposite was the case.

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    The Battle of Midway, from the Japanese perspective. Possibly the most important Naval Battle of WW2, not counting the Atlantic. This battle determined the outcome of the Pacific War.

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    The Battle of Savo Island, the USN's worst defeat. He makes a mistake, and says USS Canberra. Apart from that , a good description. Almost as many men died in the Naval battle as did ashore in Guadalcanal. Beginning to see just how vicious the Pacific War was. And how it was a close run thing.

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    The Battle of Savo Island, from the Australian survivors perspective.

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    [QUOTE=bob10;2905831]
    Quote Originally Posted by JDNSW View Post



    Having said that, I must qualify the statement by giving credit to the latest RN nuclear submarines. Absolute state of the art, World leading, and World beating. Amazing what you can do with unlimited funds.
    Did you see a film 'Johnny English Strikes Again' ? It was hilarious his partner informs him that his own wife is a British Navy captain who commands a nuclear submarine. It was fully analog "Resolution class " If you haven't seen it watch it



    Current Pommy boats are the Trafalgar all pre 1999 and Astute classes from 2010 on. The later are over 1.5 billion pounds each Glad we are not paying for them Bob!

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    [QUOTE=NavyDiver;2905947]
    Quote Originally Posted by bob10 View Post

    Did you see a film 'Johnny English Strikes Again' ? It was hilarious his partner informs him that his own wife is a British Navy captain who commands a nuclear submarine. It was fully analog "Resolution class " If you haven't seen it watch it



    Current Pommy boats are the Trafalgar all pre 1999 and Astute classes from 2010 on. The later are over 1.5 billion pounds each Glad we are not paying for them Bob!

    We should charge them for coming to their aid in WW1, and WW2. I watched a show today, by some English twit talking about WW1. He rabbited on about the 'British ' innovation of combined arms, saying it won them the War. No mention of the fact it was Monash who invented it, and Monash and a Canadian General [ insulting of me to forget his name, I know, but I don't want to get it wrong.] who organised the push in 1917/18, with Canadian and Australian troops spearheading the offensive. No offence to the rest of the ' British ' and Commonwealth troops who fought and died for Britain.
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