Thread: Big old Battleship

Originally Posted by juddy

Mothballed just like the current rn fleet. What a shame
what ships did you serve on

The old aircraft carrier HMS Ark Royal and HMS Tiger. She was originally built for the second world war but arrived too late and was converted to a helicopter carrier. Had the old 6" and 3" guns.

Originally Posted by Bearman

She's on the forrard deck with her legs wrapped around one of the 16 inch guns. Cant you see her! Biggest thing she's had between her legs I bet.

Ahhhmmmmm .......not quite sure about that.....I will have to look into it

Originally Posted by martinozcmax

The old aircraft carrier HMS Ark Royal and HMS Tiger. She was originally built for the second world war but arrived too late and was converted to a helicopter carrier. Had the old 6" and 3" guns.

Did Tiger have a large Hanger?????

Originally Posted by THE BOOGER

The battleships given to museum societies must be kept at a certain state of readyness and have a naval recruitment team on board, i think the Iowa (wiki) site has details of what is required.

there are 4 main points that must be kept.

Yes thats what i thought too.

G'day Everyone,

Certainly an amazing ship. I was fortunate to have had the opportunity to spend some time on her when she came over here in 86 as part of the liaision team when I was in the navy. The 3 days aboard her was quite amazing. Her fire control systems are an incredible piece of engineering.

Jake

Originally Posted by juddy

Did Tiger have a large Hanger?????

She certainly did. She was originally built for the second world war however wasn't completed in time. She was built with 6" and 3" guns forrard and aft however they removed them from the back and fitted a hanger. She used to fly off Sea King helo's.

They also updated the defences by giving her seacat missiles. Manually targetted, quite impressive to watch.

Not quite as impressive as watching Buccaneers and Phantom jets take off from the Ark Royal.

We also flew off a small observation plane called the gannet that used to be very entertaining to watch landing. They would start to fold the wings up into the storage position as soon as they landed on deck. I always wondered what they'd do if they happened to miss the last arrestor wire.

They never did though.

Any way Australia’s defense is based around subs, they are our first defense

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You mean "sub" don't you? Or are 2 servicable at the moment?
Regards Philip A