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Old 7th October 2004 | 04:56
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Blacksheep
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From: The spiritual home of DeHavilland
This kind of scrap. With railway engines that couldn't start or stop rapidly and an electric motor that blew up if they tried a 'crash' stop, they effectively had no brakes.

HMS Upholder was mothballed from 1993. The RN gave them up early to concentrate on nuclear powered submarines that could stop and go as they pleased.
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