HMS Argyll completes Sea Ceptor firings
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Hi Rhino,
What mystifies me is why the hell he was strolling around on that aft deck in the first place. Surely before a missile launch (assuming it was a test) there would have been briefings, announcements and warning sirens/ bells whatever beforehand?! If it was a combat situation I thought he would have been wearing combat anti flash gear etc. But he just looked like someone sneaking a ciggy with obviously absolutely no idea what was going on or about to happen... Odd!
What mystifies me is why the hell he was strolling around on that aft deck in the first place. Surely before a missile launch (assuming it was a test) there would have been briefings, announcements and warning sirens/ bells whatever beforehand?! If it was a combat situation I thought he would have been wearing combat anti flash gear etc. But he just looked like someone sneaking a ciggy with obviously absolutely no idea what was going on or about to happen... Odd!
Here, someone was obviously on the 'loo during the briefing...
Will have left a profound and lasting impression on said individual for sure.
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I have personal experience of a safety briefing planned work involving an active high pressure/temperature piece of equipment.
Just before we started the work we heard a loud & persistent banging noise coming from the depths of the equipment - we found someone trying to dislodge a valve with a sledgehammer - had he succeeded he would have opened an 11,000 psi 250C gas system 3 ft in front of him...........................
As you can imagine the Elf & Safety guys went ape... we were able to show that not only did we have his signature that he'd attended the briefing & understood it but there was a video of it him clearly paying attention with everyone else.. He wasn't mad, a member of ISIS or low IQ - in fact he was an experienced, well regarded hand.......
All we could get out of him was that he didn't think what he was doing had anything to with the procedure and "he thought it would save time later"
Just before we started the work we heard a loud & persistent banging noise coming from the depths of the equipment - we found someone trying to dislodge a valve with a sledgehammer - had he succeeded he would have opened an 11,000 psi 250C gas system 3 ft in front of him...........................
As you can imagine the Elf & Safety guys went ape... we were able to show that not only did we have his signature that he'd attended the briefing & understood it but there was a video of it him clearly paying attention with everyone else.. He wasn't mad, a member of ISIS or low IQ - in fact he was an experienced, well regarded hand.......
All we could get out of him was that he didn't think what he was doing had anything to with the procedure and "he thought it would save time later"
Nice to see the Royal Navy can launch something from their frigates.
My understanding is they are all broke and won't work in warm seas.
My son is an officer on HMS Westminster which has spent the last year trekking back and forth through the Irish Sea and the Channel trying to get all the kit to work.
Meanwhile our newest carrier has sprung a leak.
How did we manage Normandy?
My understanding is they are all broke and won't work in warm seas.
My son is an officer on HMS Westminster which has spent the last year trekking back and forth through the Irish Sea and the Channel trying to get all the kit to work.
Meanwhile our newest carrier has sprung a leak.
How did we manage Normandy?
Nice to see the Royal Navy can launch something from their frigates.
My understanding is they are all broke and won't work in warm seas.
My son is an officer on HMS Westminster which has spent the last year trekking back and forth through the Irish Sea and the Channel trying to get all the kit to work.
Meanwhile our newest carrier has sprung a leak.
How did we manage Normandy?
My understanding is they are all broke and won't work in warm seas.
My son is an officer on HMS Westminster which has spent the last year trekking back and forth through the Irish Sea and the Channel trying to get all the kit to work.
Meanwhile our newest carrier has sprung a leak.
How did we manage Normandy?
This is the tiniest submersible electrical pond pump I could find on the internet. Funnily enough, it can shift 200 litres per hour:
Small petrol-driven man-portable pumps the size of a lawn mower can pump 66,000 litres per hour (i.e. 1100 litres per minute). Ironically, QNLZ can convert sea water into fresh water at a rate of 22,500 litres per hour (540 tonnes per day).
If there is a guarantee defect, it will be fixed by the builder at its own cost in due course along with any others.
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It is a common problem on new ships of any sort - especially military vessels where the stresses and strains on the prop-shaft that can't be accurately modeled until they are on trials.
Embarrasing - a bit - serious - no
Embarrasing - a bit - serious - no
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I shouldn't imagine so, if something analogous in general terms to nothing more than a dripping tap was the only engineering snafu of note encountered during sea trials, then I suspect embarrassment was far from how the crew and ship's builders felt...
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