HMS Ocean squeezes through the Thames Barrier - General

[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QluTs5e0uIA[/media] Look how close it came to the one on the right

Can't wait to see that when I get back from Uni. Though I doubt it'll be as cool as seeing the USS George HW Bush dock in Portsmouth.

its fucking massive damn

[QUOTE=MenteR;35838859]its fucking massive damn[/QUOTE] Are you referring to the Thames floodgates or the boat?

Woah, badass [t]http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c6/Fleet_5_nations.jpg[/t] HMS Ocean sailing in a 5-nation fleet (it's the smaller ship between the two black carriers) [t]http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2011/06/05/article-1394429-0C673EA400000578-618_472x306.jpg[/t] Also launched attack helicopters into Libya during the civil war

Take this Arch and Tina!

[QUOTE=Griffster26;35839609]Take this Arch and Tina![/QUOTE] Git awf mah land.

Aw it's so small and adorable. :3 [sp]Just kiding, I actually think our carriers are just way to fucking huge[/sp]

[QUOTE=Rastadogg5;35839732]Aw it's so small and adorable. :3 [sp]Just kiding, I actually think our carriers are just way to fucking huge[/sp][/QUOTE] It's not meant to be a full aircraft carrier. I just holds some helicopters and launches smaller boats from inside its hull.

[QUOTE=smurfy;35839239]Woah, badass [t]http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c6/Fleet_5_nations.jpg[/t] HMS Ocean sailing in a 5-nation fleet (it's the smaller ship between the two black carriers) [t]http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2011/06/05/article-1394429-0C673EA400000578-618_472x306.jpg[/t] Also launched attack helicopters into Libya during the civil war[/QUOTE] That's a whole lot of kick-ass right there.

[QUOTE=Rastadogg5;35839732]Aw it's so small and adorable. :3 [sp]Just kiding, I actually think our carriers are just way to fucking huge[/sp][/QUOTE] This isn't even a carrier, but the new carriers are going to be significantly larger than this

What does HMS stand for? Her Majesty's Ship or something?

[QUOTE=beanhead;35842658]What does HMS stand for? Her Majesty's Ship or something?[/QUOTE] Yeah

Wow... for a ship that size, it's the equivalent of threading a needle through a haystack.

[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XzekqsRneak[/media] Related

[QUOTE=Phaselancer;35843758]Wow... for a ship that size, it's the equivalent of threading a needle through a haystack.[/QUOTE] Threading a needle through a haystack?

[QUOTE=Apache249;35844048]Threading a needle through a haystack?[/QUOTE] I can't breathe.

[QUOTE=Apache249;35844048]Threading a needle through a haystack?[/QUOTE] It looks like the shoe's on the other glove now!

[QUOTE=Matto;35844715]It looks like the shoe's on the other glove now![/QUOTE] Retards like that are a diamond dozen.

These replies are a few clowns short of a 6 pack.

[QUOTE=richard9311;35846121]Retards like that are a diamond dozen.[/QUOTE] I feel bad, so i'm going to correct you, It's dime a dozen

[QUOTE=Dantai;35846180]I feel bad, so i'm going to correct you, It's dime a dozen[/QUOTE] Joke Your head

Oh my God, this thread made me laugh so hard. Milk, milk everywhere.

That wasn't very close at all. Cargo and tanker ships come much closer to the sides of canal locks because they're designed to pretty much exactly fit them in order to maximize capacity. And that happens on a daily basis. That battleship in an above post illustrates this very well.

Apparently it's open to the public this Monday bank holiday. Last time they did that over 22,000 people turned up in the first hour. That and they have to ferry them to the ship via boat.

[QUOTE=Dantai;35846180]I feel bad, so i'm going to correct you, It's dime a dozen[/QUOTE] you know what they say man, it's a doggy dog world.

[QUOTE=smurfy;35839957]This isn't even a carrier, but the new carriers are going to be significantly larger than this[/QUOTE] Actually it is a carrier, an amphibious assault carrier to be specific.

[QUOTE=Kirad;35853778]you know what they say man, it's a doggy dog world.[/QUOTE] Wow, someone who understands life; philosophers like you are a blessings in the skies.

[QUOTE=Mr.Cookie;35859057]Actually it is a carrier, an amphibious assault carrier to be specific.[/QUOTE] When I say carrier I mean this [img]http://thecruciblereport.files.wordpress.com/2012/04/carrier.jpeg[/img]

[QUOTE=ijyt;35838810]Though I doubt it'll be as cool as seeing the USS George HW Bush dock in Portsmouth.[/QUOTE] Ha I remember that, was great when I was a kid.