The might of the Irish Navy.....

stonewall23 · 12-04-2006, 07:23 PM

Very funny stuff. But the British lads might laugh about the Royal navy ship that struck a land mass they did not know was there .The land mass turned out to be Australia. Its funny cause its true.
The Irish navy has only eight modern ships ,and their navagational skills are better than at least some of the royal navy officers. Plus the first pratical sub ever made was built by an Irishman called Holland.The British navy bought six.

stonewall23 · 12-06-2006, 07:49 PM

Hello...................Think they've gone...................Fair enough.

pbfoot · 12-06-2006, 08:04 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by stonewall23

Very funny stuff. But the British lads might laugh about the Royal navy ship that struck a land mass they did not know was there .The land mass turned out to be Australia. Its funny cause its true.
The Irish navy has only eight modern ships ,and their navagational skills are better than at least some of the royal navy officers. Plus the first pratical sub ever made was built by an Irishman called Holland.The British navy bought six.

how do you know that their navigational skills are superior the only Irish navigator I ever heard about was some guy named Brendan

stonewall23 · 12-06-2006, 08:43 PM

Brendan who !!!!!

pbfoot · 12-06-2006, 08:48 PM

St Brendan the voyager from Ardfert and Clonfert near present day Tralee if that means anything to you

stonewall23 · 12-06-2006, 08:58 PM

I was trying to be funny ..HaHa. Apparently I failed. I know who he was.

stonewall23 · 12-07-2006, 05:09 PM

You see in Ireland he is know as " St. Brendan the navigator ".And you will find I wrote that we had better navigational skills than at least some of the Royal navy officers.( the captain and the officer of the watch involved in the accident I mentioned were court martialed ). Intresting point you make , do navigators have to be famous to be good ! I think your confusing navigators with explorers.

pbfoot · 12-07-2006, 05:25 PM

No confusion on my part I've worked with enough "place finders"

stonewall23 · 12-07-2006, 06:00 PM

Happy to hear it . It's plain sailing from here on.

Clave · 12-08-2006, 12:47 AM

It doesn't matter what country the Navy is from, in: 'Ship vs Rock' Rock always wins...

Matt308 · 12-08-2006, 11:43 AM

Reminds me of this internet detritus...

ACTUAL transcript of a US naval ship with Canadian authorities off the coast of Newfoundland in October, 1995. This radio conversation was released by the Chief of Naval Operations on 10-10-95.

Americans: "Please divert your course 15 degrees to the North to avoid a collision."

Canadians: "Recommend you divert YOUR course 15 degrees to the South to avoid a collision."

Americans: "This is the captain of a US Navy ship. I say again, divert YOUR course."

Canadians: "No, I say again, you divert YOUR course."

Americans: "THIS IS THE AIRCRAFT CARRIER USS ABRAHAM LINCOLN, THE SECOND LARGEST SHIP IN THE UNITED STATES' ATLANTIC FLEET. WE ARE ACCOMPANIED BY THREE DESTROYERS, THREE CRUISERS AND NUMEROUS SUPPORT VESSELS. I DEMAND THAT YOU CHANGE YOUR COURSE 15 DEGREES NORTH. THAT'S ONE-FIVE DEGREES NORTH, OR COUNTER MEASURES WILL BE UNDERTAKEN TO ENSURE THE SAFETY OF THIS SHIP."

Canadians: "This is a lighthouse. Your call."

the lancaster kicks ass · 12-08-2006, 11:45 AM

i don't believe that's real for one second..........

Matt308 · 12-08-2006, 11:47 AM

Of course not. It's been around for scores of years. But it is still funny.

the lancaster kicks ass · 12-08-2006, 11:54 AM

oh sorry, it seems i have such a low opinion of you you believed it

Matt308 · 12-08-2006, 11:57 AM

Ouch. I suppose I deserve that.