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Jeremy Clarkson: Greatest Raid of All Time
Sun 18 Mar, 8:00 pm - 9:00 pm

Too bad I can't receive BBC 1 and 2 on my satellite. Only BBC World and BBC Prime.

Crash

Oh...fer cryin' out loud, Martyn...

Not the Dreaded "Jeremy Clarkson"...(him, with the "hair"!).... ...!

Lord preserve us from him!.....(and I'm not the slightly bit religious!....trust me...)... ...!

Paul.. just pulled the plug out from the back of the TV... ...!

LOL... ...!

LOL Paul, you should've watched it, it was very good.



TSC.

Thanks for the heads up. About the second time I've watched TV this year. Not bad but as usual the music was too loud & totally unnecessary. I missed half of what the softly-spoken veterans were saying. If Wikipedia is correct it wasn't entirely accurate either. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Nazaire_Raid

I'm sure I've seen a film or documentary on this raid some years ago but I can't find any details about it.

Nice to see the Western Lady II on the program aswell, it's one of our local boats running between Torquay & Brixham - She is one of only five surviving of the 650 that were built during the war. There are two here, Western Lady III & Western Lady IV.

I think a lot of people go on them, but have no idea how rare they are

Cheers,

TSC.

Nice to see the Western Lady II on the program aswell, it's one of our local boats running between Torquay & Brixham - She is one of only five surviving of the 650 that were built during the war. There are two here, Wetern Lady II & Western Lady III.

I think a lot of people go on them, but have no idea how rare they are

Looks like one is up for sale. http://www.boatshed.com/viewboat.php?boat=21067

If Wikipedia is correct it wasn't entirely accurate either. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Nazaire_Raid

Remember that Wikipedia articles can be written by just about anyone, so I wouldn't trust it to give 100% facts.

It was an interesting programme though. Certainly put the war effort into perspective.

edit......If Wikipedia is correct it wasn't entirely accurate either. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Nazaire_Raid

Sounds like prime material for History/Discovery channel.  ;)

i saw the first 20mins of it, then had to participate in a match, so had to turn my TV off, although the first 20mins where very good. mite try and download it sometime

Those Fairmile B launches might be rarer than you think. Historic Vessels at Risk List

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[quote]Those Fairmile B launches might be rarer than you think. Historic Vessels at Risk List

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Thanks for the info Doug, guess I'll nip down & pop across the bay on one soon, before they disappear. I'll see what the weather is like in the week.

Be a shame if they can't be saved. Get some photos.

Get some photos.

Will do [smiley=thumbsup.gif]

Hopefully, the weather will be nice, I'll see what Wednesday brings.

Cheers,

TSC.