15 degrees to the North

[chiptas]

This may have been posted before but not everyone has been here forever so if you seen it before sorry if not feel free to piss your self laughing  ;)

This is the transcript of the ACTUAL radio conversation between the British
and the Irish, off the coast of Kerry, Oct 98. Radio conversation released by
the Chief of Naval Operations 10-10-01:

IRISH: Please divert your course 15 degrees to the South, to avoid a collision.

BRITISH: Recommend you divert your course 15 degrees to the North, to
avoid a collision.

IRISH: Negative. You will have to divert your course 15 degrees to the South
to avoid a collision.

BRITISH: This is the Captain of a British navy ship. I say again, divert YOUR
course.

IRISH: Negative. I say again, You will have to divert YOUR course.

BRITISH: THIS IS THE AIRCRAFT CARRIER HMS BRITANNIA! THE
SECOND LARGEST SHIP IN THE BRITISH ATLANTIC FLEET. WE ARE
ACCOMPANIED BY THREE DESTROYERS, THREE CRUISERS, AND
NUMEROUS SUPPORT VESSELS. I DEMAND THAT YOU CHANGE YOUR
COURSE 15 DEGREES NORTH, I SAY AGAIN, THAT IS 15 DEGREES
NORTH, OR COUNTER-MEASURES WILL BE UNDERTAKEN TO ENSURE
THE SAFETY OF THIS SHIP.

IRISH: We are a lighthouse. Your call.

BTW i always thought it was an american warship.

Being ex navy its always fun to see an officer get shot down no matter what navy he is from.

[FsNovice]

LMFAO

So this is why we suck at warfare then?

[Woodlouse2002]

Course it aint true. And I don't think there has ever been a HMS Britannia.

[PsychoDiablo]

Only Brittania i know of
http://www.flickr.com/photos/8953866@N06/551016849/


Funny joke though

[BFMF]

First time i've heard the story occuring between the British and Irish...

[H]

Course it aint true. And I don't think there has ever been a HMS Britannia.

"Eight Royal Navy vessels have been named HMS Britannia*:

1. a 100-gun first-rate launched in 1682 and dismantled in 1715 for use in building the next Britannia.
2. a 100-gun first-rate launched in 1719, on harbour service in 1745, and broken up in 1749.
3. a 100-gun first-rate launched at Portsmouth in 1762, a participant in the Battle of Cape St. Vincent (1797) and Battle of Trafalgar, later renamed Princess Royal, St. George, and Barfleur, then broken up in 1825. Britannia Beach, British Columbia was named after this ship.
4. a 20-gun storeship purchased in 1781 and wrecked the following year.
5. a 120-gun first-rate launched in 1820, a training ship after 1859, and broken up in 1869.
6. was the first rate HMS Prince of Wales which became the sixth Britannia when she was given the name in 1869, as she replaced the previous vessel in the cadet training role. She was broken up in 1916.
7. a battleship launched in 1904 and sunk by UB-50 in 1918.
8. a Royal Yacht launched in 1953, later put on exhibition.

*

8-)

[chiptas]

Course it aint true. And I don't think there has ever been a HMS Britannia.

"Eight Royal Navy vessels have been named HMS Britannia*:

1. a 100-gun first-rate launched in 1682 and dismantled in 1715 for use in building the next Britannia.
2. a 100-gun first-rate launched in 1719, on harbour service in 1745, and broken up in 1749.
3. a 100-gun first-rate launched at Portsmouth in 1762, a participant in the Battle of Cape St. Vincent (1797) and Battle of Trafalgar, later renamed Princess Royal, St. George, and Barfleur, then broken up in 1825. Britannia Beach, British Columbia was named after this ship.
4. a 20-gun storeship purchased in 1781 and wrecked the following year.
5. a 120-gun first-rate launched in 1820, a training ship after 1859, and broken up in 1869.
6. was the first rate HMS Prince of Wales which became the sixth Britannia when she was given the name in 1869, as she replaced the previous vessel in the cadet training role. She was broken up in 1916.
7. a battleship launched in 1904 and sunk by UB-50 in 1918.
8. a Royal Yacht launched in 1953, later put on exhibition.

*

8-)

So much for what woodhouse thinks.

[TSC.]

Course it aint true. And I don't think there has ever been a HMS Britannia.

"Eight Royal Navy vessels have been named HMS Britannia*:

1. a 100-gun first-rate launched in 1682 and dismantled in 1715 for use in building the next Britannia.
2. a 100-gun first-rate launched in 1719, on harbour service in 1745, and broken up in 1749.
3. a 100-gun first-rate launched at Portsmouth in 1762, a participant in the Battle of Cape St. Vincent (1797) and Battle of Trafalgar, later renamed Princess Royal, St. George, and Barfleur, then broken up in 1825. Britannia Beach, British Columbia was named after this ship.
4. a 20-gun storeship purchased in 1781 and wrecked the following year.
5. a 120-gun first-rate launched in 1820, a training ship after 1859, and broken up in 1869.
6. was the first rate HMS Prince of Wales which became the sixth Britannia when she was given the name in 1869, as she replaced the previous vessel in the cadet training role. She was broken up in 1916.
7. a battleship launched in 1904 and sunk by UB-50 in 1918.
8. a Royal Yacht launched in 1953, later put on exhibition.

*

8-)

So much for what woodhouse thinks.

Well, there might have been eight HMS Britannia's, but none of them were sailing around in Oct 98.  :P

Cheers,

TSC.

[an-225]

Yes, I remember watching a video version of this. British being the lighthouse, America being the aircraft carrier.

[Woodlouse2002]

Course it aint true. And I don't think there has ever been a HMS Britannia.

"Eight Royal Navy vessels have been named HMS Britannia*:

1. a 100-gun first-rate launched in 1682 and dismantled in 1715 for use in building the next Britannia.
2. a 100-gun first-rate launched in 1719, on harbour service in 1745, and broken up in 1749.
3. a 100-gun first-rate launched at Portsmouth in 1762, a participant in the Battle of Cape St. Vincent (1797) and Battle of Trafalgar, later renamed Princess Royal, St. George, and Barfleur, then broken up in 1825. Britannia Beach, British Columbia was named after this ship.
4. a 20-gun storeship purchased in 1781 and wrecked the following year.
5. a 120-gun first-rate launched in 1820, a training ship after 1859, and broken up in 1869.
6. was the first rate HMS Prince of Wales which became the sixth Britannia when she was given the name in 1869, as she replaced the previous vessel in the cadet training role. She was broken up in 1916.
7. a battleship launched in 1904 and sunk by UB-50 in 1918.
8. a Royal Yacht launched in 1953, later put on exhibition.

*

8-)

So much for what woodhouse thinks.

In that list of HMS Britannias, how many have been aircraft carriers?  :P

[JBaymore]

And I don't think there has ever been a HMS Britannia.

[john_uk]

this is like that stupid quantas pilot log things..

dependant on who is posting it, the sides get changed around.... yawn all grade A BS

john... this post smells of the english country side

[chiptas]

this is like that stupid quantas pilot log things..

dependant on who is posting it, the sides get changed around.... yawn all grade A BS

john... this post smells of the english country side

Check the title of the forum john!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Also   http://www.simviation.com/cgi-bin/yabb2 ... 1184152732

[llamedos]

this is like that stupid quantas pilot log things..

dependant on who is posting it, the sides get changed around.... yawn all grade A BS

john... this post smells of the english country side

Wow, i knew that Qantas had a new logo, now it appears they have a new name too.

And well done on getting away with another personal attack on the forums john.