aircraft carrier up the thames

[deggers316]

on the tv news "a tight squeeze through the thames barrier,"really?? another reoprt of exaggeration lol

[waterboatman]

HMS Ocean is a helicopter carrier.

[emmie]

percy what's this then?

http://en.wikipedia.o...Illustrious_%28R06%29

[emmie]

it says until 2010, it carried 22 aircraft.

[emmie]

WBM, might it have been USS Intrepid. I have photos of that too, somewhere....

[waterboatman]

em, HMS. Illustrious was an aircraft carrier equipped with sea Harriers. Quite a good combination!

[waterboatman]

it wasn't Intrepid em, I'll think of it about 3AM! :o}

[waterboatman]

At the time it was the oldest carrier in the US fleet. It had seen action in WWII!

[DTCwordfan]

the USS Nassau - that is a huge aircraft carrier - it helped out Houston/Galveston when H.Ike blew through.

[jake-the-peg]

They're obviously better with ships than subs then!

[emmie]

who?

[emmie]

WBM, possibly USS Enterprise, seems to fit the bill.

[pusskin]

How long will this aircraft be in the Thames? Were in Cyprus at the minute and home on 9th may, would hate to miss a visit to London to see it.

[emmie]

pusskin see if i can find out. They are always worth a visit.

[percypineapple]

i worked at a shipping company in the east end of london, about a mile downstream of tower bridge. we had only small ships docking with us at our private wharf, but they all needed a pilot to guide them from southend to us in limehouse, as the water was shallow on the bends around dartford etc. i don't what draught an aircraft carrier has, but it must be dead risky trying to bring one of those up the thames.

[pusskin]

Ah thanks em10. Much appreciated. Havent a spare minute really to google it. I'd love to jump on a train and visit the boat while its in dock. (20 min train ride for us) many thanks x

[emmie]

firstly i wouldn't say there was a lot of room to spare, second i am not sure what the plans are.

http://www.thisisplym...835-detail/story.html

[emmie]

Percy, you can see for yourself, it's still impressive..

[naomi24]

Deggers, //look at the bbc news you could get one and a half carriers at once through that gap //

Do you actually know anything about seamanship? I don't think you've been watching the same news as me.

[emmie]

nor me, if the pictures i have posted are anything to go by.