Megadeath
Well-known member
Why? Not saying you're wrong, but I don't see any obvious reason to doubt.
Warship Appreciation Thread
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It's because this is Brighton wear this is happening.
It's city gov is dysfunctional at the best of times, and is an ex-urb/suburb that is known locally for high domestic violence rates.
This whole park coming off as planned would be a miracle with the way the local gov operates, which is where my doubt originates.
Plus, looking at the renders of what they are planning it is only a vague reproduction of the ship that looks like it was slapped together by a total amateur with the prompt '4 turrets, a plane on one of them, two platform masts, and make it look vaguely ship shaped'. It's a playground version of the ship, not an actual replica.
I maintain that a playground battleship is actually a neat idea and far more suitable for a park than a replica with no historic provenance.
Blasterbot
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Battleship Park would have definitely been the coolest park in town growing up.
PsihoKekec
Swashbuckling Accountant
Apparently thanks to Environmental Groups who disputed that there was more then ten tons of asbestos on board, they put pressure on Turkey to not scrap the vessel. So Turkey declined scrapping the ship for $1.8 million, the ship never passed the Straights of Gibralter and spent the past several months hanging out within international waters of the South Atlantic.... UNTIL NOW.
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Why Brazil wants to sink its largest-ever warship
Sold to a Turkish scrapyard in 2021 and on its way to being dismantled, the Sao Paulo was sent back after environmental groups raised questions about levels of the toxic material asbestos aboard it. Refused entry by Brazil port officials and the country’s navy, it has been in international waters
www.firstpost.com
The Brazilian Navy sank it in the middle of the ocean. Now we'll never know how much asbestos was on board or whatever. Supposedly they couldn't even SINKEX it since it was unable to be towed anymore.
gral
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Yeah, the whole story was a clusterfuck.Apparently thanks to Environmental Groups who disputed that there was more then ten tons of asbestos on board, they put pressure on Turkey to not scrap the vessel. So Turkey declined scrapping the ship for $1.8 million, the ship never passed the Straights of Gibralter and spent the past several months hanging out within international waters of the South Atlantic.... UNTIL NOW.
Why Brazil wants to sink its largest-ever warship
Sold to a Turkish scrapyard in 2021 and on its way to being dismantled, the Sao Paulo was sent back after environmental groups raised questions about levels of the toxic material asbestos aboard it. Refused entry by Brazil port officials and the country’s navy, it has been in international waters
The Brazilian Navy sank it in the middle of the ocean. Now we'll never know how much asbestos was on board or whatever. Supposedly they couldn't even SINKEX it since it was unable to be towed anymore.
Wreck Site Identified as World War Two Submarine USS Albacore (SS 218)
WASHINGTON - Naval History and Heritage Command (NHHC) confirmed the identity of a wreck site off the coast of Hokkaido, Japan, as USS Albacore (SS 218) Feb. 16.
www.navy.mil
They found Albacore off Hokkiado.
bintananth
behind a desk
Her sister USS Milwaukee also had an interesting career.
During her shakedown cruise she visited Sydney, Australia. She surveyed the Pacific with her depth-finding equipment and found a set of seamounts. In 1939 she found the deepest spot in the Atlantic: The Milwaukee Deep. 28,680ft.
In 1944 she was lent to the USSR and served as Murmansk until 1949.
Multiple injuries after ship tips over at Edinburgh dockyard
Twenty three people were treated to hospital and another 12 at the scene of the incident in Leith.
www.bbc.com
So looks like RV Petrel had an accident while in dock, with injuries resulting as it took on a very heavy list.
PsihoKekec
Swashbuckling Accountant
A look into 18th century battleship
Aldarion
Neoreactionary Monarchist
Watched that few days ago... but what the heck, another one doesn't hurt.
Aldarion
Neoreactionary Monarchist
PsihoKekec
Swashbuckling Accountant
Was he incinerated alive by US Marines?
Aldarion
Neoreactionary Monarchist
More likely he was used to recycle metal waste.
Dunno if it is true or not,but i read,that when it was made some japaneese captains of cyvilians ships reported it as real battleship who was running with 4-5 knots velocity.
Of course,in 1941 they knew what it was.