Author Topic: Seen this B4? (Read 307 times)

Hawklore · « **on:** February 17, 2003, 01:35:23 PM »

My mom sent this to me, don't know where she got it from but probably my dad.

This is the transcript of an ACTUAL radio conversation
between the British and the Irish off the coast of
Kerry, October 1998. Radio conversation released by
the Chief of Naval Operations 10-10-98.

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 BRITIANNIA!
THE SECOND LARGEST SHIP IN THE BRITISH ATLANTIC FLEET.
WE ARE ACCOMPANIED BY THREE DESTROYERS, THREE CRUISERS
AND NUMEROUS SUPPORT VESSELS. I DEMAND 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................You r Call.

Habu · « **Reply #1 on:** February 17, 2003, 01:38:01 PM »

Maybe one of our British members can confirm that the AIRCRAFT CARRIER HMS BRITIANNIA does not have any radar on board?

davidpt40 · « **Reply #2 on:** February 17, 2003, 01:38:44 PM »

Myth. A carrier can tell the difference between a continent and a warship.

Dead Man Flying · « **Reply #3 on:** February 17, 2003, 01:40:34 PM »

http://www.snopes.com/military/lighthse.htm

False. Though I must say, it sure is a nice touch to change it from an American aircraft carrier into a British one. Wouldn't want to be anti-American now, would we?

-- Todd/Leviathn

Dowding · « **Reply #4 on:** February 17, 2003, 01:40:55 PM »

Wow! Deja-vu, dude! Didn't this happen to a US carrier? It was the exact same conversation too!

Hawklore · « **Reply #5 on:** February 17, 2003, 02:01:02 PM »

*shrug* Don't kill the messanger.

Dowding · « **Reply #6 on:** February 17, 2003, 02:02:38 PM »

Hehehe Hawklore - it's been posted many times before that's all. If it's any consolation, I still find it funny.

thrila · « **Reply #7 on:** February 17, 2003, 02:28:39 PM »

Carrier HMS Britiannia.......can't say i've ever heard of it.

Supported by 3 cruisers, 3 destroyers and numerous support vessels!:eek: Sounds like the largest gathering of RN ships since the falklands.

The author could have atleast used the name of an actual RN carrier instead making one up...heheh.