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Title: The short but brilliant life of the British pacific fleet
Post by: Krusher on February 04, 2006, 12:36:31 AM: A nice read for any naval history buffs

Link (http://www.dtic.mil/doctrine/jel/jfq_pubs/4017.pdf)
Title: The short but brilliant life of the British pacific fleet
Post by: Toad on February 04, 2006, 06:32:51 AM: Thanks, enjoyed that.
Title: The short but brilliant life of the British pacific fleet
Post by: Furball on February 04, 2006, 07:13:31 AM: good read
Title: The short but brilliant life of the British pacific fleet
Post by: dmf on February 04, 2006, 07:38:32 AM: Wow, I knew they had forces on land, but I never knew about that, thanks I learned something new today :)
Title: The short but brilliant life of the British pacific fleet
Post by: Furball on February 04, 2006, 07:42:15 AM: Quote
Originally posted by dmf
Wow, I knew they had forces on land, but I never knew about that, thanks I learned something new today :)

that the british have a navy? ;)
Title: The short but brilliant life of the British pacific fleet
Post by: Swoop on February 04, 2006, 09:38:58 AM: The pic mid way down of HMS King George V and USS Missouri......that says it all for me.

Yup, we had a little spat a couple of century's ago and sure we like to take the piss out of the each other but......when all's said and done our flags are the same colours.

(http://www.onpoi.net/ah/pics/users/209_1137109117_20029211530-0-swoop.gif)
Title: The short but brilliant life of the British pacific fleet
Post by: Hajo on February 04, 2006, 11:59:34 AM: very good read. learned a lot.
Title: The short but brilliant life of the British pacific fleet
Post by: Krusher on February 04, 2006, 05:15:34 PM: Quote
Originally posted by Swoop
when all's said and done our flags are the same colours.

(http://www.onpoi.net/ah/pics/users/209_1137109117_20029211530-0-swoop.gif)

And yours looks cool on the hood of a jag :)
Title: The short but brilliant life of the British pacific fleet
Post by: weaselsan on February 04, 2006, 05:50:02 PM: We where at anchor outside of Yeman in the early 1960's, next to us was a British Corvette (Not the plastic Chevy), Our revelle was at 0500 for those not already on watch. Chow was at 0545 till 0700. After chow at about 0730 I heard a boatswains pipe sound on the British Corvette, and I still remember to this day the exact words .....Now wakey wakey wakey...rise and shine....the mornings fine......don't turn over...turn out.

:rofl
Title: The short but brilliant life of the British pacific fleet
Post by: Masherbrum on February 05, 2006, 02:37:31 AM: Quote
Originally posted by Swoop
The pic mid way down of HMS King George V and USS Missouri......that says it all for me.

Yup, we had a little spat a couple of century's ago and sure we like to take the piss out of the each other but......when all's said and done our flags are the same colours.

(http://www.onpoi.net/ah/pics/users/209_1137109117_20029211530-0-swoop.gif)

Yep. Now get your ragged arse back into the MA.

Karaya
Title: The short but brilliant life of the British pacific fleet
Post by: dmf on February 05, 2006, 09:37:01 AM: Quote
Originally posted by Furball
that the british have a navy? ;)

Well, I mean, I knew that, you know, they had a Navy and stuff. But I didn't think anything made in England could go that far without breaking down.
Title: The short but brilliant life of the British pacific fleet
Post by: Swoop on February 05, 2006, 10:11:25 AM: Well that's ok cos we don't think American cars can go round corners at anything more than 5mph without spinning off.

(http://www.onpoi.net/ah/pics/users/209_1137109117_20029211530-0-swoop.gif)
Title: The short but brilliant life of the British pacific fleet
Post by: expat on February 05, 2006, 10:14:41 AM: true swoop......and at 5mph it feels like a badly made sofa...... :lol
Title: The short but brilliant life of the British pacific fleet
Post by: Furball on February 05, 2006, 01:36:30 PM: Quote
Originally posted by dmf
Well, I mean, I knew that, you know, they had a Navy and stuff. But I didn't think anything made in England could go that far without breaking down.

:lol
Title: The short but brilliant life of the British pacific fleet
Post by: dmf on February 05, 2006, 11:40:37 PM: Quote
Originally posted by Swoop
Well that's ok cos we don't think American cars can go round corners at anything more than 5mph without spinning off.

(http://www.onpoi.net/ah/pics/users/209_1137109117_20029211530-0-swoop.gif)

Spinning off?
Is that anything like self gratification?
Title: The short but brilliant life of the British pacific fleet
Post by: RAIDER14 on February 06, 2006, 12:14:52 AM: Quote
Originally posted by Swoop
Well that's ok cos we don't think American cars can go round corners at anything more than 5mph without spinning off.

(http://www.onpoi.net/ah/pics/users/209_1137109117_20029211530-0-swoop.gif)

well our cars are a lot better looking
Title: The short but brilliant life of the British pacific fleet
Post by: wipass on February 06, 2006, 05:59:51 AM: "Despite American assistance, the British still faced a huge problem. Naval
architects had designed British ships for duty in the confined waters around Britain, not in the vastness of the Pacific"

What a load of bollocks !

When I read that I closed the browser,

wipass
Title: The short but brilliant life of the British pacific fleet
Post by: Krusher on February 06, 2006, 07:22:03 AM: Quote
Originally posted by wipass
"Despite American assistance, the British still faced a huge problem. Naval
architects had designed British ships for duty in the confined waters around Britain, not in the vastness of the Pacific"

What a load of bollocks !

When I read that I closed the browser,

wipass

They were refering to the logistics of patroling the Pacific. On the same note they had better armored carriers for the same reason. Too bad you didn't finish the article, it was very favorable to the Brit navy.
Title: The short but brilliant life of the British pacific fleet
Post by: gofaster on February 06, 2006, 07:58:00 AM: Quote
Originally posted by wipass
"Despite American assistance, the British still faced a huge problem. Naval
architects had designed British ships for duty in the confined waters around Britain, not in the vastness of the Pacific"

What a load of bollocks !

When I read that I closed the browser,

wipass

I take it, then, that you did not read about the refueling techniques, nor how the British carriers had better armour than the US carriers?
Title: The short but brilliant life of the British pacific fleet
Post by: wipass on February 06, 2006, 10:51:09 AM: When anyone writes "Naval architects had designed British ships for duty in the confined waters around Britain" I am going to switch off.

wipass
Title: The short but brilliant life of the British pacific fleet
Post by: Furball on February 06, 2006, 12:27:35 PM: maybe they could have rephrased that sentence to better suit its meaning. i must admit i did question that myself until i read what it was referring to.