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slingshot2000 - 23/5/12 at 06:40 PM

A section of one of the new Aircraft Carriers is currently being towed up the East Coast. Apparently it has just passed Grimsby. I wouldn't mind taking Junior to see it but am not sure how to find out/work out what time it may be passing the coast near us. Probably the nearest point for us to get to easily would be Seaton Carew or Hartlepool.

Has any one any idea how long it would take a tug to tow a section of an aircraft carrier that far ??

Thanks
Jon

Daddylonglegs - 23/5/12 at 06:48 PM

Take some piccies for the collective if you see it

blakep82 - 23/5/12 at 06:53 PM

if you know which tugs are towing it, you can track it live on www.shipais.com

slingshot2000 - 23/5/12 at 06:54 PM

quote:
Originally posted by Daddylonglegs
Take some piccies for the collective if you see it


I will do. Apparently each section being built in 5 different shipyards arounnd the country. These are then all being towed to Fosyth on the West Coast, to be assemble in a pupose built dock.

Regards
Jon

T66 - 23/5/12 at 07:22 PM

[Edited on 23/5/12 by T66]

T66 - 23/5/12 at 07:23 PM

Or marinetraffic.com if you know roughly where it is...

slingshot2000 - 23/5/12 at 07:43 PM

quote:
Originally posted by blakep82
if you know which tugs are towing it, you can track it live on www.shipais.com


Great, i will see if I can find out !

Thanks
Jon

slingshot2000 - 23/5/12 at 07:45 PM

quote:
Originally posted by slingshot2000
quote:
Originally posted by Daddylonglegs
Take some piccies for the collective if you see it


I will do. Apparently each section being built in 5 different shipyards arounnd the country. These are then all being towed to Rosyth on the West Coast, to be assemble in a pupose built dock.

Regards
Jon



Why on earth did I type Forsyth, when I meant Rosyth? For gawds sake, I even have a niece stationed there!!

jeffw - 23/5/12 at 08:28 PM

Gordon Brown's constituency....can't think why they chose Rosyth then. It isn't even a commercial yard with 100s of years of ship building experience like somewhere on the Clyde or Harland & Wolff in Belfast.

T66 - 23/5/12 at 08:36 PM

quote:
Originally posted by jeffw
Gordon Brown's constituency....can't think why they chose Rosyth then. It isn't even a commercial yard with 100s of years of ship building experience like somewhere on the Clyde or Harland & Wolff in Belfast.




Chosen because he is a shit......like the rest of the corrupt tossers.

mangogrooveworkshop - 23/5/12 at 08:58 PM

Macspeedy is working on that job

mangogrooveworkshop - 23/5/12 at 08:58 PM

Macspeedy is working on that job

locogeoff - 24/5/12 at 01:01 AM

quote:
Originally posted by jeffw
Gordon Brown's constituency....can't think why they chose Rosyth then. It isn't even a commercial yard with 100s of years of ship building experience like somewhere on the Clyde or Harland & Wolff in Belfast.


I don't think Rosyth has ever been in Gordon Brown's constituency area, though it's a bit difficult to track due to parliamentary boundary changes over the years, he did live in the constituency that Rosyth is in, but you are correct in saying that Rosyth Dockyard is not a commercial yard, it's a Naval Dockyard, maybe that's why the final assembly is being done there. If it's jobs for the locals you're bothered about then maybe the current administration can find storage facilities for the seven Nuclear submarines that are stored at Rosyth in their constituencies.

Regards

Geoff

jeffw - 24/5/12 at 05:28 AM

You are correct, I didn't realise his constituency was the next one across. Roysth Naval Base (there are no Royal Dockyards left now) is operated by Babcocks who also run Devonport Naval Base.

alistairolsen - 16/6/12 at 10:20 PM

If I remember correctly the primary reason was the availability of a large enough dry dock to build it in, and even at that it was extensively modified