Piggyback

[xane]

Just picking up on this recent BBC News story about HMS Nottingham that ran aground off Australia last year. The ship was moved back to the UK by piggybacking it on another specialist vessel.

Get a load of these pictures from Dockwise, the people doing the move.

 

[dysfunction]

Those are superb pictures. Thats a very weird ship...a towing ship...didnt think something like that existed

 

[doh_boy]

cool ship, I want one

 

[mank!]

That's cool as fuck

 

[Embattle]

yeah saw the original story and that ship, impressive stuff.

 

[PR.]

Wow, if you hijacked it you could do a James Bond style movce and capture ships rising up underneath em and lifting them out the water...

Arrrrrr, Jimlad irate:

 

[ECA]

arrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr
















































ofl

 

[old.Fweddy]

If I had one of those I'd moor it across the entrance to a harbour the night before a race. All those expensive racing yachts come speeding out, don't notice they're trying to sail over a huge ship, and get their bottoms ripped off. That'd be fun for me.

 

[mank!]

You anarchist Fweddy.

btw I hate you for having a custom title.

 

[PhaZeY]

Spose it would also be worth while bringing up this:
http://smmlonline.com/reference/walkabouts/cole/cole.html

./P

 

[dysfunction]

Originally posted by mank!
btw I hate you for having a custom title.

He's got a custom title!!

 

[mank!]

Originally posted by dysfunction



He's got a custom title!!

Yes. He will suffer.

 

[plightstar]

My God thats Amazing

I thought it wouldn't be possible as the destroyer might tip over.

 

[Nozzer]

Originally posted by plightstar
My God thats Amazing

I thought it wouldn't be possible as the destroyer might tip over.

I suspect they thought of that and anchored it somehow. Be a bit of a pisser to drop a destroyer.