On Mon, 11 Dec 2006 18:00:03 -0000, "Niall" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >Dunno, but the RFA certainly watch TV - it's appropriate that their latest >ship is called "Lyme Bay" because that particular bay usually has several >RFA vessels anchored there due to its having the "3 T's" - Telly, Telephone >(mobile coverage) and Twelve Mile Limit (they get paid tax free if they >spend more than a certain number of days in the year "offshore". Hi Niall, I was lucky to get a ticket to go into the shipyard to see Lyme Bay launch - the only ship I have ever see go down the slipway. What an amazing sight. I've also got a book on the Queen Mary I , and the section on launch dynamics is an amazing read - with details on how they predict how far the ship would go - the load on different parts of the hull as the stern floated and the bows were still on the slip - and the extra strengthening structure built in for the launch and then removed. Malcolm -- Malcolm
