"Graeme Wall" wrote in message
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On 16/03/2012 17:18, Paul Scott wrote:
"Graeme Wall" wrote in message
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We still have HMS Illustrious, though she's not in commission.

Yes she is.

Illustrious remains in service until some time in 2014, when Ocean will
become the only operational carrier.


I thought she was still under refit, must have completed it.

About 6/7 months ago. My son was on it during the refit.

Paul

On 16/03/2012 21:52, Paul Scott wrote:
"Graeme Wall" wrote in message
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On 16/03/2012 17:18, Paul Scott wrote:
"Graeme Wall" wrote in message
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We still have HMS Illustrious, though she's not in commission.

Yes she is.

Illustrious remains in service until some time in 2014, when Ocean will
become the only operational carrier.


I thought she was still under refit, must have completed it.

About 6/7 months ago. My son was on it during the refit.


Looks like she'll be back in refit!

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-hampshire-17407435


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Graeme Wall
This account not read, substitute trains for rail.
Railway Miscellany at http://www.greywall.demon.co.uk/rail

In article ,
lid (Arthur Figgis) wrote:

OTOH, were people expecting war with Germany in the mid-1930s, or the
1900s? It was a possibility, at least for rabble-rousers, but not an
expectation.

Definitely in the mid-1930s.

--
Colin Rosenstiel

In article , (Jim
Chisholm) wrote:

On 16/03/2012 00:17, wrote:

"The scheme is currently the largest civil engineering project in
Europe."
Really? Bigger than the Gotthard Base Tunnel?
But that isn't in Europe...
It is in Switzerland

Which was in Europe last time I looked. It's even in Schengen.

--
Colin Rosenstiel

On Mar 16, 11:30*pm, wrote:
In article ,

(Arthur Figgis) wrote:
OTOH, were people expecting war with Germany in the mid-1930s, or the
1900s? It was a possibility, at least for rabble-rousers, but not an
expectation.

Definitely in the mid-1930s.

Germany is not an issue.

However, there are several tension points around the globe. The world
is reshaping rapidly.

On Mar 16, 11:30*pm, wrote:
In article ,

(Arthur Figgis) wrote:
OTOH, were people expecting war with Germany in the mid-1930s, or the
1900s? It was a possibility, at least for rabble-rousers, but not an
expectation.

Definitely in the mid-1930s.

Germany is not an issue.

However, there are several tension points around the globe. The
world
is reshaping rapidly.

On 16/03/2012 17:18, Paul Scott wrote:
"Graeme Wall" wrote in message
...

We still have HMS Illustrious, though she's not in commission.

Yes she is.

Illustrious remains in service until some time in 2014, when Ocean will
become the only operational carrier.

Paul



What happens if al-Qaeda invade when she is anchored in the Thames to
police the Olympics?

--
Myth, after all, is what we believe naturally. History is what we must
painfully learn and struggle to remember. -Albert Goldman

On 16/03/2012 20:46, Peter Masson wrote:


"Graeme Wall" wrote

We still have HMS Illustrious, though she's not in commission.

We also have one commissioned battleship - HMS Victory.

Peter

But where can you get salt pork and biscuits today?

--
Myth, after all, is what we believe naturally. History is what we must
painfully learn and struggle to remember. -Albert Goldman

In message , at 14:57:13
on Fri, 16 Mar 2012, remarked:
"The scheme is currently the largest civil engineering project in
Europe." Really? Bigger than the Gotthard Base Tunnel?

I see no-one answered this.

I had a go. Here's an additional comment: the Crossrail budget is
about twice the Gotthard one. How do you define "large"?

Yes, I saw that later. However, most of the difference is explained by
stations and works off the tunnel route, isn't it?

Those are still "civil engineering". The claim isn't for the "biggest/
longest/most expensive tunnel", it's the *project*.
--
Roland Perry

"Graeme Wall" wrote in message
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Looks like she'll be back in refit!

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-hampshire-17407435

For a few hours or days.

Articles like that really need to get a grip on reality - minor collision
damage, or 'berthing incidents' (often with tugs unfamiliar with the type of
vessel) happens all the time, to both warships and merchant ships.

Much ado about nothing to be honest...

Paul