pesky1972 4,926 Posted June 26, 2017 Report Share Posted June 26, 2017 Not 'launched' today as she was floated out the dry dock she was assembled in some time ago, but she'll leave Rosyth tonight to begin sea trials. Should be quite a sight and a very welcome & timely addition to the fleet. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-edinburgh-east-fife-40402153 All the Poles that put her together will be very proud ? 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
bob.243 7,508 Posted June 26, 2017 Report Share Posted June 26, 2017 Not 'launched' today as she was floated out the dry dock she was assembled in some time ago, but she'll leave Rosyth tonight to begin sea trials. Should be quite a sight and a very welcome & timely addition to the fleet. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-edinburgh-east-fife-40402153 All the Poles that put her together will be very proud Quote Link to post Share on other sites
scothunter 12,609 Posted June 26, 2017 Report Share Posted June 26, 2017 Yea saw it on news she looks the business Quote Link to post Share on other sites
pesky1972 4,926 Posted June 26, 2017 Author Report Share Posted June 26, 2017 Plenty English ' Scots and probably Welsh and Irish have worked on her and the Prince Phillip getting built up there also. Plenty lads from Hartlepool and the Collierys working on them both. Only one block built at Hebburn I believe, but being local you'll know more than me. I'd guess more Poles would've worked just at Rosyth than English tradesmen would've worked on the Tyne building that block. I think that's pretty sad.Oh, and the second boat is the Prince of Wales not the Prince Phillip..., mong! 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
scothunter 12,609 Posted June 26, 2017 Report Share Posted June 26, 2017 Bit of a c**t if it got sunk. Lot of money in that ship lol Quote Link to post Share on other sites
pesky1972 4,926 Posted June 26, 2017 Author Report Share Posted June 26, 2017 Lol at Pesky Mong cos he's told Brits worked on them ships lol Pissed on your chips did I . I think the irony of my original post passed you by. My bad for not anticipating a retard like you might read it and not understand where I was coming from. I'm well aware of how many Brits worked on the build, I personally know dozens of them, but maybe you don't realise just how many Poles and other EU 'immigrants' worked on it also. Rosyth was run down in the decade prior to this project kicking off with the loss of thousands of skilled jobs, only for these leviathons and iconic 'British' feats of engineering to be put together by a largely foreign workforce. I think it's a crying shame. And you, piss on my chips.., please ? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
riohog 5,621 Posted June 26, 2017 Report Share Posted June 26, 2017 suprrized they still building carriers thought they gave up on that idea .,saw the uss nimitz years ago off spit head porsmouth ffs nearl blacked out the isle of white bloody great thing .. 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
j j m 6,479 Posted June 26, 2017 Report Share Posted June 26, 2017 looks good Quote Link to post Share on other sites
C556 351 Posted June 26, 2017 Report Share Posted June 26, 2017 What will the country do for Pole's once Britain leaves the EU. Is there any way to reverse this terminal decline, and will we be able to replace them fast enough with sub Saharan Africans? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
riohog 5,621 Posted June 26, 2017 Report Share Posted June 26, 2017 Lol at Pesky Mong cos he's told Brits worked on them ships lol Pissed on your chips did I . I think the irony of my original post passed you by. My bad for not anticipating a retard like you might read it and not understand where I was coming from. I'm well aware of how many Brits worked on the build, I personally know dozens of them, but maybe you don't realise just how many Poles and other EU 'immigrants' worked on it also. Rosyth was run down in the decade prior to this project kicking off with the loss of thousands of skilled jobs, only for these leviathons and iconic 'British' feats of engineering to be put together by a largely foreign workforce. I think it's a crying shame. And you, piss on my chips.., please is it becouse we no longer have the skilled workforce to do the job ? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
pesky1972 4,926 Posted June 26, 2017 Author Report Share Posted June 26, 2017 Funny of it doesn't fit under the bridges Think the mast was built at Rosyth, so there's a pretty good chance it's the wrong size. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jacknife 2,005 Posted June 26, 2017 Report Share Posted June 26, 2017 the number of poles around me seams to have dropped dramatically in recent years.......a few years ago i had landlords with squads of them living in properties Most the builders i bumped into on a daily business were poles but in recent years it has reversed back to British workers Still shit loads of lazy scrounging workshy Romanians and Bulgarians around 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
nothernlite 18,023 Posted June 26, 2017 Report Share Posted June 26, 2017 Wondered what all the geeks with binoculars were doing at the forth bridge Quote Link to post Share on other sites
BRYAN3 29 Posted June 26, 2017 Report Share Posted June 26, 2017 I hope the Yanks can hold off causing ww3 until our new boaty can get look in. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Deadeye18 164 Posted June 26, 2017 Report Share Posted June 26, 2017 (edited) All that money on state of the art ship and they will be putting shit f35s on it.They should have re fitted and moth balled the ark royal and upgraded the harrier fleet as back up for this beast of a ship.From what ive read the f35 is plagued with problems,mostly engines blowing up and or catching fire.And to top it off its embarrassing that it will only have helicopters on it for now,oh dear. Edited June 26, 2017 by Deadeye18 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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