Which one? 0.5%, or beer?I think this news calls for a pint of Adnams Ghost Ship.
It was spotted by his protector in October 2019....... why was it not sunk ?So floating undetected for over a year. No lights, no AIS. Could have given someone a nasty surprise at night!
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For various medical reasons, I'm having to lay off alcohol. I've therefore tried quite a lot of low alcohol brews! None are as good as the real thing, but the ones that aren't too bad include Ghost Ship, Nanny State by Brewdog and Brooklyn Special Effects. One or two are awful - in particular, low alcohol Speckled Hen is dreadful - it tastes like unbrewed wort!The real ale version preferably.
Mind you, as almost alcohol free beers go, the 0,5% is pretty good. If you mix it half and half with the real ale version, you end up with a beer that smells and tastes pretty much like the real thing, but is 2.25%, just the job if you’re driving.
It was spotted by his protector in October 2019....... why was it not sunk ?
Does HMS Protector, a survey ship, have suitable armaments for sinking it?It was spotted by his protector in October 2019....... why was it not sunk ?
I agree about LA Speckled Hen. St Peter's Without is worse! Have you tried Infinite Session IPA? I think it is one of the best LA beers.For various medical reasons, I'm having to lay off alcohol. I've therefore tried quite a lot of low alcohol brews! None are as good as the real thing, but the ones that aren't too bad include Ghost Ship, Nanny State by Brewdog and Brooklyn Special Effects. One or two are awful - in particular, low alcohol Speckled Hen is dreadful - it tastes like unbrewed wort!
I could have mentioned Shackleton's Whisky!I suppose thread drift is hardly surprising when discussing a ship which has been adrift for over a year. Cheers.
This isn't the first ship to have had a spirit life. This story is pretty remarkable:
Does HMS Protector, a survey ship, have suitable armaments for sinking it?
HMS Endurance, even more a survey ship, had a small gun amply capable of sinking an unresisting ship (4 pounder, or some such). I'm sure a few shots along the waterline would sink most derelicts. Snag is, it was usually struck down below; the only time I heard of it being mounted was during the Falklands War, but they may well exercise with it when not overrun with civilian scientists. I think it is policy that all naval vessels that operate beyond coastal waters carry some sort of weapons.Does HMS Protector, a survey ship, have suitable armaments for sinking it?
Odd if no effort was made to remove this danger to shipping, either by towing her in or sinking her,