Hms cornwall

[lefkasman]

Anyone else watch HMS Cornwall trying to sink a "fast boat" on ch4 last night, slightly embarrassing

 

[aquaplane]

Was the navy on twice last night?

I watched a bit of HMS Manchester on chanel 5.
It must be frustrating having to cover such a large patrol area.
It's good that they caught one boat but how many get past?
How many got past in the 4 days it took to escort the boat back to land?

The turd in the sink was a nice touch.

 

[Seajet]

It must be frustrating having to cover such a large patrol area.

That's one of the many things the Nimrod did very well, until Camerons' idiots inflicted damage on the UK Goering could never have dreamed of.

 

[Juniperskip]

The weapon fit is just not designed to sink something of that size!!! It would however scare the c**p out of anyone in it. It's like the problem of how do you sink a diesel submarine on the surface? Torpedoes would go under it!!

 

[Twister_Ken]

. It's like the problem of how do you sink a diesel submarine on the surface?

Stand by to ram, Number One.

 

[BabySharkDooDooDooDooDoo]

The weapon fit is just not designed to sink something of that size!!! It would however scare the c**p out of anyone in it. It's like the problem of how do you sink a diesel submarine on the surface? Torpedoes would go under it!!

I suspect even when surfaced a submarine draws a similar amout to a lot of surface shipping so unless torpedoes are no longer effective against surface targets I'm not sure why one wouldn't work.

 

[capnsensible]

They do.

 

[Skylark]

Anyone else watch HMS Cornwall trying to sink a "fast boat" on ch4 last night, slightly embarrassing

I watched it and found it grossly embarrassing. What a waste of public money with all of that fire power wide of the mark. My perception in watching was "would anyone else like a go?" Even the axe and gallon of petrol seemed to take an age to consign the vessel to the bottom.

Please don't shoot me down in flames. I'm a big supporter of our military. Those scenes didn't do anyone any favours.

 

[david_bagshaw]

must admit was somewhat surprised the Gatling gun didn't shred it

bit of a measure of today, everything has to be computer controlled

 

[Woodlouse]

A moral boosting event for the cameras. The crew have a good time shooting every weapon under the sun at it. The cameras get footage of guns shooting. The boat is 'unsinkable' in it's construction, so even with a six foot hole in the bottom it would only be awash.

Calm down, go and lie down in a dark room for half an hour.

 

[Major Catastrophe]

Anyone else watch HMS Cornwall trying to sink a "fast boat" on ch4 last night, slightly embarrassing

What programme was that?

I recall that HMS Manchester was on Channel Five the week before trying to sink a fast boat, so maybe fast boats have more foam in them than expected.