HMS Prince of Wales visiting Liverpool

[Skylark]

Aircraft carrier, hull number 2, is due to arrive in Liverpool tomorrow. She'll be there for a week and open to members of the public to visit. Ticket only and 13,000 have been issued. Massively oversubscribed, all were given away in a couple of hours.

Anyone lucky enough to have a ticket?

 

[capnsensible]

There are two types of ships.

Submarines and targets.

 

[scotty123]

There are two types of ships.

Submarines and targets.

Heinz do baked beans in their tinned cans.

 

[capnsensible]

Heinz do baked beans in their tinned cans.

Good oh.

 

[scotty123]

Good oh.

Instead of uman beans.

 

[mainsail1]

There are two types of ships.

Submarines and targets.

Maybe...... but aircraft carriers are so much more fun than submarines.

 

[ashtead]

Let’s hope no accidents occur while all these vistors on board. Certainly having seen the carrier in NY a few years ago a great experience for those lucky enough to have tickets. Just strange that they haven’t extended the same form of inclusiveness to residents of Portsmouth surely ?

 

[Seajet]

Ashtead,

a good point.

There was always the story that when big American ships were in Portsmouth or anchored at Spithead lots of ladies of the night got on trains from London on what became known as ' have it awayday ' tickets

When the USS Forrestal was in the Solent I heard a British mobo owner invite anyone going ashore for a drink ...

" Gee thank you Sir, I'll pass that on "

There were 5,000 crew onboard !

 

[Halo]

Crickey! 13,000 scousers loose on a ship. I hope everything is bolted down !

 

[duncan99210]

My brother took some long range shots of her from Birkenhead. There’s a Merlin strapped down on deck that looks as if it’s lost a few bits.....

 

[Seajet]

Is it on bricks with the wheels missing ?

 

[Fiddlesticks]

We can see her from my top room. Will have to go down and take a closer look in the next day or so.

 

[JumbleDuck]

Aircraft carrier, hull number 2, is due to arrive in Liverpool tomorrow. She'll be there for a week and open to members of the public to visit. Ticket only and 13,000 have been issued. Massively oversubscribed, all were given away in a couple of hours.

Anyone lucky enough to have a ticket?

Does she have any planes yet? F-35s would look awful funny propped up on piles of bricks.

 

[Seashoreman]

Its a good job Liverpudlians have a renowned sense of humour and don't take these waring 'jokes' to heart?
Its a tired old jibe which unfortunately just supports the North/South divide.

 

[Halo]

Apologies Seashoreman and other Liverpulians. It was a cheap jibe. In truth love the city and like its people.

 

[Old Bumbulum]

There are two types of ships.

Submarines and targets.

The gentleman whose statue stands on Liverpool's pierhead would beg to differ.
And then promptly sink you.

 

[duncan99210]

Its a tired old jibe which unfortunately just supports the North/South divide.

Nothing to do with north/south it’s everyone outside Liverpool. I’m from Bebbington and we still joke about the need to secure everything if you cross the Mersey.....

 

[capnsensible]

The gentleman whose statue stands on Liverpool's pierhead would beg to differ.
And then promptly sink you.

Whoever that is it would only be in his skimmer dreams.

 

[Blue Sunray]

Whoever that is it would only be in his skimmer dreams.

Captain FJ Walker CB DSO*** RN, you should really have heard of him.

 

[Skylark]

There are two types of ships.

Submarines and targets.

I don't think that the crew of the carrier have much to fear from the subs'. These guys couldn't find their way out of the Clyde without help to guide them. They'd probably stand little chance of hitting PoW, unless they were alongside, of course

With an unreserved apology to all RN Submariners...............except one