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[stewart]

don't know whether this has been posted before, but....



This is the transcript of the ACTUAL radio conversation of a
British Naval Ship and the Irish, off the coast of Kerry, Oct 95. Radio
conversation released by the Chief of Naval Operations 10-10-95:

IRISH: Please divert your course 15 degrees to the South, to avoid a
collision.

BRITISH: Recommend you divert your course 15 degrees to the North, to avoid
a collision.

IRISH: Negative. You will have to divert your course 15 degrees to the
South to avoid a collision.

BRITISH: This is the Captain of a British navy ship. I say again, divert
YOUR course.

IRISH: Negative. I say again, You will have to divert your course.

BRITISH: THIS IS THE AIRCRAFT CARRIER HMS BRITIANNIA. THE SECOND
LARGEST SHIP IN THE BRITISH ATLANTIC FLEET. WE ARE ACCOMPANIED
BY THREE DESTROYERS, THREE CRUISERS, AND NUMEROUS SUPPORT
VESSELS. I DEMAND THAT YOU CHANGE YOUR COURSE 15 DEGREES NORTH, I SAY
AGAIN, THAT IS 15 DEGREES NORTH, OR COUNTER-MEASURES WILL BE
UNDERTAKEN TO ENSURE THE SAFETY OF THIS SHIP.

IRISH: We are a lighthouse. Your call.

 

[NickHarley]

Last time I saw this 'actual' radio conversation it was identical except the ships were american & the lighthouse canadian...

 

[tcm]

i must've have seen the other original account, wher the ship was american and the lighthouse was UK@Portland. Or else they are all dipsticks on naval ships and this happens a lot.

 

[brianrunyard]

This "actual" radio conversation crops up as often as the speed boat that wouldn't plane, when they went back to the dock the trailer ws still strapped underneath. Didn't believe that either.

 

[lanason]

Well - I'm a youngster on here and I havent heard it before and it made me laugh

"Sandra!"

Adrian )

 

[boatone]

survived the celebrations then audrey?

TonyR
boatone@boatsontheweb.com
www.boatsonthethames.co.uk

 

[ToMo]

Sandra Sweetheart, who's this Adrian guy who keeps sticking his big nose into all your posts?....tell him to bog off!....you are much nicer to talk to; more decisive about boat buying too!
Luv
TôMö

 

[ccscott49]

Martin, who is this Tomo person aswell? You would think a grown up lassie like Sandra would have her own site/thingy

 

[hlb]

The orriginal and true story was apparently about the Amaerican air craft carrier Enterprise and the Eddistone light house. Last time I posted this saga I got the seaman on the lighthouses name wrong and it was very quickly corected. The Story is the same, it's just the words that have been changed to protect the innocent.!!

Haydn

 

[trev]

First heard that one in 1963

Trev

 

[longjohnsilver]

Tomo first heard it in 1933!