It will buff out!

[HissyFit]

Are minesweepers hulls still made of wood?

#11 and somewhere in the video, I'm told.

 

[Poignard]

#11 and somewhere in the video, I'm told.

Ah sorry. I missed that.
I used to work on the Ton class sweepers based at HMS Lochinvar. Port Edgar, and they had wooden hulls

 

[Sandy]

I don't think I'll use that antifoul.

 

[Never Grumble]

I used to work on the Ton class sweepers based at HMS Lochinvar. Port Edgar, and they had wooden hulls

Apart from HMS Wilton

 

[Poignard]

Apart from HMS Wilton

Built after I left the RN, having done my 12 years.

 

[jbweston]

It would never have happened if the minesweeper had a Rocna anchor. Or any 17th generation anchor for that matter.

 

[Never Grumble]

It would never have happened if the minesweeper had a Rocna anchor. Or any 17th generation anchor for that matter.

its a mine HUNTER ... I cant ever recall dragging one of them anchors but others probably did.

 

[dimdav]

Ah sorry. I missed that.
I used to work on the Ton class sweepers based at HMS Lochinvar. Port Edgar, and they had wooden hulls

My dad used to work at Yarrow's when IIRC these were being built, he was an R&D engineer specialising on the radar design. Not bad for a wee guy from a Clydebank scheme who went to night school to improve his prospects.

 

[Slowboat35]

Looks like the front fell off.

Hope it wasn't made from paper.

Wood, same stuff really.

 

[sailorman]

Are minesweepers hulls still made of wood?

GRP i think

 

[SaltIre]

Is it? .... It's the pointy end ...

View attachment 101632

Edit: I get it ... it's the "new" stern ?

I've just come across this thread, and there does seem to be rather a lot of it missing! I hope somebody got a stern rebuke.?

 

[Tomahawk]

IIRC, the Turks arrested the skipper of the tanker that cut it in half?

At the risk if a colregs row.. shirly the more manoeuvrable vessel bears some responsibility for getting too close to the sharp bit of a big ship?

 

[jimi]

Hope the midshipman is OK!

 

[SaltIre]

Hope the midshipman is OK!

I assume he wasn't in the tiller flat.

 

[Stemar]

At the risk if a colregs row.. shirly the more manoeuvrable vessel bears some responsibility for getting too close to the sharp bit of a big ship?

I'd have thought this should cover it:
17 (b) When, from any cause, the vessel required to keep her course and speed finds herself so close that collision cannot be avoided by the action of the give-way vessel alone, she shall take such action as will best aid to avoid collision.

Off the top of my head, just about the only way I can see that I would be entirely innocent in a collision would be if I were at anchor in a sensible place, with the appropriate mark and/or lights and someone drives into me

 

[De.windhoos]

I'd have thought this should cover it:
17 (b) When, from any cause, the vessel required to keep her course and speed finds herself so close that collision cannot be avoided by the action of the give-way vessel alone, she shall take such action as will best aid to avoid collision.

Off the top of my head, just about the only way I can see that I would be entirely innocent in a collision would be if I were at anchor in a sensible place, with the appropriate mark and/or lights and someone drives into me

Nope, because you're supposed to keep anchor watch. maybe there's an exception for small boats, but I don't think so.

 

[Tomahawk]

"...take such actionas will best aid..."

It’s a twd difficult to change speed and course on a big container job like that....

 

[Stemar]

Nope, because you're supposed to keep anchor watch. maybe there's an exception for small boats, but I don't think so.

True, but calling on the radio and apart from firing off alarm flares, what could I do? It's going to take me a while to get the anchor up, and my understanding is that for a big ship, even with the engines on standby, or whatever the correct term is, it can take a few minutes to get them running and get the ship moving