Sunk Beacon

[FullCircle]

I seem to remember that it was somewhat ineffective.

Bring on the Vulcan

I have a couple of barn doors we could mount off to the side. Maybe that would increase the possibility of hitting it?

 

[Csidegirlie]

Sunken Digger

If in Pegwell Bay for memorial...watch out for a sunken digger off Sandwhich sailing club beach. Apparently stolen and set off un-man'd for ??? Dunkirk may be. Showing claw up at low water, and about 20ft below HW.

 

[Vamoose]

Te bunch with the punch !

Yep

The bunch with the punch !

http://www.flickr.com/photos/greenacre8/230071005/in/set-72157594239262756/

899 Vixen HMS Eagle 1972 (ish)

If I was really clever I would insert the photo but still work how to do that !

Once a WAFU always a WAFU!! 899 is not a squardon any more - werent they 'the Bunch with the Punch' perhaps one of the more polite descriptions!

 

[peterb]

I seem to remember that it was Buccaneers that 'attacked' the Torrey Canyon.

 

[Slow_boat]

I thought it was Hunters............

 

[Wunja]

According to Wikipedia, you are all correct. Buccaneers, Sea Vixens and Hunters.

On Tuesday 28th March 1967 the Fleet Air Arm sent Blackburn Buccaneer planes from Lossiemouth to drop forty-two 1,000lb bombs on the ship. Then Royal Air Force sent Hawker Hunter jets to drop cans of aviation fuel to make the oil blaze. However, exceptionally high tides had put the blaze out and it took further attacks by Sea Vixens from the Naval Air Station at Yeovilton and Buccaneers from the Naval Air Station at Brawdy as well as more RAF Hunters with napalm to ignite the oil.

 

[Athene V30]

So the RN had to repeat what the RAF had tried to do, why am I not surprised!!