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Timing is everything!

I wonder if Malta will jump in for this one too.

The very thought makes me shudder. In the event let's pray that the Irish Carrier fleet and most of the battleships are well out of sight on that inevitable infamous day.

The ship design looks very similar to that of the Ulstein X-BOW while not the prettiest sight on the ocean it has great sea handling reduces slamming in heavy seas.

Yes dead right Turkey otherwise they have to be reclassified as DP60s.

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Even with a fairy hand in hand that will take some elbow grease.

I love those pictures. Great to finally see JJ basking in Irish waters.

Has the vibration/noise problem been resolved then? Surely the NS would want further test runs before taking her home.

http://abcnews.go.com/US/military-dont-worry-expensive-fighter-jet-dogfight/story?id=32152912

It's only been a year or so since it was unveiled at the Farnborough Air Show so the manufacturer isn't panicking at all and appears to be quietly confident that orders will eventually start to come...

http://www.bbc.com/news/business-28260781

http://www.irishtimes.com/news/ireland/irish-news/story-of-mission-to-return-remains-of-wb-yeats-revealed-by-military-archive-1.2247588

What's in a name? that which we call a rose
By any other name would smell as sweet.

Maybe a secret operation in search of the Sando Aqua Monster. ...

The only pictures I could find were these.
http://www.google.com/search?q=african+queen+boat&client=ms-rim&hl=en&channel=browser&tbm=isch&prmd=ivns&ei=XhyUU9mdDIisyASgioCYDQ&start=60&sa=N

What is UKRN? Is Putin after the Scottish ports now too?

Whatever the outcome of the forthcoming plebiscite on Scottish independence at least one thing is for certain the royal navy will not...

The ship should be named Homer. His great works inspired the great Irish writers and his tales involve ships and armies that have enthralled men for ages. He also served in the military and don't...

Above all the other Irish writers wouldn't Jonathan Swift of Gullivers Travels fame be the most apt choice? Though it would make far more sense to name the third ship Gulliver after one of the...

Maybe the third ship could be named William Shakespeare if Jackie Charlton could just prove he had an Irish grandmother.

So regarding LE Samuel Beckett what news of the sea trials?

Ha ha that picture is definitely one for the ages. Sam Beckett himself would be chuckling if he were still alive. The irony. Here you have the controversial 67 foot colossus statue of Verity in...

Goldie what can you tell us about the sea trials.

Timespan?

Crew: How many? Is it mixed with Irish naval crew and some reps from th shipbuilders?

The grass is greener on the other side.

Let the public decide how the ships are named afterall they are pretty good at putting their own monickers of their own on such literary name choices such the Tart with the Cart and the Floosie in...

Dev, I noticed in the report that there was reference to Iceland's new multipurpose OPV which amongst other roles is tasked with towing and has a decent sized bollard pull of 120 tons.

It looks...