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In addition, Birmingham and Cardiff URNU training vessels "Express" (P163) and "Exploit" (P167) are due to visit Cork on 3/4/12 as part of their Easter deployment.
Anyone any idea what USN are sending over for Navy/Notre Dame game ? There was some clack about Enterprise coming over cos she's on her last go but I think it was kiboshed. Prob send the Sullivans over, but since the Cole I dont think we'll see anything like the JFK again.
I haven't heard that they are either, but they are 25+ years old, and very problematic.
My very fuzzy memory recalls two of them berthed in Ballycastle about 8 years ago, and the CPO Engineer was bemoaning how mechanically they were heaps, and more bother than they were worth.
Ironically the next day they rescued a yacht in Rathlin Sound - horrible place to get caught out.
Just wondering if you'd heard anything.
My monies on RIBS - if the URNU still exists in a few years...
'History is a vast early warning system'. Norman Cousins
The thing is, they or (similar) provided a useful port control platform in Gibraltar when needed urgently. Should a replacement become necessary, similar sized GRP or aluminium craft are available off the shelf, and built in the uk for under a million each. The fact that only 2 scimitar class were built would lead me to suggest that more Simitars would replace the archers, in due course.
Catch-22 says they have a right to do anything we can't stop them from doing.
FS Vulcain, another absolutely tiny French Minehunter, Currently in Cork.
The size of this is hard to guage in this photo but the Port of Cork tug "Gerry O'Sullivan, while not longer is larger.
She is 41.6m long. F.S. Vulcain by Goldie fish, on Flickr
Catch-22 says they have a right to do anything we can't stop them from doing.
Displacement: 490 tons full load
Dimensions: 41.6 x 7.5 x 3.2 meters (136 x 25 x 10.5 feet)
Propulsion: 2 diesels, 2 shafts, 2200 bhp, 13.7 knots
Crew: 15 + 12 dives
Armament: 1 12.7 mm MG
Dive tenders for mine clearance operations.
Number Name Year FLT Group Homeport Notes
M611 Vulcain 1986 ATL FGM Cherbourg
M612 Pluton 1986 MED FGM Toulon
M613 Acheron 1987 MED FGM Toulon diver training
M614 Styx 1987 ATL FGM Brest
'History is a vast early warning system'. Norman Cousins
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