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  • Originally posted by Orion View Post
    Any idea how many people can be safely accommodated before the need to offload?
    Think they are being transferred to Bulwark before that becomes an issue.

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    • Some good video of another group picked up by HMS Bulwark, they transferred them into landing craft

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      • Originally posted by hptmurphy View Post
        I see people having to climb jumping ladders.......fcuking madness,
        Looks like they agree the pictures on rte of last nights operations to me suggest steps were being used this time rather that the ladders. She's picked up what another 400 overnight?

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        • Originally posted by whirlywind
          Really!!! you should remember that this a humanitarian mission. Some respect please. If you were in their situation would you liked to be dumped?
          Some people just don't see the funny side of things .
          Don't spit in my Bouillabaisse .

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          • Originally posted by whirlywind
            Please define what you consider "funny".
            Everyone who's ever loved you was wrong.

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            • Was Emer the last to show the flag there in 82 and Eithne the first since then ? .
              Don't spit in my Bouillabaisse .

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              • Pics of landing of personnel by P31 in Palermo


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                • The footage of our first pickup was used in a report on Sky News last night, which is good seeing that a large proportion of the UK public watching it probably weren't even aware we had a navy.

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                  • 'El Eithne'...thats a new one!!!

                    Well done our people.
                    Covid 19 is not over ....it's still very real..Hand Hygiene, Social Distancing and Masks.. keep safe

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                    • Originally posted by hptmurphy View Post
                      'El Eithne'...thats a new one!!!

                      Well done our people.
                      Thats the Spanish one Murph...

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                      • QUO Vadis?

                        Originally posted by jack nastyface View Post
                        Thats the Spanish one Murph...
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                        Now that Eithne, plus or minus the prefix, has displayed capacity for coping with up to 410 souls, does that make a case for all OPV's to have a flight deck for multi faceted operations and humanitarian roles. It seems she might be the only L.E. capable of handling the current task. Are all the questions being asked when we build new ships and are we likely to learn the lessons on offer.

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                        • Originally posted by whirlywind
                          Really!!! you should remember that this a humanitarian mission. Some respect please. If you were in their situation would you liked to be dumped?
                          this may not be quite the 'humanitarian mission' you think it is.

                          we just got back from Italy and spoke briefly with some Italian and British forces involved in the rescue operations - they said that as the Rescuers ships approach the Immigrants boats - the Migrants are often armed with knives and clubs and the Migrants first action is to ask the approaching vessel if they are from a European country - if the Rescuers are from a non-EU nation then the Migrants threaten the Rescuers and tell them to stay back and resist any attempt to be saved with no chance of entry into Europe, however when the Rescuers confirm they are from a European EU country then the Migrants use their knives and clubs to scuttle / damage their own boat enforcing a full rescue and a ticket into Europe.

                          there are genuine humanitarian cases - yes, but the fact that on most occasions the Migrants will only accept a rescue from an EU member state and refuse rescue from a non-EU nation tells you that these fcukers just want to freeload into and infiltrate our society.

                          they should never ever be allowed set foot on European soil, never - and i for one would be more than happy to throw them all into a cargo net and drop them off back in Libya.
                          RGJ

                          ...Once a Rifleman - Always a Rifleman... Celer et Audax

                          The Rifles

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                          • Originally posted by RoyalGreenJacket View Post
                            the Migrants are often armed with knives and clubs and the Migrants first action is to ask the approaching vessel if they are from a European country
                            I presume for reasons such as this, at least one of the crew on the RIB are armed when they approach a migrant craft. They are very exposed if things did suddenly turn violent and looking at the videos of the rescues, the RIB could get swamped easily if there was a sudden rush for any reason.

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                            • Eithne was to sail on Patrol again this afternoon.

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                              • I said it here years ago; give the NS their own aircraft, crews and kit. Tying the NS to the Don was a utter waste . The gardai and the Don works only because the gardai took only the bits they wanted and discarded the rest..........steel is cheap. Building a bare hull is the easiest part of shipbuilding in today's CNC world. Countries like South Korea and Japan can churn out any number of ships to any spec. Fitting a hull out with electronics and making the stuff work and talk to the other bits is what soaks up money..........danno, helipads at hospitals is another sorry saga...

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