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  • #61
    Nice Guy.

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    • #62
      Indeed.

      As are all naval officers...

      Ahem.


      Catch-22 says they have a right to do anything we can't stop them from doing.

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      • #63
        There has been a minor revamp of the diary pages.

        week 1

        week 2

        week 3



        Catch-22 says they have a right to do anything we can't stop them from doing.

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        • #64
          Todays entry by Cdr Mellet is interesting

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          • #65
            Very interesting read across the board seems the LE EITHNE has been very rewarding both for training and operational reasons so far and I wish them every success with there humanitarian mission and commemerative visit to South America.
            British officer: You're seven minutes late, Mr. Collins.
            Michael Collins: You've kept us waiting 700 years. You can have your seven minutes.

            [As the British flag comes down]

            Michael Collins: So that's what all the bother was about.

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            • #66
              anybody hear anything on the news today about Eithne nearly running into a partly submerged object on the way to argentina?

              i only heard the end of the piece, but it mentions the Eithne firing on the object to destroy it and NS divers being approched by sharks? weird?

              just read up the reports of the trip on military.ie. explained about the floating bouy very calmly and clearly.

              as usual news report made it sound like the eithne was going to go down quicker than the titanic with all hands eaten by sharks!!

              have to say, the posts from the C.O. eithne are very good. fair dues to the NS.
              An army is power. Its entire purpose is to coerce others. This power can not be used carelessly or recklessly. This power can do great harm. We have seen more suffering than any man should ever see, and if there is going to be an end to it, it must be an end that justifies the cost. Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain

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              • #67
                Thats not the first time something like that was encountered. SAme thing happened in about 1988..my sources tell me..but was unable to destroy by copious amounts of gunfire...as as Cmdr. Mellet mentions..it was full of polystyerne.

                There was a tanker in Bantry which had bumped into it...put a fifty foot hole in the sharp end....missed camera opportunity.

                This was the orignal titanic type vesssel and was marked as a nav haz..and was later towed away.

                The best of shark storie still goes back to the Aoife in about '85.. I think.....
                Covid 19 is not over ....it's still very real..Hand Hygiene, Social Distancing and Masks.. keep safe

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                • #68
                  care to tell us the l.e. aoife and shark story? sounds promising!
                  An army is power. Its entire purpose is to coerce others. This power can not be used carelessly or recklessly. This power can do great harm. We have seen more suffering than any man should ever see, and if there is going to be an end to it, it must be an end that justifies the cost. Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain

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                  • #69
                    First shots fired by NS south of the Equator?
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                    Last edited by Smithy; 9 March 2011, 14:58.

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                    • #70
                      I think you mean LE Aisling. 1985 first ship on scene to the Air India disaster. Naval Divers had to recover many bodied and parts, while sharks were circling. Two Divers were awarded DSM's for their part.
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                      Last edited by Sailor Girl; 24 March 2011, 12:48.

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                      • #71
                        Originally posted by Smithy
                        First shots fired by NS south of the Equator?
                        Considering Niamh only spent a celebratory few hours south of the line, I think you can confidently say thats the case.

                        Originally posted by X-RayOne
                        anybody hear anything on the news today about Eithne nearly running into a partly submerged object on the way to argentina?

                        i only heard the end of the piece, but it mentions the Eithne firing on the object to destroy it and NS divers being approched by sharks? weird?
                        I understand it was reported in the star. Does anyone have a transcript, or the source of other news stories about this incident so I can forward them to the Ship?


                        Catch-22 says they have a right to do anything we can't stop them from doing.

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                        • #72
                          Originally posted by Goldie fish
                          I understand it was reported in the star.
                          Ireland's brightest daily?!?!?!

                          Perhaps we'll see more traffic on our other thread then....
                          Meh.

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                          • #73
                            Proud to say that one of the divers on LE Aisling that time that got the DSM was my Brother John, there were quite a few sharks there on the day

                            Brian

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                            • #74
                              Ah I knew John...he was an NCO with training division when I joined up..ask him about his escort duty sometime.

                              As regarding the sharks with Aoife..it was a hilarious legend from a Leb trip that happened in the Med. Well before your time sailor girl....

                              I was not trying to underplay the roles of the divers in the air India disaster..as I joined up shortly afterwards and it was still quiet fresh on everybodies minds.
                              Covid 19 is not over ....it's still very real..Hand Hygiene, Social Distancing and Masks.. keep safe

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                              • #75
                                Well go on and tell us so. I do know that when swimming stations were piped from time to time on Med trips, there was a sentry posted with an FN/Steyr in case sharks turned up. It was funny because he had to have his flak jacket and helmet on too ! I'm not sure why.... did the sharks have guns too ?
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                                Last edited by Sailor Girl; 24 March 2011, 12:49.

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