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For now, everything hangs on implementation of the CoDF report.
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Originally posted by na grohmití View PostCovid 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 PostBeen here before with Deirdre and look at how that finished....
Has it not happened mid conversion she may have made a fine yacht. Remember there are many ex warships of similar size that continued to serve far longer than their service in grey.
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For now, everything hangs on implementation of the CoDF report.
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Originally posted by na grohmití View PostTo be fair, Deirdre's conversion was doomed as soon as her ambitious new owner was killed in a Helicopter accident. After which she became a part of the provate process. Another asset that needed to be disposed of.
Has it not happened mid conversion she may have made a fine yacht. Remember there are many ex warships of similar size that continued to serve far longer than their service in grey.
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EX service vessels make fine research vessels etc but as a yacht, surely the expenditure of €10 million on a 37 year old well worn patrol vessel is excessive to the point of wasteful...unless you of course have a customer in the wings.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 Tempest View PostIf any NS vessel can be saved/preserved it should be Eithne, but realistically how many people are going to want to pay to see her? If there was space in Haulbowline to develop a Naval museum she would be an ideal centrepiece, but it's not a realistic proposition sadly.
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Originally posted by Tempest View PostIf any NS vessel can be saved/preserved it should be Eithne, but realistically how many people are going to want to pay to see her? If there was space in Haulbowline to develop a Naval museum she would be an ideal centrepiece, but it's not a realistic proposition sadly.
Spike Island (already award winning museum, linked with NS…)
or NMCI
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Originally posted by DeV View Post
Taking up quay space, costly to maintain etc
Spike Island (already award winning museum, linked with NS…)
or NMCI
There are options, but what is needed is vision.
The MoD managed to keep a WW1 era cruiser & Battle of Jutland Survivor (HMS Caroline)alive for 100 years while being used as a Sea Cadet HQ in Belfast, recently restoring her to her original profile.
For now, everything hangs on implementation of the CoDF report.
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Originally posted by na grohmiti View Post
As commercial activity in Cork Harbour gradually moves downstream, much of the city quays are no longer in use. Rgere used to be 2 oil Jetties near the City, one at Tivoli, now demolished, and another at the Old Marina Power station, soon for demolition, though the jetty is intact and closed to public.
There are options, but what is needed is vision.
The MoD managed to keep a WW1 era cruiser & Battle of Jutland Survivor (HMS Caroline)alive for 100 years while being used as a Sea Cadet HQ in Belfast, recently restoring her to her original profile.
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Originally posted by na grohmiti View Post
As commercial activity in Cork Harbour gradually moves downstream, much of the city quays are no longer in use. Rgere used to be 2 oil Jetties near the City, one at Tivoli, now demolished, and another at the Old Marina Power station, soon for demolition, though the jetty is intact and closed to public.
There are options, but what is needed is vision.
The MoD managed to keep a WW1 era cruiser & Battle of Jutland Survivor (HMS Caroline)alive for 100 years while being used as a Sea Cadet HQ in Belfast, recently restoring her to her original profile.
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Originally posted by Sparky42 View PostThe MOD can burn through money compared to us, museum ships are not cheap to sustain, just look at the problems some of the US ships are getting into (and I’ll love to see how the U.K. handles Belfast at some point). Realistically I just don’t see the public support to make it viable.Last edited by ancientmariner; 20 June 2021, 19:14.
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Originally posted by Sparky42 View PostThe MOD can burn through money compared to us, museum ships are not cheap to sustain, just look at the problems some of the US ships are getting into (and I’ll love to see how the U.K. handles Belfast at some point). Realistically I just don’t see the public support to make it viable.It was the year of fire...the year of destruction...the year we took back what was ours.
It was the year of rebirth...the year of great sadness...the year of pain...and the year of joy.
It was a new age...It was the end of history.
It was the year everything changed.
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Originally posted by CTU View Post
Belfast is part of the Imperial War Museum, the fee and lottery grants etc... If I'm not mistaken, its mast referb was funded by the Russians over ten years ago in recognition of its role in the artic convoys, and the incident with its gangway in 2011 could have shut it down but didn't,. The next big thing is it's next Drydocking, last one was 1999, that could be interesting funding rise, especially with the fall of visitors due to covid.
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USS Constitution and HMS Trafalgar are around the 200 year vintage, HMS Belfast in London is in her 80's. Our Cavalry Corps preserved some AFV's out of savings. Ships are a bit too big to do out of the piggy bank. Solution may be, to keep it part of the navy and include it in budgets, like USS Constitution.
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