Naval Quiz

[Goldie fish Tim Horgan Find all posts View Profile Close Goldie fish]

Dockyard numbers usually refer to the Project, rather than the ship.


As the Dockyard in Rushbrooke was originally built in 1860 by John Wheeler, there would have been easily 900+ projects of different sizes undertaken by Verolme, the gap between the two can be explained by the Yard being very busy at the time of the almost concurrent building of Aoife and Aisling. Such work include the "extension" of the Bell Racer and St Killian 2, and Accomodation modules for offshore exploration platforms.

The F/A 18 is an aircraft commonly seen on both Land and Aircraft Carriers. Canada and spain use it from Shore Bases(as do the USMC) while the US Navy operate it from Carriers.

[McCarthy C/S Find all posts View Profile Close McCarthy]

The VCD Yard numbers for the ship's are ;

LE Aoife 969

LE Aisling 973

good job

[hptmurphy Commander in Chief Find all posts View Profile Close hptmurphy]

eh! ...HPVs are 31..not 32...

[McCarthy C/S Find all posts View Profile Close McCarthy]

eh! ...HPVs are 31..not 32...

Good Eye!

[Goldie fish Tim Horgan Find all posts View Profile Close Goldie fish]

There was a P32 once...crewed by Irish seafarers too...I'll dig up a photo of it...

[Sailor Girl Private 2* Find all posts View Profile Close Sailor Girl]

Still see the picture ?
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Easy Vape

[Goldie fish Tim Horgan Find all posts View Profile Close Goldie fish]

How sharp are yer eyes.
Where is this lighthouse?

[hptmurphy Commander in Chief Find all posts View Profile Close hptmurphy]

Dunmore East.

[armedboarder CQMS Find all posts View Profile Close armedboarder]

Missing Numbers

So does anyone have the answer to how the ships are numbered.

Corvettes : 01, 02, 03

Minesweepers: 10, 11, 12

Patrol vessels: 20, 21, 22, 23

Helicopter Patrol Vessel: 31

Coastal Patrol vessels: 41, 42

Patrol Vessels: 51 52

What happened to 00,30,40,50 ??

[hptmurphy Commander in Chief Find all posts View Profile Close hptmurphy]

By type

the zeros were the Corvettes,

the teens were bastardised versions of the UK penant number sysetm the UKRN use on the the Ton class sweepers , Cm Being Coastal mine seeper as we had used o1 o2 o3..we had to change penant numbers with the new class the PVs again wa new class had their own numbring system the HPv a new class knew numbers
the peacocks had their own system we adapted it.

the p50s were new class had had their own numbers quite simple realy.
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[spud68 CQMS Find all posts View Profile Close spud68]

numbers of the mtb's, ferdia , and murchu, anyone

[hptmurphy Commander in Chief Find all posts View Profile Close hptmurphy]

Ferdia and setanta were auxiliaries and carried A15 and A 16
the clue being the 'A'

Murchu didn't have a pennant number and the MTB s were numbered as per purchased.

[Test Pilot 2/Lt Find all posts View Profile Close Test Pilot]

numbers of the mtb's, ferdia , and murchu, anyone

MTB1 M1

L.E. Macha 01, (ex HMS Borage).
L.E. Maev 02, ( ex HMS Oxslip).
L.E. Cliona, 03, (ex HMS Bellworth)
L.E. Ferdia, A16 (ex danish trawler).
L. E. Setanta, A15 (ex Isolda, Irish Lights).
L.E. Grainne, CM10, (ex HMS Alverton).
L.E. Banba, CM11, (ex HMS Oulston).
L.E. Fola, CM12, (ex HMS Blaxton).

I have all the photos of the above , Thanks to ex CPO Roary McCarthy, If
any one is interested.

[golden rivet bosun Find all posts View Profile Close golden rivet]

the sweepers were different in a few ways and having served on them the question is what were they

[Test Pilot 2/Lt Find all posts View Profile Close Test Pilot]

the sweepers were different in a few ways and having served on them the question is what were they

Wooden hull on alumium frames?

Stank to high hell of stale diesel?

Voice pipes, where on one occasion after blowing into it the receiver put his ear to the tube only to be met with a 'fart' from above. Duty watch I'm led to believe.