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  • Brazilian Training ship "Brasil" currently enjoying the weather in Cork.


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

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    • Originally posted by Goldie fish
      Brazilian Training ship "Brasil" currently enjoying the weather in Cork.


      Irish Naval Service Photos

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      • Interesting that she is an unarmed version of a class of frigate that is in service with the Brazillian Navy.

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        • Originally posted by Goldie fish View Post
          Big boo-boo from the gardai to allow this shinner scum get that close to this ship in the first place. Current maritime law stipulates this type of vessel should be moored in a secure berth, with strict controls over who can and cannot get near it. When RN and USN vessels visit Cork, there is a Uniformed garda patrolling both sides of the river, the ship can only be accessed by means of an electronic gate, and there are detectives always near at hand. On some occasions, the Garda Boat, or a RIB from the NS patrols the waterside of the vessel.
          Of course, a number of years ago a number of SF/IRA types tried to board a RN destroyer... And that was almost the last mistake they made. On another occasion, a similar subversive criminal type tried to throw a petrol bomb at another Destroyer. His arrest was swift and painful.
          Was that the day a friendly chief diver saluted a shinner onboard with a knuckle sandwich?

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          • Originally posted by Jetjock View Post
            Interesting that she is an unarmed version of a class of frigate that is in service with the Brazillian Navy.
            The Niteroi class.

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            • "HMS" Bounty is due in Cobh this weekend.


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

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              • French vessels Eglantine and Lynx in Cork.



                Irish Naval Service Photos

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                • im sure the french lads are importing wine here as they seem to love cork

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                  • Originally posted by golden rivet View Post
                    im sure the french lads are importing wine here as they seem to love cork
                    dont forget dublin and galway french ship due next week dublin

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                    • Originally posted by derfel_ie View Post
                      French vessels Eglantine and Lynx in Cork.



                      They're both training vessels, so is this a regular annual training cruise?

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                      • aisling there as well

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                        • Originally posted by golden rivet View Post
                          aisling there as well
                          Irish Naval Service Photos

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                          • Dutch Frigate in Dublin Port over the weekend. HMNLS Van Galen F834 was moored down the docks over the weekend still flying the Dutch flag. Curiously the ship was sold to the Portugese Navy by contract of 1st November 2006 due to be delivered on 1st November 2009. So she must close to her last cruise under the Dutch flag.

                            On a related question will naval ships continue to moor on Sir John Rogerson's quay or does the installation of the new Samuel Beckett bridge constrain mooring possibilities here. If this is the case it will no longer be possible to view visitors to Dublin at close quarters as the the moorings in the port proper are inaccessible.

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                            • French Minesweeper Styx moored on John Rogerson's Quay over the weekend just abaft P41.

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                              • Some photos of SEVEROMORSK in Dublin port have recently appeared on Shipspotting.com.
                                You will never have a quiet world until you knock the patriotism out of the human race

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