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Originally posted by yooklid View PostI wouldn't.
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Russia's also in it, but only to serve as the "good foreigners" that get attacked, giving the USA moral justification to kill ****ing everyone and his brother.
Here's the loose plot summary.
By the way, don't think about how the Chinese expected to get away with this. We're in the Clancyverse now, the laws of reason operate differently here......
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What are the dimensions of the drydock in Dublin Port? Cork Dockyards dimensions are mentioned earlier. I think H&W had a large floating dock, rather than a drydock....Not sure if they are still operating in ship repair though.
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 View PostWhat are the dimensions of the drydock in Dublin Port? Cork Dockyards dimensions are mentioned earlier. I think H&W had a large floating dock, rather than a drydock....Not sure if they are still operating in ship repair though.
This dock, with the crane is approx 80m x 500m , while the dock at the top of picture is 50m x 300m. Measurements were taken useing the Google measuring tool on the top bar of the Google Earth page. There is a ship in refit in the lefthand dock, someone might know if its a permanent exibit or not.
Its a great site and well worth a visit!.
Google pic attached.Attached Files
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Link to Google Maps view of Dublin Port
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Originally posted by Goldie fish View PostIts being fitted out in Cork Dockyard at the moment. Nobody in cork was willing to shell out.
To be fair to the current developers, they have put a lot of money into the current venture, and the work has been carried out to a very high standard. They are aiming for a high end of the restaurant, bar and function venue market and will be located on the Liffey, in Dublin.
More power to them! The other option might have been the breakers yard.
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L.E. Aoife
Hi all
More pics of Aoife in drydock with all painting completed.
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Originally posted by Goldie fish View PostWhat about the Flat Bottom? Do they move the blocks or paint around them?
The ship is sitting on the blocks so no, 99% of the hull can be painted so its enough.
The crew took advantage of drydock by painting the hull while she was in there, beats being down on the pontoon in the basin!!.
Was passing the dockyard today while it was flloding out, got some pics
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3 more pics
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I understand in the early days of the dockyard with an inexperienced workforce, a ship almost capsized in the drydock, when she slid off the blocks during refloat, and took on an extreme list. The tank situation was far from ideal for refloating, and it was only the impact against the railings around the dock that prevented a full capsize.
This is where the shoring timbers atainst the hull sides come in useful...
Catch-22 says they have a right to do anything we can't stop them from doing.
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