Bird & Fortune - Admiral Sir George Parr

Admiral Sir George Parr discusses the future of the British Navy. And the London Olympics.

Incidently, the HMS Daring is now in Portsmouth..
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/hampshire/7852111.stm
Olympic-sized swimming pools at the ready

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[M0e9h8]

Sorry, does anyone know if all this information is true? I mean, I could well believe it, but it does seem surprising that even the British army could be so badly equipped

[YukijinVsMothra]

As far as I know they always have proper research and facts (with the exception of the dogs and the angels interviews), so the phrase 'it's funny cos it's true' is apt.

[JKR1511992]

"I am an admiral.........and i wear an admirals hat"

LMAO 5/5

[MhicWombat]

"But it will be handy if we have any problems with the Scottish Nationalists..." That just makes me smile :-D

[TheRacistsMustDie]

@Stiffroot Actually my dad is in the Dutch navy and he heard from his British friends that there are true things about this sketch.

[grandadpoppyable]

@JKR1511992 Presumably with Gor-Blimey trousers.

And wears Cor-Blimey trouses and he lives in a council flat.



[Stiffroot]

@M0e9h8 Your an idiot and probably a democrap, thus explaining why you can't draw a line between reality and humour!

[Tankballer]

Three years later and they're double the price and double the waiting time...

[ckyliu]

And now we have the situation in Libya and no carriers at all... terrific.

[gbushimprov]

We cancelled the F35b orders luckily.

[posro1988]

is this for real?

[area163]

how much of this can I steal for a canadian parody on arming up

WITHOUT getting one of those nasty lawsuits?

[ckyliu]

@tisFrancesfault Agreed, the French were adapting the design and building it themselves. But nuclear propulsion was never on the cards for the ship, they were always going to have the RR MT30. But looks like they may want to go nuclear now again, if they do it's likely they'll have to use a clean sheet design - although that's not really compatible with a shrinking budget.

[ckyliu]

@ilovemejau Thomson designed it yes, but BAE are building them. Welcome to the world of competitive tenders; I'm all for it personally. Who cares who designed it, you simply want the most efficient design that best meets your needs for your budget, and the French delivered.

Admittedly it serves no purpose at the moment having no aircraft, but you can hardly blame that on poor ship design. As regards range they still have a better range than the Invincible class they are replacing.