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Re: Launch of HMAS Ballarat
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lugnet.off-topic.fun
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Sun, 26 May 2002 23:22:55 GMT
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In lugnet.loc.au, Lindsay Frederick Braun writes:
> In lugnet.loc.au, Ross Crawford writes:
> > Well, yesterday I went to the launch of HMAS Ballarat, the 8th ANZAC frigate
> > launched at the Tenix shipyards. This leaves just 2 more to be launched from
> > the contract for 10, worth around AU$6 billion.
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> > Here's some of the pictures I took
> > http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=17749
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> Neat! Thanks for sharing these. Now THAT is a flared bow, yessirree.
Yep, It looks really strange from underneath!
> It's nice that you folks get to actually see your launchings--they won't
> let us very close to ours; we had a nice AEGIS destroyer go into the
> water last year--the last "real" launching for the yard in question--
> and unless you were lucky enough to charter a boat or walk up onto the
> bridge a half mile away you couldn't see it.
Well, I think Tenix like to have as many people hanging around at the launch as
they can, for the TV cameras. If you know when it is, you can generally get in
- they don't do any security checks at all, which may be a bit of a risk in
these troubled times, but they make sure no-one goes into any dangerous /
restricted areas.
Of course, I get to *see* this stuff every day - I've been contracting for
Tenix on & off since 1998. But they're ultra strict about taking photos. I
really wanted to get some shots of the neat "flat-top" trucks they use for
moving the modules, but alas they were hidden from the public, in a restricted
area.
> Now they're going to be using a floating dock and lowering the ships in.
> Blah.
Yeah, there's something exciting about seeing it slide back down into the water
- although it's actually surprisingly quiet!
ROSCO
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| (...) Sort of like a giant duck bill! Wait until they start building "stealth" destroyers (the DD21 program here in the USA)--those have some really, really, really funky lines. (...) I've seen trucks that match that description--I wouldn't be (...) (22 years ago, 27-May-02, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| (...) Neat! Thanks for sharing these. Now THAT is a flared bow, yessirree. It's nice that you folks get to actually see your launchings--they won't let us very close to ours; we had a nice AEGIS destroyer go into the water last year--the last "real" (...) (22 years ago, 26-May-02, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.off-topic.fun, lugnet.boats)
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