ryzer
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just watched the launch on the news, When complete it will be the largest warship in the navy, and 5 more are on order,
awesome, in recent times with more and more budget cuts from the MoD its good to see that we are still advancing our military.
anyone else see the launch?
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/4666906.stm#graphic
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myke
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just watched the launch on the news, When complete.......
this is nonsense to me
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ryzer
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why nonsense?
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myke
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how can it have just been launched if it is not yet complete.?!
it would sink.
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ryzer
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o right i see, well they build the hull in a large warehouse, then they launch it, and complete the rest of the construction while the hull is floating on the water.
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John
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The statement you have made is nonsense tbh.
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ryzer
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why is it nonsense? would anyone like to explain their statements?
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Jamie Walby
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When complete it will be the largest
pointless IMO. Just makes them easier to hit with topedos
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Paul_J
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yeh rzyer's not talking nonsense.
It's also a means of testing the hull before building the whole thing.
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Originally posted by ryzer
just watched the launch on the news, When complete it will be the largest warship in the navy, and 5 more are on order,
awesome, in recent times with more and more budget cuts from the MoD its good to see that we are still advancing our military.
anyone else see the launch?
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/4666906.stm#graphic
Very impressive - One metre clearance on the way out, phew
Can't believe they got it out without incident - was certainly moving too.
Wouldn't have wanted to be in a dinghy nearby when they launched her. 
Amazing to see we still have a shipping industry of some sort.
Shame it's all in the service of death and destruction.
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ryzer
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lol yeah probably
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Paul_J
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just had a look on the site... doesn't look that big.
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John
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I meant mykes statment was nonsense.
I know ryzers wasn't.
Cars don't not move because they haven't got all the bits on t hem.
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ryzer
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ah fair enough
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I was there up bside the tv cameras  was big in person paul
I had to help put all the sand bags down cos they thought the water was gonna break the bank with the wave like last time
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SVM 286
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how can it have just been launched if it is not yet complete.?!
it would sink.
Large vessels are launched before being fitted out Myke, to test for seaworthiness, and to allow better access for final fitting, and to free up the build area for the next project to begin.
This particular example will take until 2009 for all the hardware - communications, weaponry, accomodation etc etc - to be completed. 
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myke
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i didn't grasp the concept of them floating the shell then completing it in the water. thought it would've been completed in the bit then flooded out.
was going to say it's already the largest warship in the navy for a moment, but a floating hull doesn't qualify it yet to be a warship i suppose
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ryzer
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yeah the wave that came back was pretty back, i wondered if they had looked at that
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Lt Cdr Dean Woodruff RN, who has been overseeing Daring's progress, said she was something special for the Royal Navy.
He said: "When she comes into service in 2009, we're going to have the most advanced warship in the world.
How can he say that other countries might make further advances in the 3 years leading pto its launch
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Lt Cdr Dean Woodruff RN, who has been overseeing Daring's progress, said she was something special for the Royal Navy.
He said: "When she comes into service in 2009, we're going to have the most advanced warship in the world.
How can he say that other countries might make further advances in the 3 years leading pto its launch
because BAe systems is the most advanced naval and aeronautical engineering firm in the world, they create new ideas like no other institute.
The new line of Naval Carriers are being partly built on the Clyde, should be interesting to watch their development.
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Andy Stocker
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Sorry 
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Edd
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this was really a god send for the shipyards in glasgow keeps a lot of men in jobs for a good few years
will love watching how it develops
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