Navy ship in Thames

[brigant]

My wife was at Tower Bridge yesterday when it opened to allow a navy ship into the Thames. It moored up by HMS Belfast. Anyone know which ship it is?

[tertius]

HMS Severn

[joe narvey]

As above it HMS Seven. The recommissioning ceremony is today.

[Bravo73]

And not your standard Grey Funnel Line paintjob:

https://www.royalnavy.mod.uk/news-an...3-severn-paint

[TaketheCannoli]

Interesting as it looks like it'll stand out like a Bulldog's bollocks but I assume they know what they're doing.

And not your standard Grey Funnel Line paintjob:

https://www.royalnavy.mod.uk/news-an...3-severn-paint

[thieuster]

Looking at those colours on a marine vessel in the middle of a town doesn't make sense. Perhaps on the high seas it does. Although it strikes me as funny to make a lot of fuzz about 'letting a ship disappear' when the two aircraft carriers with their two towers are easily recognized by their silhouette...

M

[watchlovr]

On a similar note, the 3rd type 26 being built by BAE will be HMS Belfast.

[BillyCasper]

It’s to commemorate Norman Wilkinson isn’t it? The artist who developed WW1 dazzle camouflage before the days of radar.


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[junglebert]

As above it HMS Seven. The recommissioning ceremony is today.

I’m going to wait for HMS Eight.

[Incredible Sulk]

Looking at those colours on a marine vessel in the middle of a town doesn't make sense. Perhaps on the high seas it does. Although it strikes me as funny to make a lot of fuzz about 'letting a ship disappear' when the two aircraft carriers with their two towers are easily recognized by their silhouette...

M

The original purpose of dazzle paint wasn’t to make the ships disappear into the background, but to make it harder to estimate its range, speed and heading. But in those days, radar didn’t exist, and guns were laid optically. So, no relevance in the modern world, but it does look a bit cool.

[number2]

Interesting as it looks like it'll stand out like a Bulldog's bollocks but I assume they know what they're doing.

Faux patina?

[snowman]

I’m going to wait for HMS Eight.

I hear Len Goodman is officiating.

M

[bry nylon]

The paint job reminds me of a Kawasaki ZXR750 , the one that had big tubing going into the tank..

[thieuster]

The original purpose of dazzle paint wasn’t to make the ships disappear into the background, but to make it harder to estimate its range, speed and heading. But in those days, radar didn’t exist, and guns were laid optically. So, no relevance in the modern world, but it does look a bit cool.

All true! But until this day, submariners find their target mostly 'by the eye' or by using sonar or 'pinging'.

I mentioned somewhere on these pages that I have a friend who used to be a submarine commander. We spent a lot of time on sailing boats and RIBs, so enough time for wonderful stories. In his world, there are only two types of ships: "Submarines and targets."

I once asked him what he did when moral was low. "We started hunting! Starting with an easy target. Over the years we must have 'sinked' nearly every ferry going from and to the British Isles!"[...]. That made me shiver...

[hogthrob]

I’m going to wait for HMS Eight.

There could, conceivably, be an HMS Nene.