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2024-02-04 Britain

Back she goes: Britain's £3billion Big Lizzie warship moors in Portsmouth docks after navy chiefs she wouldn't take part in NATO drills after they found 'issue' with propeller shaft

[Daily Mail, where America gets its news] The £3.5billion aircraft carrier HMS Queen Elizabeth was set to launch in European waters to take part in the largest NATO wargame since the Cold War as fears grow for a wider conflict breaking out with Russia.

Engineers found a 'significant issue with her starboard propeller shaft', meaning the British warship could be docked for 'a couple of months' while it is fixed, according to naval experts.

This morning the huge aircraft carrier was seen sailing into Portsmouth - hundreds of miles away from the NATO exercise.

HMS Prince of Wales will now be readied to replace the faulty ship - a move viewed by some as ironic given the aircraft carrier only went back into service last July after also undergoing repairs that took nearly a year.

Announcing the latest problem, the Royal Navy posted on X: 'Routine pre-sailing checks yesterday identified an issue with a coupling on HMS Queen Elizabeth starboard propeller shaft. As such, the ship will not sail on Sunday.

What’s the naval version of a hanger queen?

Posted by Skidmark 2024-02-04 08:42|| || Front Page|| [11163 views ] Top

#1 The days when Britannia ruled the wave in the wake of history.

Posted by Too Old To Work 2024-02-04 14:36|| 2024-02-04 14:36|| Front Page Top

#2 ^Now days Britania is ruled by the wave of immigrants.

Posted by Grom the Reflective 2024-02-04 14:41|| 2024-02-04 14:41|| Front Page Top

#3 ghost of Admiral Beatty:

"There seems to be something wrong with our bloody ships today."

Posted by badanov 2024-02-04 15:02|| 2024-02-04 15:02|| Front Page Top

#4 Admiral Nelson does the facepalm.

Posted by M. Murcek 2024-02-04 15:05|| 2024-02-04 15:05|| Front Page Top

#5 What’s the naval version of a hanger queen?

Don't anyone say the Kuznetsov...

Posted by badanov 2024-02-04 16:01|| 2024-02-04 16:01|| Front Page Top

#6 Ugh; Big Lizzo.

Posted by swksvolFF 2024-02-04 16:47|| 2024-02-04 16:47|| Front Page Top

#7 ^ NOT the size of a hanger

Posted by Frank G 2024-02-04 16:54|| 2024-02-04 16:54|| Front Page Top

#8 Slay Queen!

Posted by swksvolFF 2024-02-04 16:57|| 2024-02-04 16:57|| Front Page Top

#9 @#5 How about 'Schmidt' then?

Posted by DooDahMan 2024-02-04 17:23|| 2024-02-04 17:23|| Front Page Top

#10 To serve on a carrier's neato,
Especially wielding a veto:
"We couldn't be prouder
Of Choudary's chowder!"
Cue Cookie, hijabed, incognito.

I forget... is rhyming with yourself three times or four? More than two, anyway.

Posted by Angusogum Brown2016 2024-02-04 17:33|| 2024-02-04 17:33|| Front Page Top

#11 Well played!

Limeric - a humorous, frequently bawdy, verse of three long and two short lines rhyming aabba, popularized by Edward Lear.

Posted by NoMoreBS 2024-02-04 17:55|| 2024-02-04 17:55|| Front Page Top

#12 What’s the naval version of a hanger queen?

Dock condo.

Posted by Seeking Cure For Ignorance 2024-02-04 19:27|| 2024-02-04 19:27|| Front Page Top

#13 If I have a propellor shaft problem, half a Vi@gra will fix it.

Posted by Raj 2024-02-04 20:18|| 2024-02-04 20:18|| Front Page Top

#14 ^ Yeah, a bad screw can ruin your hole day!

Posted by Anomalous Sources 2024-02-04 20:36|| 2024-02-04 20:36|| Front Page Top

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