Portsmouth Navy Days 2010

vulcan57

At last started to go though some of the pictures that I took at Portsmouth Navy Days 2010 back at the end July. Maybe of interest to some on here. First RFA Argus a huge AirTraining and Casualty recieving ship. It has 3 fully operational operating theatres, 10 intensive care beds and a 100 bed hospital.

RFA Argus











Fully operational CAT Scan machine



Operating Theatre





Intensive Care





More to follow

vulcan57

HMS Dauntless. We weren't shown too much of this ship in the back straight through and out. No photo's allowed inside the ops room although I accidently took one but won't post it here just in case as they were very serious about that.







Check out the Yorkie Bar

vulcan57

Few other bits from the day.













More to follow just got to sort them.

Steyr

Great so far Roger, The Tug shot is very good.

tac foley

vulcan57 wrote: »

No photo's allowed inside the ops room although I accidently took one but won't post it here just in case as they were very serious about that.

Ah, I got a call this afternoon asking me if I knew who you were.

I said no.

You owe me a pint. ;=)

tac

Fratton Fred

Brilliant photos, thanks Vulcan.

RFA Argus is an amazing ship, a distinct absence of sticks to bite down on as they cut off your leg with a rusty saw. Oh how a ships surgery has changed:D

I love the type 45, they look like cold, efficient killing machines.

vulcan57

tac foley wrote: »

You owe me a pint. ;=)

No problem but would that be in the UK, Canada or Oregon ?

imme

great photos, I love the one with the Yorkie, It's NOT for Civvies!:D

tac foley

vulcan57 wrote: »

No problem but would that be in the UK, Canada or Oregon ?

These days, mostly Oregon.

BTW, did I mention that the pix were great? Quite a few of them, IMO, are good enuff to use on a RN calendar. Have you thought of submitting them to the MoD [RN] PR office?

Best

tac

concussion

Fantastic photos, I'm quite impressed by Argus.

vulcan57

Thanks folks for the kind words and comments, much appreciated.

These are few from on and around HMS Westminster. HMS Westminster is a Type 32 Frigate (F237)



HMS Richmond from HMS Westminster.



Weaponry on HMS Richmond



More hardware on on board HMS Richmond



HMS Dauntless from HMS Westminster



Westminster Bridge



DLH Decoy System



Sea Wolf Missile Launchers



There will still be more, just need to edit them a little.

Thanks for looking.

concussion

Every time I see that AD radar on Daring I'm reminded of the towers on the Death Star

Fratton Fred

concussion wrote: »

Every time I see that AD radar on Daring I'm reminded of the towers on the Death Star

That's it, I knew it reminded me of something. I've shot loads of them in the arcade game

Incidentally, i was looking at the RFA Argus site and apparantly it started life as the "Contender Bezant" and was used in the falklands, before being converted by Harland and Wolfe into what she is today



That is quite a conversion job.

vulcan57

Ok another few of the day.

HMS Cumberland



Anti Submarine torpedo tubes



HMS Daring fro Cumberland She was closed to the public on the day we were there.









HMS Edinburgh She must have been undergoing a re fit or something. They were just moving her here.

vulcan57

Probably the last set from this visit.







Love these Archer class patrol and training vessels. Here, HMS Puncher and HMS Trumpeter.







Handy to know....Just in case.







Thanks for all the comments and, more importantly, for looking.

tac foley

Some brilliant pix there, Sir - especially if you are a ship modeller.

tac

Steyr

tac foley wrote: »

Some brilliant pix there, Sir - especially if you are a ship modeller.

tac

My Father used to do that ( Warships/Liners) Still does and to great detail when he sees a model he wants to do.

tac foley

Steyr wrote: »

My Father used to do that ( Warships/Liners) Still does and to great detail when he sees a model he wants to do.

Fill yer boots.

http://www.fleetscale.co.uk/system/index.html

Let's know when it's finished, eh? ;=)

tac

Lab_Mouse

Were there any nuclear submarine's at it?

tac foley

Lab_Mouse wrote: »

Were there any nuclear submarine's at it?

Submarines are located at Rosyth, Devonport and Faslane.

The RN's submarines are usually nukes these days, and not normally usually open to public viewing, especially those based at Faslane. Of course, you can try and get on board for a look around, but you'll also be shot dead where you stand within 50m of any of the Trident subs, which can be quite off-putting.

There is a decommissioned submarine museum at Gosport.

tac

Delancey

I thought Rosyth was closed about 15 years ago ?

tac foley

delancey42 wrote: »

I thought Rosyth was closed about 15 years ago ?

Now occupied by decommissioned submarines.

tac