Jessie The Jeep Posted December 23, 2009 Share Posted December 23, 2009 (edited) Here's a few naval photos from my recent trip to RAF Hendon. Edited September 5, 2020 by Jessie The Jeep Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ColinR Posted December 23, 2009 Share Posted December 23, 2009 Was the visit today? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jessie The Jeep Posted December 23, 2009 Author Share Posted December 23, 2009 The visit was on Sunday 20th. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Minesweeper Posted December 23, 2009 Share Posted December 23, 2009 There were about four of these RAF Pinnaces based at Falmouth in the 1950's. They were generally moored up in the harbour there but were brought ashore from time to time - dragged up on a slipway - near what was Taylors Garage in those days but now a branch of Trago Mills - presumably to have their bottoms scraped or some other kind of maintenance. I understand that they were mainly used for recovering practice torpedos from the sea. Tony Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morris C8 Posted December 24, 2009 Share Posted December 24, 2009 RAF boat 2696 in the 1950s Original photo from my collection Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack Posted December 24, 2009 Share Posted December 24, 2009 RAF boat 2696 in the 1950s Original photo from my collection I hope I have got this right - but that is a deep draft. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shakey985 Posted December 24, 2009 Share Posted December 24, 2009 draft is the waterline when the boat is siting, on this boat it would be the line just above the mans head. The draft for her should be around 3' or less. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morris C8 Posted January 14, 2010 Share Posted January 14, 2010 one more photo from my collection. RAF 2689. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tugger Posted January 18, 2010 Share Posted January 18, 2010 I hope I have got this right - but that is a deep draft. Might be a bit late now but for info anyway. That's a very shallow draft for the size of boat. When referring to 'deep draft' boats you would normally be talking about large commercial shipping that need about 15' of water to float. Motor boats primarily come in two styles of hull; plaining (one that will lift the boat higher when at speed reducing drag) or displacement (one that will just shove the water aside). On the whole motor boats (of sensible size... up to about 45') seldom have drafts exeeding 6'. Even the Severn Class Lifeboat doesn't exeed that at 57' long (and they cram all the running gear below the waterline to help with the self righting) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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