Marmite!! Posted November 22, 2008 Share Posted November 22, 2008 Can't see these taking off... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Farrant Posted November 23, 2008 Share Posted November 23, 2008 Can't see these taking off... Probably going to dump them overboard :-( Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marmite!! Posted November 23, 2008 Author Share Posted November 23, 2008 Probably going to dump them overboard :-( HMAS SYDNEY (19,500 tons) is the former HMS TERRIBLE. Completed in 1949 it was converted from an aircraft carrier to a fast military transport in 1962 (Ships Company 226) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Farrant Posted November 23, 2008 Share Posted November 23, 2008 HMAS SYDNEY (19,500 tons) is the former HMS TERRIBLE. Completed in 1949 it was converted from an aircraft carrier to a fast military transport in 1962 (Ships Company 226) Thanks Lee, They look like GMC or Studebaker 6x6 trucks near the front. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marmite!! Posted November 23, 2008 Author Share Posted November 23, 2008 Thanks Lee, They look like GMC or Studebaker 6x6 trucks near the front. One more... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chevpol Posted November 23, 2008 Share Posted November 23, 2008 Aussies invent worlds first floating car park!!!! :rofl: Mark :cool: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marmite!! Posted November 23, 2008 Author Share Posted November 23, 2008 Aussies invent worlds first floating car park!!!! :rofl: Mark :cool: Closer to the truth than you think... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMAS_Sydney_(1944) HMAS Sydney (R17/A214) was a Majestic class light aircraft carrier operated by the Royal Australian Navy (RAN). She was built for the Royal Navy and launched as HMS Terrible (R93) in 1944, but was sold to Australia and renamed before commissioning into the RAN in 1948. Sydney was the first conventional aircraft carrier to serve in the Royal Australian Navy (RAN). Sydney also served as the RAN flagship during her career, and after being paid off into reserve in 1958, she was recommissioned as a Fast Troop Transport. Sydney served in both the Korean, and the Vietnam Wars. Sydney was decommissioned in 1973. Despite several plans to preserve all or part of the ship as a maritime museum, tourist attraction, or floating car park, the carrier was sold to a steel mill in South Korea for scrapping in 1975. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Great War truck Posted November 23, 2008 Share Posted November 23, 2008 Fascinating photo. You wonder how the deck cargo would cope in a severe storm. Looks to be all chained down, but i can imagine some trucks getting washed over the side. Tim (too) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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