Report in Daily TelegraphWenesday February 21st 1980 on the proposed early retirement of all type21 frigates as its estimated they will cost the earth to give a halflife refit to. The anticipated refit to carrying Sea Wolf is not going ahead due to the massive structural changes and vast cost needed to fit the frigages out . Plus there is concern about vunerabilitys to the ships to fire in a aluminium superstructure as was demonstrated by the HMS Amazon fire in the Far east in 1977 that burned out the aluminuim ladders leading to the fire giving the firecrews a very hard time. Guess who let the paperman in to RNWS Portland Bill whilst Shandy was being so diligent guarding the place.
The sods court martialed him for it when he should have got a medal that time he bit a admiral on the arse.He was the supreme Navy dog in that he loved to meet other dogs and either fought them or shagged them ,it did not matter to him what sex they were either. And he was banned from all the local pubs. |
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