RMweb Premium St Enodoc Posted February 23 RMweb Premium Share Posted February 23 12 hours ago, Bulwell Hall said: That looks very nice indeed! Very well proportioned and delicately detailed. Perhaps I could mention just one thing - 2021 class 0-6-0 pannier tank? Gerry Yes please, as long as it's in the configuration of 2182 at St Blazey in 1955... 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold gwrrob Posted February 23 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted February 23 I hope all Plymouth residents that follow this thread like @Siberian Snooper stay safe and away from the Torpoint ferry terminal this evening. 12 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Harlequin Posted February 23 RMweb Gold Share Posted February 23 1 minute ago, gwrrob said: I hope all Plymouth residents that follow this thread like @Siberian Snooper stay safe and away from the Torpoint ferry terminal this evening. The bomb is en-route as I type, apparently. 2 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Mallard60022 Posted February 23 RMweb Premium Share Posted February 23 Sadly some of the Plymouth FB pages are full of excrement and several conspiracy, idiots along with a load of wazzocks that are laughing at people who are worried. There are, of course, blaming the Council, all these snowflakes, I'm not moving and armchair UXB idiots. Social media really is so often a mountain of sh1te. Dockyard was cleared as well. Absolutely zero chances being take by the Navy Disposal Team and who would want to be involved in the transfer to the Torpoint ramp? In fact the Council and partners have been brilliant at dealing with displaced residents. It's a 500KG beast and must be really scary. national news coverage this evening. Janners are used to this sort of event. Phil 5 2 1 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold gwrrob Posted February 23 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted February 23 2 minutes ago, Mallard60022 said: It's a 500KG beast and must be really scary. national news coverage this evening. Why can't Germany come and deal with it at their cost, they put it there for God's sake.😉 2 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Ian Hargrave Posted February 23 RMweb Gold Share Posted February 23 1 hour ago, gwrrob said: Why can't Germany come and deal with it at their cost, they put it there for God's sake.😉 Maybe recall Basil Fawlty ? 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Tim Dubya Posted February 23 RMweb Premium Share Posted February 23 Boring, I was hoping they'd blow the thing up out at sea for a spectacular spectacle 😜 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Tim Dubya Posted February 23 RMweb Premium Share Posted February 23 2 minutes ago, Ian Hargrave said: Maybe recall Basil Fawlty ? Fair enough, they did start it.... 😬 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Captain Kernow Posted February 23 RMweb Gold Share Posted February 23 30 minutes ago, Tim Dubya said: Boring, I was hoping they'd blow the thing up out at sea for a spectacular spectacle 😜 I think that's still to happen. Apparently it's on some kind of barge at the moment. They'll then tow it out to sea and get HMS Dreadnought to fire a few broadsides at it. 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Andy Keane Posted February 23 RMweb Premium Share Posted February 23 1 minute ago, Captain Kernow said: I think that's still to happen. Apparently it's on some kind of barge at the moment. They'll then tow it out to sea and get HMS Dreadnought to fire a few broadsides at it. A bit like the RAF bombing the Tory Canyon oil spil? 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Captain Kernow Posted February 23 RMweb Gold Share Posted February 23 1 minute ago, Andy Keane said: A bit like the RAF bombing the Tory Canyon oil spil? Absolutely. 'What can possibly go wrong?', as Air Vice Group Captain Tarquin Fyffitch-Cuthbertson said at the time... 1 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold 57xx Posted February 23 RMweb Gold Share Posted February 23 1 hour ago, gwrrob said: Why can't Germany come and deal with it at their cost, they put it there for God's sake.😉 That's only fair since we do that for them for all the unexploded ordinance we dropped over there. 😉 1 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Dunsignalling Posted February 23 RMweb Gold Share Posted February 23 2 hours ago, gwrrob said: Why can't Germany come and deal with it at their cost, they put it there for God's sake.😉 They have many more of "ours" to deal with, I gather, due to the greater bomb loads of 4-engined RAF and USAF planes. If we wanted them to deal with the likes of this one, they'd no doubt expect reciprocity.... 1 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Dunsignalling Posted February 23 RMweb Gold Share Posted February 23 31 minutes ago, Captain Kernow said: I think that's still to happen. Apparently it's on some kind of barge at the moment. They'll then tow it out to sea and get HMS Dreadnought to fire a few broadsides at it. Officer IC on the local news stated it is planned to detonate it some distance below the surface. 1 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Tim Dubya Posted February 23 RMweb Premium Share Posted February 23 6 minutes ago, Dunsignalling said: They have many more of "ours" to deal with, I gather, due to the greater bomb loads of 4-engined RAF and USAF planes. If we wanted them to deal with the likes of this one, they'd no doubt expect reciprocity.... "Berlin was subjected to over 103,000 tonnes of bombs (just shy of 7 Hiroshima bombs) during the war, with 20,400 coming from the USAAF." 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Tim Dubya Posted February 23 RMweb Premium Share Posted February 23 (edited) Thanks to Rob for the heads up on The Pannier Papers. I've managed to pick up volumes 2 & 3 for £5:99 each at Strathwood 👍 Cheers Edited February 23 by Tim Dubya ciderjuice 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Ian Hargrave Posted February 23 RMweb Gold Share Posted February 23 1 hour ago, Tim Dubya said: Fair enough, they did start it.... 😬 And boy,did we finish it.Just reflecting…as a war baby….on what happened to Plymouth in rebuilding post war and comparing it with the destruction of a Dresden whose Frauenkirche has famously chosen to make connections with Coventry Cathedral ( I have visited both) and which city has chosen to rebuild itself somewhat differently. As to the bomb……well then,have a fishie on a little dishing,when the boat comes in . 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrWolf Posted February 24 Share Posted February 24 (edited) 7 hours ago, Mallard60022 said: Sadly some of the Plymouth FB pages are full of excrement and several conspiracy, idiots along with a load of wazzocks that are laughing at people who are worried. There are, of course, blaming the Council, all these snowflakes, I'm not moving and armchair UXB idiots. Social media really is so often a mountain of sh1te. Dockyard was cleared as well. Absolutely zero chances being take by the Navy Disposal Team and who would want to be involved in the transfer to the Torpoint ramp? In fact the Council and partners have been brilliant at dealing with displaced residents. It's a 500KG beast and must be really scary. national news coverage this evening. Janners are used to this sort of event. Phil I did have to laugh at some of the comments from armchair experts and conspiracy theorists. They've obviously never been anywhere near an explosion, probably never even chucked an aerosol can in a bonfire, let alone seen a blast from Hexogen (RDX). The pictures online don't really show what a huge device a German 500kg is. There's one on the left in this picture: Picture: bombs away ltd. Edited February 24 by MrWolf Photo credit 1 3 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium St Enodoc Posted February 24 RMweb Premium Share Posted February 24 6 hours ago, Andy Keane said: A bit like the RAF bombing the Tory Canyon oil spil? Where are your Buccaneers? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1466 Posted February 24 Share Posted February 24 6 hours ago, St Enodoc said: Where are your Buccaneers? And Shackleton ? Bur didn’t the RAF use rocket firing Hunters ? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1466 Posted February 24 Share Posted February 24 7 hours ago, MrWolf said: I did have to laugh at some of the comments from armchair experts and conspiracy theorists. They've obviously never been anywhere near an explosion, probably never even chucked an aerosol can in a bonfire, let alone seen a blast from Hexogen (RDX). The pictures online don't really show what a huge device a German 500kg is. There's one on the left in this picture: Picture: bombs away ltd. My late father was in the RAFVR during the war - 72 operations and DFM . He taught me to run away from explosions as a second one might follow . Aged 7 , I had run towards a calor gas explosion in a wooden hut . 1 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Dunsignalling Posted February 24 RMweb Gold Share Posted February 24 If you see a Bomb Disposal Officer running, follow him! 😉 5 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium St Enodoc Posted February 24 RMweb Premium Share Posted February 24 1 hour ago, 1466 said: And Shackleton ? Bur didn’t the RAF use rocket firing Hunters ? I definitely recall seeing Buccaneers on the news back in 1967. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Fair Oak Junction Posted February 24 RMweb Premium Share Posted February 24 (edited) Both were used, RN FAA Buccies from Lossiemouth and RAF Hunters. Edit: I'm pretty sure some Sea Vixens were used in the later stages as well. Edited February 24 by Fair Oak Junction 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Andy Keane Posted February 24 RMweb Premium Share Posted February 24 30 minutes ago, Fair Oak Junction said: Both were used, RN FAA Buccies from Lossiemouth and RAF Hunters. Edit: I'm pretty sure some Sea Vixens were used in the later stages as well. I think the fly-boys had much fun, but totally ineffectual of course. 3 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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