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Storms at Sea - World Naval Ships Forums Archive (Page 2)

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Invincible - I am glad you liked them. Here is another "mixed" batch of ships caught in stormy seas. The first one is probably my all time favourite of this type of photograph - the troopship Somali battling the elements!! Next up is an interesting shot of the cruiser Dunedin taken some time during WW2. Third is an unknown cargo ship again taken during the war. Fourth is a French photo-postcard - unknown ship again. Last is of an escort carrier facing rough seas in the North Atlantic during 1944.
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To the contributors of these pics ... thank you!! It's really nice to reminisce from the safety of one's armchair... and think about times spent in these conditions. Aah well we got through it OK. I just thank my lucky stars that in my service career, I didn't have to 'fight the ship' during any major maritime wars! My heart goes out to all those who had to fight the oceans and an enemy. Little h

These photographs hit the solar plexis! Thanks to all who have posted photographs. Re. Photo No 3 of Post 3 - see [url]http://www.gwpda.org/naval/vanguard.htm[/url] HMS Vanguard by David Horne Stand still! Stand Still! Ye leaping waves And mourn along with me For a gallant ship has crossed the bar Of the great eternal sea: A flash, a roar, a blood red flame, Then a huge overwhelming cloud, And a thousand soles are wrapped within The ocean's winding shroud. Ten thousand doors do ever lead To death upon the deep: Sometimes they open silently Sometimes our hearts do creep When a blinding flash, and a deafening crash Sends a good ship to her doom And her gallant crew are hid from view Within a watery tomb. Oh! Little we know of the price men pay Who guard the silvery sea, Who keep our homes inviolate Each town, each winding lea; We reckon it up in paltry cash In bars of gleaming gold But the ransom's dyed in a ruddy tide- The blood of warriors bold! So bare your heads ye landsmen all, Who live at home in ease, And pray the Lord that ye worthy be Of the men that hold the seas; Of the mighty Vanguard who are stood So valiant in the strife, Of her gallant crew that flashed from view Through death to endless life! From the Chatham News, 24 July 1917, courtesy of Jonathan Saunders.

Rik, Re your pix of AJAX mate ,Its not AJAX it's ARETHUSA taken in the Med 1972. Regards Dave

[QUOTE=rumrat;112290]Rik, Re your pix of AJAX mate ,Its not AJAX it's ARETHUSA taken in the Med 1972. Regards Dave[/QUOTE] Cheers Dave. Will amend accordingly...

NOTTINGHAM in a spot of Roughers September 2004. Pictures Crown Copyright from MOD Picture Library. Regards Dave
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MANCHESTER Bouncing about a bit. Picture from the MOD Picture Library Crown Copyright. Regards Dave
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MAXTON Transiting the Eastern Med en-route to the Suez Canal 1974. Regards Dave
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There are some good pics of ships in storms here guys: [URL]http://www.worldnavalships.com/forums/showthread.php?t=3379&highlight=storms[/URL] .... including some of yours Dave ..

In which case they need to be merged which I have now done. Well done Clive I completely forgot that we had an earlier version of this thread!

Great pictures Dave[Rumrat]. Many thanks. Just before and after WW1 a series of postcards were released featuring ships in stormy seas. I show a selection of these here. 1. Austria. 2. Amazone. 3. Chile. 4. Himalaya. 5. Orvieto. 6. Otranto. 7. Souriah.
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There is a powerpoint presentation of 50 slides to be found at Storm-op-zee (storm at sea) some of which have been used in the forum in various threads, but worth a look... having trouble linking it to this post however. Little h

Gentlemen Wow!!! Now I know why I joined the Air Force. Great pictures - thanks for sharing them with us. Mel

A pleasure Mel - a few more that might be of interest. The first one is of a British destroyer in a convoy to Malta - I would love to know her name!! The second is of the RCN Corvette Eyebright taken during 1944. The third is of a Hunt Class destroyer in the Med - again I would love to know which one she is. Finally the last is of a squadron of French torpedo destroyers taken from the same series as I showed in my post #61.
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Terry Many thanks. Mel

Hey thanks for the story. I have seen this photo many times and marvelled at the incredible moment captured on film. I have heard varying comments over the years that the lighthouse keeper in the shot survived or perished. I am gladdened to know that he survived. I'll bet this photo graces his walls.

BW - if you are going to make any comment about an earlier post could you possibly also give the post number? I assume in this case you are referring to post #1? many thanks.

As is usually the case I was looking for something else entirely when I came across these pics. I have seen many photos of the December 1944 typhoon that hit TF 38 but I never saw these before and I thought I would share them. According to the captions they were taken from the cruiser USS Astoria CL90 and they were taken as the seas started getting heavy before the typhoon hit. One destroyer is a Fletcher class and the other looks to be an Allan B Sumner class. They just struck me as being really impressive! Hope you enjoy.
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Here's a few more. USS Cowpens and Astoria I think - same typhoon.:(:(:( Cheers Bruce
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Terry.............your Post 64...............Not sure which book, but have seen same photo (your first one) of Destroyer, Second Battle Sirte, listed as HMS KIPLING. On another thread I think the Hunt Class was suggested to be HMS Pytchley ?

Thanks for the identification of Kipling, Ray. Greatly appreciated! :)

[B]Cruise Liner in Big Antarctic Seaway[/B] [URL]http://uk.news.yahoo.com/4/20101209/video/vwl-antarctic-cruise-ship-tossed-b[/URL] y-mass-15af341.html this reminded me of HMS Urchin in "the great storm" which can be read on the appropriate thread. the even lost a bridge window and comms, as we did! tim

What amused me was the comment about "not expecting such rough weather!"

Hi TIM Your attachment did not open , but could this be the same "goffer" ??? [url]http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1337062/Cruise-ship-slammed-enormous-Antarctic-waves.html[/url] cylla

History has shown that high seas can come up at ANY TIME is the southern oceans. Modern cruise ships look to me like they are disasters waiting to happen, with all the superstructure and windows and complex electronics subject to damage from the slightest bit of moisture. I can understand for the Caribbean market where they are close to ports and the weather radar will give adequate warning of adverse conditions, but in the Southern Oceans? I went through a typhoon on the SS General W.H. Gordon in the pacific. I was glad we had portholes, not picture windows! We lost some boats and a bridge window was smashed. A modern cruise ship would have been doomed!

Call that a storm? Bring on the Babbies Heads and RBG! Seriously, that ship is too small for an Antarctic Cruise ship and I believe it has run into serious safety problems on previous cruises to the ice? BTW is the "great storm" involving the Urchin the same one in 62/63 in the Bay that also involved the Virago and an RFA? If so, I may have a photo or two tucked away in me ditty box. h

Another goffer picture from the 60s. Note the jack at sea!
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Mng Invincible Strange photograph, noted she is flying a union jack, also my critical eye of an ex bunting noticed she has a single black ball hoisted at the yard arm. This indicates the vessel is at anchor, so it would be correct to fly the jack. Some safe anchorage with weather like that. Derek (Bunts)

A bit of skulduggery going on there, methinks!!!!! Jack.

Invincible: that is a excellent one for a Xmas card. Do you have copyright? ! Seagull

Hi All Similar if not same photo published in Warship World some time ago. It was finally acknowledged as a montage by some clever leading phot. Mitch Hinde

[QUOTE=Seagull;142615]Invincible: that is a excellent one for a Xmas card. Do you have copyright? ! Seagull[/QUOTE] I don't have the copyright but I don't believe there is a problem as it was not copyright protected being just a filler on the back of the 1966 Plymouth Navy Days brochure and not attributed to anyone. It became quite well known at the time. It does have a black ball and the jack but the anchor appears to be up......

It looks like the Starboard anchor is up but the Port cable is visible so it may be down. Ken

dear Hornpipe, the great storm of Urchin was that dreadful winter of 62/3 but we were alone, sent to help a rudderless tanker of Cherbourg in a force 12 Nor'Easter, the going was fine, it was the coming back that took the froth off the coffee! its in here somewhere, think its in the thread about Urchin, Venus, Virago, Queenboro et al, the mods will direct you. tim

Hope members can open this impressive drop of roughers!

[QUOTE=INVINCIBLE;148123]Hope members can open this impressive drop of roughers![/QUOTE] Not on my screen INVINCIBLE ... must have blown itself out:) Little h

[QUOTE=harry.gibbon;148126]Not on my screen INVINCIBLE ... must have blown itself out:) Little h[/QUOTE] Harry, Thanks, guess you are right. Don't know what happened there or why it did not upload. Anyway here is another go.
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HMS Blenheim.
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Two more drops of "roughers"! [url]http://video.uk.msn.com/watch/video/terrifying-ride-for-nz-fishing-boats/2ghl7m9o?from=CA3_news[/url] [url]http://video.uk.msn.com/watch/video/antarctic-cruise-ship-tossed-by-massive-waves/2gbpvfbc[/url]

The corvette Pirie Here are some photographs of Dads. The first four are of Pirie in Bight and the last is off Okinawa in April 45 John
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Great photo in today's "NEWS" of HMS Edinburgh about to go "green", taken by Lieut John Jackson. Edinburgh in the South Atlantic.
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[URL]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tVoMtPFtEg0[/URL] Try this one out! Cruise ship with no power. Scary. [URL]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bVUFj35BNKM&feature=related[/URL] And here's a video taken inside the ship. Wow.

Shiny Sheff................certainly no worse than messdeck in Type 14 Frigate during Force 10 gale..............difference is, we were expected to put up with it as a matter of routine...........I guess Cruise Ship passengers are not! :D

Yep, they're paying ludicrous amounts of money to be at sea rather than being payed a pittance to be out there. :)

[QUOTE=kookaburra;36092]On the 21st of December 1989, French photographer Jean Guichard - a specialist in photographing lighthouses - approached La Jument lighthouse off the Western coast of Brittany during a great storm. Is it just me, or are the extreme weather events becoming much more frequent. Many scientists say so.[/QUOTE] Are there two similar lighthouses in the background in pic 3? Steve

While at Portland, 737 squadron, we took 4 Wessex helos out on RFA Engadine for training. After a quick trip to Rotterdam we left for the Western Approaches late one night. It was quite rough, and we spent a lot of effort checking the hold-down chains of the helos on the hangar. The following morning we were told by the ship's crew that for some time during the night Engadine was making 3 knots in reverse. Here's a picture I took from the bridge of Eskimo while crossing the Indian ocean. Sorry it's so dirty. Like all my slides it got affected by mould while in store at one of my homes. Steve
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This is H.M.S. Phoebe somewhere off the coast of west Afica in Nov 1970, as I recall the upper deck was out of bounds for three days and during one middle watch she heeled over till the engine room inclinometer hit the stop at 45degs. It could only have been for a second or so but hanging on for grim death and praying hard it felt like a lifetime. Also during the big blow of '86 I was working for RMC on coastal dredgers and we were out in the channel on the 1.200t Sand Swift throughout that night. We could not get into any harbour and eventually ended sheltering in St Catherine's Roads off the Isle of Wight, riding on both anchors with the main engine turning slowly just to hold position. Personally I had the midnight till eight a.m. off that night and slept right through. bert-261
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There is some very good rough water video from Tierra del Fuego here: [url]http://www.youtube.com/watch_popup?v=T4FIS1FnOQg[/url]

[QUOTE=John Odom;10020931]There is some very good rough water video from Tierra del Fuego here: [url]http://www.youtube.com/watch_popup?v=T4FIS1FnOQg[/url][/QUOTE] Excellent stuff, that French Frigate is taking a battering.

Yes, I have to agree ,that is roughers. The worst weather I encountered was in Troubridge in the N. Atlantic 1957, no photos exist ,so it is hard to make comparisons.

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