tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18665728.post261481769823554043..comments2024-03-28T00:01:34.598-07:00Comments on The Galloping Beaver: Hardware Dep't Bulletin . . .Davehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03203592149876300192noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18665728.post-35399080485212824672012-02-02T13:08:24.654-08:002012-02-02T13:08:24.654-08:00It isn't just HMS Dauntless that's headed ...It isn't just HMS Dauntless that's headed for the Falklands. Apparently Prince William is going to be spending the next six months there as a search and rescue helicopter pilot.<br />Cameron and his party would love to have a little dust-up in an old colonial possession about now, for the same reason as Thatcher, they need a distraction from the abyss into which the UK economy is about toRev.Paperboyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14561796588927776371noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18665728.post-8949900682086752062012-01-31T23:19:01.084-08:002012-01-31T23:19:01.084-08:00Actually, Dauntless and her class are 8000 tonne d...Actually, Dauntless and her class are 8000 tonne displacement. Warships are measured in only in DWT. Her tonnage (volume) would be larger if she were a merchantman. <br /><br />Before one gets too pointy at Argentina, consider that Cameron is the one doing most of the sabre-rattling. And typical of his let's-imitate-the-conservative-hero-thatcher, he's a little too quick with the stand-toDavehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03203592149876300192noreply@blogger.com