What happened to the Royal yacht?
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I thought they decommisioned it due to cost and lack of official use.
Bloody bean counters destrouing another british institution.
Bloody bean counters destrouing another british institution.
Chaos, Disorder, Destruction.....My work here is done!
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"The man who follows the crowd will usually get no further than the crowd. The man who walks alone is likely to find himself in places no one has ever been. --- Alan Ashley Pitt"
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Why can't you accept that some days you're the pigeon, and some days you're the statue.
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Andy O'Pray
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Check out the following for more info-
http://www.royalyachtbritannia.co.uk/
http://www.royalyachtbritannia.co.uk/
Chaos, Disorder, Destruction.....My work here is done!
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"The man who follows the crowd will usually get no further than the crowd. The man who walks alone is likely to find himself in places no one has ever been. --- Alan Ashley Pitt"
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Why can't you accept that some days you're the pigeon, and some days you're the statue.
*****
"The man who follows the crowd will usually get no further than the crowd. The man who walks alone is likely to find himself in places no one has ever been. --- Alan Ashley Pitt"
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Why can't you accept that some days you're the pigeon, and some days you're the statue.
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Andy O'Pray
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Andy, Britannia looks rather forlorn in Leith. She was a cracker of a ship and gave the old emotions quite a twang every time she slipped into Aberdeen with HMQ for her summer hols. A real magnet wherever she docked and a great loss to the nation. Blur has almost spent more on wining and dining, and flogging round the world than a new one would have cost. I know what I'd rather have paid for.
You should talk to somebody who gives a f**k.
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I once got a bollocking for splashing the Royal Yacht.
1977 Silver Jubilee Thames river pageant. Boss and I (1RSRM) carrying out a recce of the route. On passing the yacht in the Pool of London we were hailed by a naval chappie, with gold up to his elbows, requesting that we "Do not splash the Royal Yacht". Umm very good sir.
1977 Silver Jubilee Thames river pageant. Boss and I (1RSRM) carrying out a recce of the route. On passing the yacht in the Pool of London we were hailed by a naval chappie, with gold up to his elbows, requesting that we "Do not splash the Royal Yacht". Umm very good sir.
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Six months prior to leaving the mob, and serving my last few weeks on the Victory, I had the usual 'Into my office Royal' routine, or at least it was then, and 'Do you really want to go out into that orrible civvie world, coz if you do'nt we will give you a nice little bunk on the Royal Yacht' I must admitt I did think about it..... for about a minute, I had already got this job and here I've been ever since.... I made the right choice... so my wife tells me! 
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HMRYB was berthed in Belfast Harbour during the Silver Jubilee celebrations, one of our extra tasks for the duration was 'top cover' to prevent any doomer flying too close or threatening security. As an antidote we had the left hand door off and our gunner sported an SLR. WOW. Not exactly 'top gun stuff', but when eventually a dimmo flew up from the South, didn't respond to any calls and ignored ATC at Belfast Harbour we cut across him, giving him a good look at the black hole at the end of the SLR, he soon beetled off home, and then apologised for not using his radios. 'Oim sorry Sir, we didn't know it would be a problem'.
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