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| Britain |
| 'Proud day for Blighty', insists £1bn gunboat skipper |
| 2010-06-08 |
| Ceremonies and celebrations took place in Portsmouth last week as the Royal Navy's second billion-pound-plus Type 45 destroyer, HMS Dauntless, was formally commissioned into the Service. Both Dauntless and her predecessor HMS Daring remain almost totally unarmed at the moment, following test failures which have meant that their primary armament cannot be accepted into service. |
| Posted by:tipper |
| #2 "Jenkins! NO! Put that down!" |
| Posted by: mojo 2010-06-08 10:12 |
| #1 "Rum?" "Check." "Sodomy?" "Check." "The Lash?" "Oops. It's on back order." |
| Posted by: Anonymoose 2010-06-08 09:22 |