tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8940364093450837549.post4975937083376289375..comments2024-03-29T01:24:45.251+00:00Comments on Fr Hunwicke's Mutual Enrichment: Update for AmericansFr John Hunwickehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17766211573399409633noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8940364093450837549.post-36306380770144135382021-05-14T13:50:46.039+01:002021-05-14T13:50:46.039+01:00Dear Zephyrinus,
Your figures seem somewhat out. ...Dear Zephyrinus,<br /><br />Your figures seem somewhat out. The surface fleet consists of 2 aircraft carriers, 6 destroyers, 13 frigates, 8 offshore patrol vessels, 13 minehunters and 2 amphibious warfare vessels. That's a total of 44, not counting fast patrol craft and survey vessels. And why cavalierly exclude the 11 nuclear powered submarines, which are the capital warships of our day IanWhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14802289720095323373noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8940364093450837549.post-87700324096586225632021-05-11T12:45:01.668+01:002021-05-11T12:45:01.668+01:00Dear IanW (see, above).
Reference your Comment th...Dear IanW (see, above).<br /><br />Reference your Comment that: “. . . I would hate our cousins to believe two lightly armed patrol boats on constabulary duty represent "a very substantial proportion of our Navy", but I always enjoy Fr's mischievous hyperbole.”, may I, respectfully, point out that The Royal Navy currently owns only nineteen Surface Vessels. (Don't tell the Zephyrinushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01179350648709554049noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8940364093450837549.post-64570496821794241632021-05-09T17:38:26.385+01:002021-05-09T17:38:26.385+01:00Falkland island here I come!!! LOL :)
Falkland island here I come!!! LOL :)<br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16813708548690489310noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8940364093450837549.post-36670070242447808192021-05-09T17:23:46.107+01:002021-05-09T17:23:46.107+01:00Ooooooh! I do hope Mr. Biden allows us Yanks to tr...Ooooooh! I do hope Mr. Biden allows us Yanks to travel to such a glorious locale! I'm planning my wardrobe while dreaming about the trip. And thanks for a great read. I've missed the 'news' this week. (I don't know if you've considered this, Father: you could always supplement your day work with travel writing.) <br /><br />Mrs. Jones, formerly of Portland.Mary Kayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15177771196355631149noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8940364093450837549.post-83880545160796743642021-05-09T14:21:37.836+01:002021-05-09T14:21:37.836+01:00I would hate our cousins to believe two lightly ar...I would hate our cousins to believe two lightly armed patrol boats on constabulary duty represent "a very substantial proportion of our Navy", but I always enjoy Fr's mischievous hyperbole.IanWhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14802289720095323373noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8940364093450837549.post-74984331601311733612021-05-09T13:34:28.097+01:002021-05-09T13:34:28.097+01:00An excellent and apposite piece Father.An excellent and apposite piece Father.Once I Was A Clever Boyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01367322665145704342noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8940364093450837549.post-82099987465590438842021-05-09T13:04:50.378+01:002021-05-09T13:04:50.378+01:00Dear Father.... inoffensive hawkers of lottery tic...Dear Father.<i>... inoffensive hawkers of lottery tickets..</i> If you ever win a lottery do you think it would be fun to buy a Rugby Team, change their uniforms so the jerseys would look like the clothing of old women, and then name the team Eleanor Rubgy?<br /><br />One imagines sales of the new uniform would sky rocket and bring in hordes of cash.Mick Jagger Gathers No Mosquehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12879499915093940176noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8940364093450837549.post-18199514683607866852021-05-09T12:27:54.396+01:002021-05-09T12:27:54.396+01:00Indeed, Father. The Sussexes could also lay a wre...Indeed, Father. The Sussexes could also lay a wreath to the fallen. I have heard on good authority that the inhabitants are fluent in English. The islands have a delightful subtropical climate in July thanks to warm gentle breezes from the south.Paul in Melbourne, Australiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15997596105687383487noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8940364093450837549.post-29086953871424437092021-05-09T11:44:55.915+01:002021-05-09T11:44:55.915+01:00If these "Islas Malvinas" are the same i...If these "Islas Malvinas" are the same islands as the 'Falkland Islands' I expect British visitors to be greatly disappointed. Weather wise they might as well visit the Orkney or Shetland Isles.Tomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09140244586477682905noreply@blogger.com