maritime shenanigans thread
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Lovecraft
Dramacrat
I'd argue that every single soviet aircraft carrier ever made have been more cursed.
Lovecraft
Dramacrat
Finding videos about the Admiral Kuznetsov where the narrator isn't either constantly scoffing or outright laughing at it is harder than I'd have thought.
Anyway, this is the Russian navy
extension, and it literally spends more time in dry dock than in active service.
At any one time there are about one working toilet per 120 men aboard, the climate control system rarely works, it runs on the garbage left behind after asphalt production and uses boilers that went out of fashion with Western navies after the second World War.
Operationally it is slightly less successful than the carrier Minsk, which itself got sold for scrap three decades ago and was turned into a Chinese theme park.
The Admiral Kuznetsov is entirely dependent on a small fleet of tugboats as either the boilers or engines constantly break down leaving this piece of shit drifting helplessly. For some unfathomable reason the russkies also did not make provisions for it to be able to receive shore power or heated water, so it has to run half of its boilers even when undergoing maintenance to provide heating and electricity aboard for its unfortunate crewmen.
Anyway, this is the Russian navy
extension, and it literally spends more time in dry dock than in active service.At any one time there are about one working toilet per 120 men aboard, the climate control system rarely works, it runs on the garbage left behind after asphalt production and uses boilers that went out of fashion with Western navies after the second World War.
Operationally it is slightly less successful than the carrier Minsk, which itself got sold for scrap three decades ago and was turned into a Chinese theme park.
The Admiral Kuznetsov is entirely dependent on a small fleet of tugboats as either the boilers or engines constantly break down leaving this piece of shit drifting helplessly. For some unfathomable reason the russkies also did not make provisions for it to be able to receive shore power or heated water, so it has to run half of its boilers even when undergoing maintenance to provide heating and electricity aboard for its unfortunate crewmen.
which was gutted by fire last month
most media outside of china and russia barely, or didn't, mention it
this is part of why the ukraine war is such a joke
the russian navy is barely able to function today thanks to corruption, their army and air force are reduced to operating obsolete equipment
most of their 12 missile submarines are usually down for repairs
meanwhile putin's propaganda machine keeps cranking out the most pathetic lies
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Lovecraft
Dramacrat
It was a piece of shit carrier, and probably a piece of shit theme park.
urbex nerds loved to go out to it and wander around inside, so you get to see the pre-fire mess for yourself
i've been reading about the victual brothers recently, they started as your usual mercenary company, then had a robin hood phase of stealing from the rich and giving to the poor (hence victual in their name) until falling to inevitable fate of becoming regular pirates. love me some Hanseatic Baltic shenanigans
was ordering a book from an online used bookstore, was little under free shipping limit so i also picked this 18th century book of merchant ship illustrations
i wasn't expecting the book to be so big and i was not expecting it to be in fukken german tho lol
i wasn't expecting the book to be so big and i was not expecting it to be in fukken german tho lol
squiggles2
Dramacrat
More Titanic stuff. Sorry I'm a day late and a dollar short.
More that I can't find online
Titanic's Final Moments - Missing Pieces 2006
Titanic's Achilles Heel - 2007
Titanic: 100 Years in 3D
Titanic Mystery Solved - 2021
More that I can't find online
"Titanic's Tragic Sister"
squiggles2
Dramacrat
Replete with "Inaudible Scotsman"
Story Television is my nerdy wet dream. Whoever created this channel had me in mind and I love them for that.
Story Television is my nerdy wet dream. Whoever created this channel had me in mind and I love them for that.
squiggles2
Dramacrat
Let me nerd out one more time.
"The Double Hull!"
"The Angle of the the Breakup!"
"Did the Breakup Happen?"
"Iceberg Right Ahead!"
Edit - "Big Enough to Crest Two Waves!"
Ok, I'm done.
"The Double Hull!"
"The Angle of the the Breakup!"
"Did the Breakup Happen?"
"Iceberg Right Ahead!"
Edit - "Big Enough to Crest Two Waves!"
Ok, I'm done.
squiggles2
Dramacrat
OMG! How could we forget this gem?!
I hate it that the music had to be removed in the one spot because of copywrite whatever. Someone get me the version that has the correct music in that section.
I hate it that the music had to be removed in the one spot because of copywrite whatever. Someone get me the version that has the correct music in that section.