Ever been on the real ship?

[CapnGebs]

Felt like it was time for a light-hearted topic.

I was curious if anyone has ever been on the real version of any of the ships in your dockyard? I think the closest ship to me is HMS Belfast in London but she isnt in my dockyard. I've been on a few ships at Portsmouth Historic Dockyard but they are a bit too old to be in WoWs :)

 

Or even if you can suggest any of the ships in the game that are still afloat in real life that can be visited. I know ORP Blyskawica is still officially in service in Poland which would be a cool trip. I think I saw on the telly that one of the US battleships was rescued from scrapping and is now a museum ship, not sure which one.

[Karasu_Browarszky]

If we don't include ferries... hmm... then my list is going to be bit short, sadly.

 

HM skepp Wasa would be the first ship I was on as a lad. Then... er...  ex USS PCE-830/HMS Kilchrenan would be the next one, then there are some smaller brown water vessels that qualify as ships.. barely. And that's about it for me.

[OldschoolGaming_YouTube]

Been on HMS Belfast in London and HMS Halland and HMS Nordkaparen (WW2 Diesel sub) in Gothenburg and stood beside US Kearsarge in Marmaris, Turkey 2 days before 9/11.

 

[Karasu_Browarszky]

3 minutes ago, OldschoolGaming_YouTube said:

HMS Nordkaparen (WW2 Diesel sub)

 

Psst... that is a boat.

[lafeel]

Been on board both HMS Belfast and USS Constitution. Well worth the visit, both of them.

 

Pretty nice museum on the docks beside the Conny too as I recall.

 

And as a extra bonus USS Cassin Young is berthed right next to the Constitution (was closed for renovations or I'd have checked her out too)

[CapnGebs]

1 minute ago, Karasu_Hidesuke said:

that is a boat

I think that still counts in the spirit of my question 

12 minutes ago, Karasu_Hidesuke said:

brown water vessels

I had to look that up just now. Well I learn something new every day.

 

10 minutes ago, OldschoolGaming_YouTube said:

HMS Halland

Well thats confusing, I put Halland into the search engine and get "HSwMS Halland (Hnd) is a submarine in the Swedish Navy."

 

I would imagine a WWII sub would be fascinating to see the cramped conditions they operated in.

[lafeel]

9 minutes ago, CapnGebs said:

I would imagine a WWII sub would be fascinating to see the cramped conditions they operated in.

Only if you're not claustrophobic. Been pretty reliably informed it's a absolute nightmare if you are.

[Sir_Sinksalot]

I was on the HMS Titanic once.

[CapnGebs]

5 minutes ago, lafeel said:

USS Constitution

"the world's oldest commissioned naval vessel afloat.Launched in 1797" wow impressive!

 

I've been on HMS Warrior which was fascinating from an engineering perspective. You could see all the steam engine workings and they had demonstration models to show how she could switch from sail to steam.

[Karasu_Browarszky]

Just now, Sir_Sinksalot said:

I was on the HMS Titanic once.

[lafeel]

10 minutes ago, CapnGebs said:

"the world's oldest commissioned naval vessel afloat.Launched in 1797" wow impressive!

 

I've been on HMS Warrior which was fascinating from an engineering perspective. You could see all the steam engine workings and they had demonstration models to show how she could switch from sail to steam.

If you ever find yourself in Boston with a few hours to spare, and it's not too late in the day I highly reccomend visiting her.

10 minutes ago, Sir_Sinksalot said:

I was on the RMS Titanic once.

Fixed that for you.

[CapnGebs]

10 minutes ago, lafeel said:

USS Cassin Young

Oh cool, a real Fletcher class destroyer. That would be amazing to walk around.

[OldschoolGaming_YouTube]

9 minutes ago, Karasu_Hidesuke said:

Psst... that is a boat.

You might be right, dont know where the experts draw their lines here.

 

3 minutes ago, CapnGebs said:

I think that still counts in the spirit of my question 

I had to look that up just now. Well I learn something new every day.

 

Well thats confusing, I put Halland into the search engine and get "HSwMS Halland (Hnd) is a submarine in the Swedish Navy."

 

I would imagine a WWII sub would be fascinating to see the cramped conditions they operated in.

Here: https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Halland_(J18)

 

That said I think Ive seen your version "HSwMS" somewhere as well. But to my knowledge its always been a Swedish Destroyer

2 minutes ago, lafeel said:

Only if you're not claustrophobic. Been pretty reliably informed it's a absolute nightmare if you are.

I posted some pictures from its inside in a thread somewhere here in this forum. Im build like a linebacker so it was almost impossible for me to either go down the hatch of the hull or squeeze thru the different departments inside (it is VERY cramp inside. But it has a really cool revolver drum magasin with 8 torps in the bow for auto loading the 2 (or 4) torp launchers (upcoming T10 Swedish Sub ingame....?) Swedish auto loaders for the win!

 

Will post videos on both Halland and Nordkaparen on my YT channel in the near future.

[gms763]

Been on HMS Belfast. I was on the CV USS Ticonderoga when she visited Singapore in the late 1960's. Ticonderoga was the sister ship to USS Hornet & USS Lexington. I don't have any of these ships in my port.

[lafeel]

10 minutes ago, CapnGebs said:

Oh cool, a real Fletcher class destroyer. That would be amazing to walk around.

One of very few left. As I said, sadly she just happened to be closed when I was visiting.

 

Plus I had to watch the clock as this was my way to spend a considerable chunk of the six hours I had to spare in between flights.

 

Between that and staying at Logan, I think most people would agree I made the right choice there.

[Verblonde]

If we're talking strictly about ships in my port: Belfast and Haida.

 

If we're talking any preserved ship, then I can add Victory, Cavalier (when she was berthed in Brighton), and - thanks @CapnGebs for the reminder - Warrior, when she was first opened to the public decades ago. I've also been on the boat preserved at Gosport, but the least said about submarines the better...

[Karasu_Browarszky]

3 minutes ago, OldschoolGaming_YouTube said:

You might be right, dont know where the experts draw their lines here.

 

 

Apparently, a ship heels outward when turning, whereas a boat turns inwards when turning. As for the submarines, IIRC, it's largely by convention.

[CapnGebs]

4 minutes ago, OldschoolGaming_YouTube said:

Will post videos on both Halland and Nordkaparen on my YT channel in the near future

That would be fascinating. Be sure to let us know the link 

[OldschoolGaming_YouTube]

Btw, thanks for a great topic @CapnGebs !

[lafeel]

11 minutes ago, Karasu_Hidesuke said:

 

Apparently, a ship heels outward when turning, whereas a boat turns inwards when turning. As for the submarines, IIRC, it's largely by convention.

Remember reading somewhere that, as well as the obvious advantage of a raised position to conn the sub from, the conning tower actually helps the sub stay on even keel when submerged..

[gms763]

7 minutes ago, CapnGebs said:

"the world's oldest commissioned naval vessel afloat.Launched in 1797" wow impressive!

 

I've been on HMS Warrior which was fascinating from an engineering perspective. You could see all the steam engine workings and they had demonstration models to show how she could switch from sail to steam.

 

Interesting comment about USS Constitution. I have also been on HMS Victory which was launched in 1765 and is still in commission - 244 years of service so far.

[lafeel]

9 minutes ago, gms763 said:

 

Interesting comment about USS Constitution. I have also been on HMS Victory which was launched in 1765 and is still in commission - 244 years of service so far.

The difference is in that last word "afloat", Victory's permanently docked in a drydock while the Conny is still in the water.

[CapnGebs]

4 minutes ago, Karasu_Hidesuke said:

As for the submarines

Yes, I saw the distinction of a ship and a boat as being which direction they list when turning. Also I think I saw somewhere that in the Royal Navy the only thing classed as a boat are submarines.

[Karasu_Browarszky]

3 minutes ago, lafeel said:

Remember reading somewhere that, as well as the obvious advantage of a raised position to conn the sub from, the conning tower actually helps the sub stay on even keel when submerged..

 

Googled a bit, Wikipedia says that the sail (fin) acts as a vertical stabilizer, the same was probably true for the conning tower to some extent, though they are different in terms of shape and function.

[lafeel]

9 minutes ago, Karasu_Hidesuke said:

 

Googled a bit, Wikipedia says that the sail (fin) acts as a vertical stabilizer, the same was probably true for the conning tower to some extent, though they are different in terms of shape and function.

Well the sail and the conning tower are the same thing on most modern subs, so it's not like we're going to see finless subs (again, as several early ones didn't have them) any time soon me thinks.