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HMS Astute
Posted: Fri Oct 22, 2010 11:12 am
by Aja
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Dear Dear.....
Re: HMS Astute
Posted: Fri Oct 22, 2010 12:41 pm
by marisca
The Coastguard tug that is speeding to the rescue wouldnae be yin o' those the Con-dems have just decided to cut, would it?
Re: HMS Astute
Posted: Fri Oct 22, 2010 1:56 pm
by Telo
From the map on the BBC website it looks like she's landed on Bogha an t-Sasunnaich.
Does its name suggest an earlier grounding by .......
Re: HMS Astute
Posted: Fri Oct 22, 2010 2:13 pm
by Mark
No idea how true this is:
A taxi driver with Skye Car Hire said: 'From the angle I could see it, it looked like it was grounded out to the lighthouse.
'It looks like it has run ashore in shallow water by Eilean Ban, the wee island that the bridge goes across. You can see it very well from the bridge'.
Re: HMS Astute
Posted: Fri Oct 22, 2010 2:31 pm
by sahona
Certainly appears to be a lot further South of the red cans than I like to be when in that area.
Re: HMS Astute
Posted: Fri Oct 22, 2010 2:43 pm
by marisca
From my understanding of the Beeb report and the "inside the red buoys" comment - you can put your own "X marks the spot"
Edit: no I didn't nick the above from TOP!
Re: HMS Astute
Posted: Fri Oct 22, 2010 5:54 pm
by Mark
Re: HMS Astute
Posted: Fri Oct 22, 2010 6:06 pm
by Telo
Mark wrote:
From the pic, it looks as though it wasn't Bogha an t-Sasunnaich after all. Anyway, dont see what all the fuss is about; anyone can run aground....

Re: HMS Astute
Posted: Fri Oct 22, 2010 6:17 pm
by Mark
Shard wrote:dont see what all the fuss is about; anyone can run aground....

Which is why it's so important to make the most of it when it's someone else's turn.
Re: HMS Astute
Posted: Fri Oct 22, 2010 7:01 pm
by cpedw
Mark wrote:Shard wrote:dont see what all the fuss is about; anyone can run aground....

Which is why it's so important to make the most of it when it's someone else's turn.
Oh don't be so hard on the guys. We've all been there
or thereabouts...
Derek
Re: HMS Astute
Posted: Fri Oct 22, 2010 7:10 pm
by Telo
Derek, I used the

thing because I've started to lose track of the places where we've touched bottom....
Ahem.
