RFA Proteus on the Thames

Well, she is quite a different looking RFA vessel......sort of reminiscent of the types of vessel that 'service' North Sea oil rigs

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Where this is mentioned
"Role
With a crew of around 85 RFA and Royal Navy personnel, Proteus acts as the launchpad for remotely-operated vehicles and a suite of specialist capabilities similar to those found in the oil and gas industries monitoring waters vital to UK interest."

So definitely a more specialised ship.
 
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The Wikipedia page says she was originally the "MV Topaz Tangaroa in 2017–2022, and was used as a platform supply vessel operated by P&O Maritime Logistics."...

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I could see something interesting was there as I walked down past the Tower, all I could see was the massive crane
 
She looks awfully top-heavy. I shouldn't like to be onboard in a heavy sea
 
lindsay said:
She looks awfully top-heavy. I shouldn't like to be onboard in a heavy sea
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That is often my thoughts looking modern cruise liners.
All rely too much on forward motion and stabilsers + technology.

Of course we have not see any incidences where power fails and technology fails have we ? :)
 
lindsay said:
She looks awfully top-heavy. I shouldn't like to be onboard in a heavy sea
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Sangoma said:
That is often my thoughts looking modern cruise liners.
All rely too much on forward motion and stabilsers + technology.

Of course we have not see any incidences where power fails and technology fails have we ? :)
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I suppose the analogy in the newest generation of fighter jets is that without all the computing power used to control the aircraft the pilot would not be able 'control' it.
 
Box Brownie said:
I suppose the analogy in the newest generation of fighter jets is that without all the computing power used to control the aircraft the pilot would not be able 'control' it.
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Without the electronics, many of them would not even fly!

Rather the same as models, when I started flying RC, anyone rich enough and brave enough to fly helicopters had to be able to fly one.
Now you just have to decide what direction you want it to fly in, for lass than £10 you can get a drone with a camera that behaves the same way.

And cars that matter. But if the ECU on a car goes wrong, it just stops :) Obviously ships don't share that characteristic, which sort of makes analogies with other things not very good, quite a difference really :)
 
Sangoma said:
Without the electronics, many of them would not even fly!

Rather the same as models, when I started flying RC, anyone rich enough and brave enough to fly helicopters had to be able to fly one.
Now you just have to decide what direction you want it to fly in, for lass than £10 you can get a drone with a camera that behaves the same way.

And cars that matter. But if the ECU on a car goes wrong, it just stops :) Obviously ships don't share that characteristic, which sort of makes analogies with other things not very good, quite a difference really :)
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Sadly, even at the most simple level of failure e.g. that cargo ship leaving Baltimore port...its complete loss of engine power triggered its drift into the bridge.
NB the fact that the bridge and the approach to it did not have in place mitigation to deflect the impact is another, tragic, matter. :(
 
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