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HMS SPLENDID

Postby northeast » Mon Jun 18, 2012 5:38 pm

From the time when Hull had an authorised berth for nuclear subs.
Arriving in Queen Elizabeth Dock on 23/10/1981
Note our specialist push-tug system!
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Re: HMS SPLENDID

Postby brianh » Tue Jul 03, 2012 9:21 pm

they did not want the paint scraped.
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Re: HMS SPLENDID

Postby E28 » Sat Jan 16, 2021 7:40 pm

Not something you will ever likely see again. Wonder if those who serve in nukes realise they will never visit anywhere other than Faslane or Gibraltar. And Singapore if one can be spared.

This boat Splendid paid off in 2004 and ever since has been laid up in Devonport with 4 of her sisters in long term storage still (nuclear) fuelled. It will be years before the lengthy and expensive dismantling will commence although Swiftsure is in hand at Rosyth, the first British nuke being slowly and painfully recycled years late and £MILLIONS over budget.

Do you know the costs involved ? No...well, to dismantle / recycle and arrange storage of the reactors will be £7.5 BILLION for the 20 nukes currently past their use by dates, over 30 years, and the 2019 cost per boat for dismantling is £96 MILLION, what Splendid cost to build in the 1970's. Current cost to build an Astute is over £1 BILLION.

Many people are having a laugh, all the way to the bank. AT OUR EXPENSE.
Thats all folks. Sean.
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Re: HMS SPLENDID

Postby magoonigal » Sun Jan 17, 2021 10:20 am

Expensive, I agree, but at least they are subject to regular Inspections/maintenance.

Makes you wonder what the Russians do?????
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Re: HMS SPLENDID

Postby Hornbeam » Sun Jan 17, 2021 11:08 am

From what I have seen in photographs the Russians seem to just dump them in some remote Naval Base, that will go on I suppose until there is a floating Chernobyl and then they will call upon the West to help them sort out the clean up with practical aid and of course Western money because we don't want any radioactivity drifting our way.
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Re: HMS SPLENDID

Postby magoonigal » Sun Jan 17, 2021 3:23 pm

My thoughts exactly.
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