Never mess with the British Navy!!

[RATTER15]

This is the transcript of the ACTUAL radio conversation of a British Naval ship and the Irish, off the coast of Kerry, in Oct 1995.

Radio conversation released by the Chief of Naval Operations
10-10-95

IRISH: Please divert your course 15 degrees
to the South, to avoid a collision.


BRITISH: Recommend you divert your course 15 degrees to the North, to avoid a collision.


IRISH: Negative. You will have to divert your course 15 degrees to
the South to avoid a collision.

BRITISH: This is the Captain of a British navy ship. I say again, divert YOUR course.


IRISH: Negative. I say again, YOU will have
to divert your course.


BRITISH: THIS IS THE AIRCRAFT CARRIER HMS
BRITIANNIA, THE SECOND LARGEST SHIP IN THE BRITISH ATLANTIC FLEET. WE ARE
ACCOMPANIED BY THREE DESTROYERS, THREE CRUISERS AND NUMEROUS SUPPORT VESSELS. I DEMAND THAT YOU
CHANGE YOUR COURSE 15 DEGREES NORTH. I SAY AGAIN, THAT IS 15 DEGREES NORTH OR COUNTER-MEASURES WILL BE UNDERTAKEN TO ENSURE THE
SAFETY OF THIS SHIP

IRISH: We are a lighthouse. Your call!

[warpig3]

lol.

[r�n-d�omhair]

Would you believe the USS ABRAHAM LINCOLN had a similar conversation with a Canadian lighthouse on the very same day-what are the chances of that eh?

[grumpii]

Class, did they blow it up?

[legend758duo]

Since 1995 the british navy have changed tactics.They now surrender and go and visit their captors for a fortmight.Whilst they are there they drink cola and smoke oh and play chess too.No messing with the navy now ,or is that just in iran???

[Katie~77]

Ooooh, my Dad's from Kerry.x

[chakka35]

Gosh, I remember its happening sometime in the 1980s as well. The alleged dialogue was no more convincing then. Still it's a good laugh - and nice to see the Irish coming out as the intellectual winners for once.

[johnlambert]

Yeah I remember the USS Abraham Lincoln joke from the '80's

[r�n-d�omhair]

Do you mean then, it's NOT an ACTUAL radio conversation???? Surely no........

[johnlambert]

In the Army when we see the enemy we send a message on the section radio to HQ called a "contact report" using the phrase "hello zero (hq) this is (section callsign), contact wait out" everyone then switches to another pre tuned channel so that the firefight can be co-ordinated.
During a tour of Northern Ireland, crossmaglen, in 1981 we sent a contact report to a Grenedier Guards HQ only to be told by the stuck up Grenedier Guards officer not to use that word (contact) unless it was an emergency. Our radio op sent back the following reply " in that case, someone is trying tom get in touch with us and he is using a fcuking AK47"

[knobbynonuts]

luv it luv it luv it, nice one ratters