Saturday 3 May 2008

USS Independence.......the Royal Navy could do with some like her.


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Borrowed from Mark Scott

4 comments:

Anonymous said...

Actually the tri-hull concept testbed that this design is based on was built by Vosper Thornycraft.
The USN helped fund the testbed...

Anonymous said...

Having served it's purpose as a research wessel, RV Triton has been contracted out to the Australian Customs Service.

vanderleun said...

Sadly, the Royal Navy will be lucky if it is left with a rowboat.

Anonymous said...

Correct designation: PCU Independence. USS is not used until the ship is placed in commision.
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