Portsmouth tomorrow
- tankbuster
- Posts: 2316
- Joined: Sun 17 Jul 2011, 5:04 pm
Portsmouth tomorrow
French Amphibious Assault ship FS Dixmude (L9015) due in Portsmouth tomorrow. Can carry up to 50 choppers. Highly unlikely to have anything like that but may have 3 or 4.
Trevor C
recent and not so recent pictures here https://trevorc28a.wixsite.com/trevspics
recent and not so recent pictures here https://trevorc28a.wixsite.com/trevspics
- HaveQuick2
- Posts: 94
- Joined: Mon 01 Sep 2008, 11:21 am
Re: Portsmouth tomorrow
tankbuster wrote:French Amphibious Assault ship FS Dixmude (L9015) due in Portsmouth tomorrow. Can carry up to 50 choppers. Highly unlikely to have anything like that but may have 3 or 4.
847 NAS have (had) some Wildcats embarked
HQ2 out
-
- UKAR Supporter
- Posts: 1002
- Joined: Sun 31 Aug 2008, 10:49 pm
- Location: Just east of a large airport in West London
Re: Portsmouth tomorrow
tankbuster wrote:French Amphibious Assault ship FS Dixmude (L9015) due in Portsmouth tomorrow. Can carry up to 50 choppers. Highly unlikely to have anything like that but may have 3 or 4.
Would you have any idea how long it might be staying ?
- tankbuster
- Posts: 2316
- Joined: Sun 17 Jul 2011, 5:04 pm
Re: Portsmouth tomorrow
parsley wrote:tankbuster wrote:French Amphibious Assault ship FS Dixmude (L9015) due in Portsmouth tomorrow. Can carry up to 50 choppers. Highly unlikely to have anything like that but may have 3 or 4.
Would you have any idea how long it might be staying ?
sorry I don't know but I have been told there is nothing on top.
Trevor C
recent and not so recent pictures here https://trevorc28a.wixsite.com/trevspics
recent and not so recent pictures here https://trevorc28a.wixsite.com/trevspics
Re: Portsmouth tomorrow
As I said elsewhere I was at Portsmouth on Tuesday to visit the Mary Rose, and I did notice that a French Navy ship was in. I can confirm that there was nothing visible up top. Up to 50 choppers sounds unlikely to me though??
Pte. Aubrey Gerald Harmer, R. Suss. R. (att. to the Sherwood Foresters) KIA 26/9/1917 Polygon Wood, aged 19, NKG. RIP
Re: Portsmouth tomorrow
AlexC wrote:As I said elsewhere I was at Portsmouth on Tuesday to visit the Mary Rose, and I did notice that a French Navy ship was in. I can confirm that there was nothing visible up top. Up to 50 choppers sounds unlikely to me though??
According to https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_ship_Dixmude_(L9015) it can hold
16 heavy or 35 light helicopters
Re: Portsmouth tomorrow
For those interested, an NH-90 crashed onto the flight deck this morning, injuring four sailors and destroying the helicopter.
Re: Portsmouth tomorrow
Crikey, where did you hear that?
Pte. Aubrey Gerald Harmer, R. Suss. R. (att. to the Sherwood Foresters) KIA 26/9/1917 Polygon Wood, aged 19, NKG. RIP
Re: Portsmouth tomorrow
Abbo46 wrote:For those interested, an NH-90 crashed onto the flight deck this morning, injuring four sailors and destroying the helicopter.
I've had a quick search and can find nothing about this, certainly no information on local news websites such as Portsmouth news https://www.portsmouth.co.uk/news or any of the mainstream media (BBC, Sky, ITV) etc.
Any source for your info, considering you posted this last night its surprising there is no story in the news today??
Re: Portsmouth tomorrow
Plenty out there if you search "FS Dixmude crash"
https://marineschepen.nl/nieuws/Franse- ... 91018.html
Taken from the above story
"FS Dixmude sailed 70 miles off the coast of Dunkirk on Wednesday evening, after leaving Portsmouth in the direction of Norway, and performed 'touch and go exercises' with a NH90 helicopter. At 10:29 pm the NH90 crashed on the deck crashed from the ship. According to the Lemarin.fr website, four people were injured, one of whom was serious. "
https://marineschepen.nl/nieuws/Franse- ... 91018.html
Taken from the above story
"FS Dixmude sailed 70 miles off the coast of Dunkirk on Wednesday evening, after leaving Portsmouth in the direction of Norway, and performed 'touch and go exercises' with a NH90 helicopter. At 10:29 pm the NH90 crashed on the deck crashed from the ship. According to the Lemarin.fr website, four people were injured, one of whom was serious. "
- ericbee123
- Posts: 2377
- Joined: Sun 31 Aug 2008, 9:13 am
- Location: Blackpool
Re: Portsmouth tomorrow
https://mobile.twitter.com/NavyLookout/ ... 2451139585
This twitter post says the injured were all on deck at the time.
This twitter post says the injured were all on deck at the time.
Disclaimer-I have spell/grammar checked this post, it may still contain mistakes that might cause offence.
Re: Portsmouth tomorrow
Thanks guys, just goes to show
Thanks jingernut
I'm now questioning my ability to search the internet
jingernut wrote:Plenty out there if you search "FS Dixmude crash"
https://marineschepen.nl/nieuws/Franse- ... 91018.html
Taken from the above story
Thanks jingernut
I'm now questioning my ability to search the internet
Re: Portsmouth tomorrow
Should have pointed out that the incident didn't occur in Portsmouth, my mistake.