A life afloat
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hq1hitchin
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A life afloat
Anyone else remember this little flotilla which toured our canals in olden times (early 1960s?) recruiting matelots or know if the boats still exist, please?
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We may be seeing a return to ships this size...
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Radio control model aircraft? 
If I ain't here, I'm in Bilston, scoffing decent chips at last!!!!
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And you will know things are bad if we get the return of the K boats.
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In August 1948 we had A4s that if allowed further North than Berwick would have made fairly good K Boat replicas.
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Any chance that any are around now and we can test the theory?
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Dave
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No Micky the K boats believe it or not were steam powered submarines build in the first world war, with funnels. 21 boats were ordered and were not a success. Several sank, one even at the dockside.
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G'Day Gents
Naw ! K boats were steam powered submarines, I think, I would have felt safer on the explosive packed E boat after all the bad press the K boats got.
manna
Naw ! K boats were steam powered submarines, I think, I would have felt safer on the explosive packed E boat after all the bad press the K boats got.
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ISTR the Battle of May Island was when K boats were on Manouvers with the fleet and a couple got sunk by accident, I will try to look up a bit more, I like these odd topics.
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Details can be found in "K Boats" Steam Powered Submarines in WW1 by Don Everitt.
Airlife publishing
ISBN 1-84037-057-2
The Battle of May Island can be found on pages 76 - 106.
2 boats sunk, 2 crippled after the heavy ships carved through the K boat flotilla.
Quote from Rear Admiral Earnest W Leir
" The only good thing about the K Boats was that they never engaged the enemy."
Airlife publishing
ISBN 1-84037-057-2
The Battle of May Island can be found on pages 76 - 106.
2 boats sunk, 2 crippled after the heavy ships carved through the K boat flotilla.
Quote from Rear Admiral Earnest W Leir
" The only good thing about the K Boats was that they never engaged the enemy."