Post AmC0OYJVVFKRcWHGPw by DreadShips@mastodon.me.uk
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 (DIR) Post #AmC0OYJVVFKRcWHGPw by DreadShips@mastodon.me.uk
       2024-09-20T10:53:18Z
       
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       HMS Cobra. Built to convince the Admiralty of the great benefit of turbine propulsion.Unfortunately also demonstrated the even greater benefit of not building ships that embarrassingly break in half and sink.#FailureFriday
       
 (DIR) Post #AmC0OZ8YRSA6AqA1z6 by Floppy@mastodon.me.uk
       2024-09-20T10:58:34Z
       
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       @DreadShips are you telling me... the front fell off? That's not very typical.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3m5qxZm_JqM
       
 (DIR) Post #AmC0OZthc9sMX4DgTQ by DreadShips@mastodon.me.uk
       2024-09-20T10:59:05Z
       
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       The Royal Navy's introduction to steam turbines was literally a rocky one. HMS Viper was lost just a few weeks before, having demonstrated the new technology's potential to allow warships to crash into geology at hitherto unimaginable speeds...