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From Freeman Billy Milligan
This is just a short note to pass on my thanks for organising the HMS Vigilant tour. After we were picked up from the gate house by none other than Commander Mark Lister, Commanding officer of HMS Vigilant, we toured HMS Portland (a Type 23 frigate). On Portland we toured the entire ship but the highlights included the bridge, OPs room, Sea-Wolf cell and re-fitted towed sonar.
After a hearty lunch, we were taken to the shiplift where we were greeted by the sight of a 16200t nuclear submarine sitting out the water. Utterly awesome! We then spent around two hours inside the submarine getting to see the ward room, captain’s quarters, torpedo room, weapons room (where we got to press “the” trigger) and galley however; by far the most impressive sights within the submarine were the nuclear missile silo and the nuclear reactor. I have to add that on a par with the hardware displayed was the professionalism shown by all the crew members we met with.
Dinner, and a few libations, were held in the officers mess at Faslane where we were presented with a Vigilant coin, see attached photo, and a framed photo of HMS Vigilant firing a Trident nuclear missile in their recent Demonstration and Shakedown Operation which I’ll hand over to you the next time I’m down.
A truly fantastic day out.
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Following my email last week about the Planck constant and Lego. Jim Buckland wrote to me:-
I note your message regarding the letter in The Times from Terry Quinn which was written by him in response to an article on January 7th. This article contained many significant errors and I wrote to the Editor (not for publication) a copy of which is attached. I also attach a copy of the contentious article in case you missed it. It is difficult to comprehend an increase in mass as they say when the prototype is kept in vacuum and has only been disturbed 3 times in its history for comparison measurements with copies.. The history of these show a gradual decline of miniscule quantity over the hundred or so years which is suspected to be atomic surface loss and this is plotted somewhere. I will try and find it. It may be available from BIPM. In any case the problem will go away when the Watt Balance, the Avogadro project , with Planks Constant is completed.
Regards,
Jim Buckland
Dear Sir,
I have read with interest the leading article and the piece on page 15 of The Times on... |
05 Jan 2013
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Livery Cutters 2013 Programme
Sunday 31st March Oxbridge Watermen’s Challenge
Start Hammersmith Bridge 15:30
The rest of the programme can be found by going to Events and then Livery Cutters.
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