Queen Elizabeth Class Aircraft Carriers - News and Discussion

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OevetS
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RIP Mike, sad that you will not be around to see the QEC's on the high seas.

BTW you can read all the OLD MP forum threads including the QEC's with pictures here https://www.dropbox.com/sh/g1hiw9z62w7g ... O4D3a?dl=0

Let me know if anyone is havin problems accessing

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Sunset and evening star
And one clear call for me!
And may there be no moaning of the bar,
When I put out to sea,

But such a tide as moving seems asleep,
Too full for sound and foam,
When that which drew from out the boundless deep
Turns again home.

Twilight and evening bell,
And after that the dark!
And may there be no sadness of farewell,
When I embark;

For though from out our bourne of Time and Place
The flood may bear me far,
I hope to see my Pilot face to face
When I have crossed the bar.

RIP Mike

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I had to go away for a few days and came back to the sad news of Desertswo's death, I'm absolutely gutted! My best wishes and condolences go out to his family :(

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Gutted to hear the news about Mike!
I don't post, but always enjoyed reading his perspective of things. My thoughts are with his friends and family at this time...

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RIP, will be sadly missed in the land down under

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Where once the waters of your face
Spun to my screws, your dry ghost blows,
The dead turns up its eye;
Where once the mermen through your ice
Pushed up their hair, the dry wind steers
Through salt and root and roe.

Where once your green knots sank their splice
Into the tided cord, there goes
The green unraveller,
His scissors oiled, his knife hung loose
To cut the channels at their source
And lay the wet fruits low.

Invisible, your clocking tides
Break on the lovebeds of the weeds;
The weed of love’s left dry;
There round about your stones the shades
Of children go who, from their voids,
Cry to the dolphined sea.

Dry as a tomb, your coloured lids
Shall not be latched while magic glides
Sage on the earth and sky;
There shall be corals in your beds,
There shall be serpents in your tides,
Till all our sea-faiths die.

God speed Mike

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Such sad news. I always enjoyed Mike's posts,he really knew what he was talking about. You could tell he liked us lot over on this side of the pond as well. Shame he didn't get to see the two ships out at sea. RIP

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Long time lurker and have never posted, but very sad to hear this news. I have always found Mike to be an incredibly interesting and informative poster, both here and at mp.net. The inspiration from some of his stories contributed to my desire to join the RN, and I'm now going through the recruitment process. RIP. This post will be a one off probably but I think the occasion warrants it.

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Wow that's such sad news about Mike/desertswo. As a civvy I found his posts incredibly informative & enjoyed his humour. My sympathies to his family.

RIP Mike

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I wish Fair Winds and a Following sea for Mike, wherever he's gone. Rest In Peace, Skipper.

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I informed some of the old hands over on themess and they wished to express their condolences as well. They send their thoughts and best wishes.

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So sad to hear the news about Mike. His posts were always amongst the ones I looked out for most.

My condolences to his family and of course fair winds and godspeed to Mike.

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arfah wrote:
cockneyjock1974 wrote:Guys have some very bad news. Mike Eagan (desertswo) passed away last night. He died in his sleep.

Thoughts are with his family.
He was a salty old sea dog with a lot of experience.

I will miss his anecdotes.

Fair winds and following seas, Mike.
BZ

Rest in peace
Well said. He seemed very knowledgeable and contributed much to this sight. My condolences to his family.

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Sorry to hear that, like most on here I enjoyed reading about his 'exploits' whilst serving in the USN and PM'd him during the turbulent times when he wanted to leave the forum, I expressed my sadness should he do that...thankfully it was for only a short time. He talked about a lot of the Carriers and aircraft that I had grown up with as a lad bereft of any UK equivalent (Ark IV had sadly been scrapped) so my shelves were full of models of USN aircraft and carriers. RIP Mike, condolences to your family and friends.

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Very sad to hear of Mike's passing. He had some fantastic anecdotes and was a formidable contributor, not to mention his lifetime of service at sea.

Rest in Peace, Mike.
It is upon the Navy under the good Providence of God that the safety, honour and welfare of this realm do chiefly depend

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Hi HS glad your okay, take it your not in Afghanistan anymore?

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Post by QEC Eye in the SKY »

Bon Voyage Mike, may you now enjoy the endless oceans of eternity.


RIP to our fellow contributor, who's brilliant and informative, yet equally well humoured posts, will now be sorely missed!

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Such sad news about Mikes passing, may he Rest in piece, such an informed character, will miss him passing on his knowledge, condolences to all his loved ones.

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SKB wrote:I've accidently found our original mp.net 'Queen Elizabeth Class Aircraft Carriers - News and Discussion' thread archived on a Finnish site with the following link. Although many of the photos and videos are missing, all the text is still there. http://www.hollilla.com/reader.php?acti ... ad=2982425
;)
Nice find, it will be entertaining to read through especially the pages around the changes from B to C and back again were announced!

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cockneyjock1974 wrote:Guys have some very bad news. Mike Eagan (desertswo) passed away last night. He died in his sleep.

Thoughts are with his family.
Be at peace Mike. Your anecdotes and knowledge added great richness to this thread and its esteemed predecessor. Thank you.

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After reading all the nonsense this morning on the Russia Stronk fantasy ultra-mega-super torpedo mk6 it did make me think about two things.

1- Many people on the net really have no understanding of mechanical engineering, that thing would need warp core levels of energy density to meet even half of its claims.

and 2-

Will the CVF itself carry any hard or soft kill torpedo defences or will it be entirely dependant on it's escort 'fleet'?

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WhiteWhale wrote: Will the CVF itself carry any hard or soft kill torpedo defences or will it be entirely dependant on it's escort 'fleet'?

I remember CGIs showing a Sea Sentor decoy outfit, with the decoy launchers located on the 30mm gun sponsons on the stern. Hopefully it hasn't been dropped to save money.

Hard Kill anti-torpedo defenses might or might not have appeared in the Royal Navy, but if they have, it's only on the submarines, for now. The Torbuster torpedo-interceptor was under consideration for Astute, but have no idea if it was purchased in the end.
You might also know me as Liger30, from that great forum than MP.net was.

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Rest in peace sir.

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Terrible news, indeed.
Mike could provide you with the information you asked of him, but had a pleasant way of wrapping it up with a lot of context, that made the information far more "explained". An energetic teacher who we all learned something from.

Rest peacefully Mike. Thank you for spending time with us all.

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