By Jingo! Another Jubilee!

[Jacob]

A couple of British videos from the youtube:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=_cWz9MrHskk

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=YzqfYV-6olc

[CountDeMoney]

Why you Canadians fall for that shit is beyond me.  The English hate you.

[Jacob]

Why you Canadians fall for that shit is beyond me.  The English hate you.

Almost no one in Canada care about the Jubilee; excepting BarristerBoy and his ilk

I like the BBC though, and Rule Britannia is pretty rousing.

[CountDeMoney]

Almost no one in Canada care about the Jubilee; excepting BarristerBoy and his ilk

Mobtown has a big celebration week this month for the War of 1812--It's a Sailabration!  Dazzling Urbanite herd muggings sold separately.

Here's the link, listing all the ships visiting:
http://www.starspangled200.com/

With the HMCS Monkton, Iroquois, Ville de Quebec and Goose Bay in town, 89% of the Canadian Navy will be here.*

Brits are only sending the Argus.  What an insult. Not even a real combat ship.  Oh wait, the RN doesn't have any anymore.  Kudos to the Krauts, Danes and the Norwegians for sending real ships.










*Which is pretty fucking pathetic.  No wonder Neil wishes he were born in America.

[Ed Anger]

I still giggle when I'm reminded the USCGC Eagle used to be the Horst Wessel

[CountDeMoney]

I still giggle when I'm reminded the USCGC Eagle used to be the Horst Wessel

We won. It's our shit.

[Ed Anger]

I still giggle when I'm reminded the USCGC Eagle used to be the Horst Wessel

We won. It's our shit.

Damn right.

[Neil]

Why you Canadians fall for that shit is beyond me.  The English hate you.

Who cares what the English think?  She's our monarch.

[garbon]

What's wrong with a Jubilee?

[Octavian]

Almost no one in Canada care about the Jubilee; excepting BarristerBoy and his ilk

Mobtown has a big celebration week this month for the War of 1812--It's a Sailabration!  Dazzling Urbanite herd muggings sold separately.

Here's the link, listing all the ships visiting:
http://www.starspangled200.com/

With the HMCS Monkton, Iroquois, Ville de Quebec and Goose Bay in town, 89% of the Canadian Navy will be here.*

Brits are only sending the Argus.  What an insult. Not even a real combat ship.  Oh wait, the RN doesn't have any anymore.  Kudos to the Krauts, Danes and the Norwegians for sending real ships.

*Which is pretty fucking pathetic.  No wonder Neil wishes he were born in America.

It seems we are sending the Esbern Snare:



"HDMS Esbern Snare (L17) is an Absalon-class support ship, and is along with her sister ship, the HDMS Absalon, the largest combat vessel currently commissioned in the Royal Danish Navy.
The Esbern Snare is part of the first stage of a strategic realignment within the Royal Danish Navy, which is transitioning to focus on international operations, in which Absalon-class vessels will form the backbone. The ship is designed for command and support roles, with a large ro-ro deck, and is to be complemented by the Ivar Huitfeldt class frigate, a derivative of the Absalon-class designed specifically for combat operations.

The Esbern Snare was involved in the Beluga Nomination Incident, when she and the Seychelles Coast Guard patrol boat engaged in a failed rescue operation which left four or five Somali pirates and civilians dead. Later she captured a mother ship on 12 February 2011, capturing sixteen pirates and their weapons, as well as freeing two hostages held by the pirates. While patrolling on 12 May 2011 she encountered the pirated dhow NN Iran and attacked it, killing four pirates and wounding ten. Sixteen Iranian hostages were rescued and 24 pirates captured, but the dhow was in a sinking condition and had to be abandoned."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HDMS_Esbern_Snare_(L17)

[Josquius]

Ah "Rule Britannia", the "America, fuck yeah" of its day.

[Valmy]

Ah "Rule Britannia", the "America, fuck yeah" of its day.

It is pretty catchy at least.

[CountDeMoney]

They're doing the flyovers, and just knocked out the 60-gun salute.

[Valmy]

I hope they do not overdo it.  They have to have something left for her 70th.

[CountDeMoney]

I hope they do not overdo it.  They have to have something left for her 70th.

Her years on the throne are more important than her birthdays, what what.