ARmy Rumour SErvice

**Mark The Convict** · 09-12-2011, 01:50

Originally Posted by Mr_Fingerz

I suppose that the MoD has looked in-depth at the Australian experience of sending women to sea in subs.

It's academic. On the occasions that a boat actually has a full crew - often augmented by RN/USN staff on exchange postings - the boat usually isn't fit to sail.

**littlejim** · 09-12-2011, 02:04

I bet you lot had the outrage stagecoach all whipped up when Florence Nightingale showed her skirt at a military hospital. Though I have to admit the idea of female sailors has its drawbacks. I happened to see a Brit documentary on TV the other night about an RN frigate on ops in the Caribbean and one of the principal characters was a rating supposedly classified as a female.

Let's just say that I'd walk from Humpty Doo to Alice Springs rather than be locked inside anything with that particular specimen of UK womanhood -- God, it was tubby, tattoed and terrifying.

Though what's really terrifying at my age is watching a blonde school girl coming ashore from a Collins class with officer's insignia on her shoulders. Stand a watch! Some of them -- male and female -- don't look as if they should be driving a car yet.

Still, women have been serving aboard Australian submarines for thirteen years now and somehow the service is still afloat and functioning.

PS: per above post. I don't think the Navy would draft female officers into subs unless they had sufficient sea going experience to do their jobs. Perhaps Mark knows better, but I doubt it. Anyway it's not surprising that the Royal Navy is short of submarine crews if they're sending them down under en masse to crew our subs as well. No wonder they call this a rumour reporting site!

**ringdoby** · 09-12-2011, 04:30

Originally Posted by Westpoint

You are a bullshitter.

It is not a "known" scientific fact as you allege.

What is definitely a "known scientific fact", is that you are a dull humourless cunt with all the personality of a 3 week old dog turd. I read it on the internets.

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**Westpoint** · 09-12-2011, 08:01

Originally Posted by ringdoby

What is definitely a "known scientific fact", is that you are a dull humourless cunt with all the personality of a 3 week old dog turd. I read it on the internets.

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Who rattled your chain?

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