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wtfF0nzie: @davidconde I was going to say 'what rain' until I saw a spectacular flash of lightning and the associated downpour! Just great :)
Thu, 15 Jul 2010 22:28:40
A strange pair joined the benign baby spacecraft and cast-off coke bottles in Dublins docklands this week. The Andromède (M643) and U15 (S194) took up a temporary, tethered residence at the mouth of the Liffey. Despite their unusual lines, few seemed to notice!
Andromède
The Andromède is an squat '80s era French minesweeper. This member of the Eridan class sports a 20mm main gun and a pair of M-2 .50 cal machine guns (pictured empty) in addition to (what looks like) a pair of submersible RPVs hanging off the stern. Hobbies include meeting buoyant explosive objects and rigid grid based sonar operations.
U15
The U15 (callsign DRDI) is a 35 year old type 206a class submarine, a member of a series of vessels designed to fight in shallow seas (the projected Baltic & Med theaters). At least one of its 23 crew members has a good sense of humor (check out the plastic duck perched on top a sensor guard in the last shot!).
Related, in a sense
A few weeks prior this puppy displaced water beside the Sean O'Casey bridge.
