{"id":28234,"date":"2014-10-13T10:31:49","date_gmt":"2014-10-13T14:31:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/?p=28234"},"modified":"2022-09-05T17:25:02","modified_gmt":"2022-09-05T21:25:02","slug":"the-royal-navys-weirdest-ship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/2014\/10\/13\/the-royal-navys-weirdest-ship\/","title":{"rendered":"The Royal Navy’s “weirdest” ship"},"content":{"rendered":"

David Axe<\/a> on what he describes as the weirdest ship in the Royal Navy:<\/p>\n

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Royal Fleet Auxiliary vessel RFA Argus<\/em> pictured supporting Operation Herrick in Afghanistan (via Wikipedia<\/em>)<\/p><\/div>\n

The British Royal Navy is deploying the auxiliary ship RFA Argus<\/em> to Sierra Leone in West Africa in order to help health officials contain the deadly Ebola virus.<\/p>\n

If you\u2019ve never heard of Argus<\/em>, you\u2019re not alone. She\u2019s an odd, obscure vessel \u2014 an ungainly combination of helicopter carrier, hospital ship and training platform.<\/p>\n

But you\u2019ve probably seen Argus<\/em>, even if you didn\u2019t realize it. The 33-year-old vessel played a major role in the 2013 zombie movie World War Z<\/em>, as the floating headquarters of the U.N. <\/p>\n

[…]<\/p>\n

The 575-foot-long Argus<\/em> launched in 1981 as a civilian container ship. In 1982, the Royal Navy chartered the vessel to support the Falklands War \u2026 and subsequently bought her to function as an aviation training ship, launching and landing helicopters.<\/p>\n

Argus<\/em>\u2019 long flight deck features an odd, interrupted layout, with a structure \u2014 including the exhaust stack \u2014 rising out of the deck near the stern.<\/p>\n

Weirdly, the deck\u2019s imperfect arrangement is actually an asset in the training role. Student aviators on Argus<\/em> must get comfortable landing in close proximity to obstacles, which helps prepare them for flying from the comparatively tiny decks of frigates and other smaller ships.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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RFA Argus<\/em> photographed off the coast at Devonport (via Wikipedia<\/em>)<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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