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The following is supposedly the transcript of an ACTUAL radio
conversation in October 1995, between a US Navy ship and The British
authorities, near the coast off England. The transcript was released by
the MoD on 10/10/95.

BRITISH : Please divert your course 15 degrees to the South, to avoid
collision.

U.S.NAVY : Recommend you divert YOUR course 15 degrees to the North, to
avoid collision.

BRITISH : Negative. You will have to divert your course 15 degrees to
the South to avoid collision.

U.S.NAVY : This is the Captain of US Navy ship. I say again, divert YOUR
course.

BRITISH : Negative. I say again. You will have to divert your course.

U.S.NAVY : THIS IS THE AIRCRAFT CARRIER USS LINCOLN. THE SECOND LARGEST SHIP IN THE UNITED STATES' ATLANTIC FLEET.
WE ARE ACCOMPANIED BY THREE DESTROYERS, THREE CRUISERS AND NUMEROUS SUPPORT VESSELS.
I DEMAND THAT YOU CHANGE YOUR COURSE 15 DEGREES NORTH. THAT'S 15 DEGREES NORTH, OR COUNTER MEASURES WILL BE UNDERTAKEN TO ENSURE THE SAFETY OF THIS SHIP.

BRITISH : We are a lighthouse. So F**K off

Cheers fer the warning. I was eating a bit of Melon at the time.

Go on Howard (or anyone) ..... dare you to post this up on the AF1 forum .....

I think that this sia variant of the US navy and canadian coast guard

the USN have always denied it happened - the canucks allegedly published it :)