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21-Nov-09, 13:35
The following is the transcript of an actual radio conversation in October 1995 between a US Navy ship and the British authorities off the Scottish North coast. The transcript was released by the MoD …..
BRITISH: Please divert your course 15 degrees to the South to avoid a collision
US NAVY: Recommend you divert YOUR course 15 degrees to the North to avoid a collision
BRITISH: Negative. You will have to divert your course 15 degrees to the South to avoid collision
US NAVY: This is the Captain, I say again, divert YOUR course
BRITISH: I repeat, negative, divert your course
US NAVY: This is the Captain of 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 our convoy
BRITISH: We are a lighthouse – F off
BRITISH: Please divert your course 15 degrees to the South to avoid a collision
US NAVY: Recommend you divert YOUR course 15 degrees to the North to avoid a collision
BRITISH: Negative. You will have to divert your course 15 degrees to the South to avoid collision
US NAVY: This is the Captain, I say again, divert YOUR course
BRITISH: I repeat, negative, divert your course
US NAVY: This is the Captain of 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 our convoy
BRITISH: We are a lighthouse – F off