tamthebam Posted October 25, 2020 Share Posted October 25, 2020 All I know about the SBS was that Paddy Ashdown was in it. You used to get an Action Force (remember them 80s kids?) figure that was sort of SBS and came with his own canoe. Perhaps that was Paddy in miniature. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PWL Posted October 25, 2020 Share Posted October 25, 2020 Twitter Gammons all cracking one off over the use of special forces. "Are lads is the best in the world, so they is. " 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
19QOS19 Posted October 25, 2020 Share Posted October 25, 2020 If you add two letters to SAS, jumble the letters around, take away one, add another, and it spells WANKS... I got WASPS 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bennett Posted October 26, 2020 Share Posted October 26, 2020 2 hours ago, Granny Danger said: They don’t need to jump from helicopters at night. They've got night vision goggles and they use ropes to rappel, rather than jumping out of helicopters. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dunfermline Don Posted October 26, 2020 Share Posted October 26, 2020 I worked on the world greatest ocean liner in the 90s. En route to Hamburg from Southampton for a refit the SBS raided the ship to do a practice. All the passengers has disembarked so there was only crew on. I think the Captain and ships security were aware in advance but none of the rest of the crew were. I slept through the whole thing and didn’t find out about it till the next day when I saw all these guys going round the ship with sub machine guns!They then spent the rest of the trip getting pissed in the crew bar. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derry Alli Posted October 26, 2020 Share Posted October 26, 2020 5 hours ago, 19QOS19 said: I got WASPS White Anglo Saxon protestant shopfitters? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SlipperyP Posted October 26, 2020 Share Posted October 26, 2020 (edited) 3 years ago to the month I was sailing my swanlike boat off the coast of Lopburi Zoo pond with my 5 yo son as my captains mate. We were attacked from the right flank from an unknown and unsigned vessel. Their "skipper" proceeded to talk in a foreign language at high decibel volume, something to do with "water in his boat and needs help". I didn't have my phrase book handy at that precise time of need. Therefore, peddled as fast a my wee legs to go....safe to say I can tell the story, unlike the unfortunate skipper and young child.... Question is, why did I take 4 life jackets on board while this sad c**t had zero....... Edited October 26, 2020 by SlipperyP 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Futureboy Posted October 26, 2020 Share Posted October 26, 2020 4 hours ago, Dunfermline Don said: I worked on the world greatest ocean liner in the 90s. En route to Hamburg from Southampton for a refit the SBS raided the ship to do a practice. All the passengers has disembarked so there was only crew on. I think the Captain and ships security were aware in advance but none of the rest of the crew were. I slept through the whole thing and didn’t find out about it till the next day when I saw all these guys going round the ship with sub machine guns! They then spent the rest of the trip getting pissed in the crew bar. I was working on an oil platform when they boarded and did their thing. It was impressive to say the least! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MONKMAN Posted October 26, 2020 Share Posted October 26, 2020 1 hour ago, Futureboy said: I was working on an oil platform when they boarded and did their thing. It was impressive to say the least! Guy I used to work had that happen on his old rig he worked on in the southern sector. They got onboard, photographed themselves in various locations about the rig and got into the control room, without anyone (OIM, OPS super and CRO excluded) having a clue about it. Had their breakfast and fucked off again. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
superbigal Posted October 26, 2020 Share Posted October 26, 2020 Guy I used to work had that happen on his old rig he worked on in the southern sector. They got onboard, photographed themselves in various locations about the rig and got into the control room, without anyone (OIM, OPS super and CRO excluded) having a clue about it. Had their breakfast and fucked off again. The Chef would have known hence the breakfast. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melanius Mullarkey Posted October 26, 2020 Share Posted October 26, 2020 8 hours ago, 19QOS19 said: I got WASPS Phone the cooncil. They’ll come round and sort them out with ant powder. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sherrif John Bunnell Posted October 26, 2020 Share Posted October 26, 2020 For a supposedly elite military squad, The Special Boat Service is not a very intimidating name. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheScarf Posted October 26, 2020 Share Posted October 26, 2020 I've got some oil for my car before. Could've been me. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
welshbairn Posted October 26, 2020 Share Posted October 26, 2020 Tbh this story is bit of a let down after seeing the headlines. Quote The operation was launched after Hampshire Police received reports that a "number of stowaways" were on board and had made "verbal threats towards the crew". 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MONKMAN Posted October 26, 2020 Share Posted October 26, 2020 12 hours ago, Granny Danger said: Why do they need to jump out of helicopters? Why must this be done at night? What evidence is there that the stowaways are armed? You’ve really no thought this through have you. 11 hours ago, Granny Danger said: They don’t need to jump from helicopters at night. It would appear that's exactly what they did, seems like you didn't really think this one through. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lurkst Posted October 26, 2020 Share Posted October 26, 2020 40 minutes ago, Sherrif John Bunnell said: For a supposedly elite military squad, The Special Boat Service is not a very intimidating name. Who dares swims. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Newbornbairn Posted October 26, 2020 Share Posted October 26, 2020 1) They use helicopters because it's difficult to get on a tanker from another boat if they're not helping. The sides of an unladen tanker are 50ft high vertical steel walls that are moving. They don't leave convenient ladders hanging off the side. 2) They board at night because darkness hides their approach and gives them something of an element of surprise. 3) The ship's crew reported the stowaways had become violent so they were hiding in a locked room. Reasonable to assume they'd armed themselves, if only with knives. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Hauzen Posted October 26, 2020 Share Posted October 26, 2020 Three part TV dramatisation coming to ITV in 2021. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Steele Posted October 26, 2020 Share Posted October 26, 2020 1 hour ago, Sherrif John Bunnell said: For a supposedly elite military squad, The Special Boat Service is not a very intimidating name. Special Boaty McBoat Service 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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