Ahoy!

[MACTANK]

This is the transcription of the ACTUAL radio conversation between the
British and the Irish off the coast of Kerry, Ireland October 1998.
Radio conversation released by the Chief of Naval Operations 10-10-98.

IRISH: Please divert your course 15 degrees to the South to avoid a
collision.
BRITISH: Recommend you divert your course 15 degrees to the North to
avoid a collision.
IRISH: Negative. You will have to divert your course 15 degrees to the
South to avoid a collision.
BRITISH: This is the Captain of a British Navy Ship. I say again,
divert YOUR course.
IRISH: Negative. I say again, you will have to divert YOUR course.
BRITISH: THIS IS THE AIRCRAFT CARRIER HMS BRITIANNIA! ! THE SECOND
LARGEST SHIP IN THE BRITISH ATLA NTIC FLEET. WE ARE ACCOMPANIED BY THREE
DESTROYERS, THREE CRUISERS AND NUMEROUS SUPPORT VESSELS. DEMAND YOU
CHANGE YOUR COURSE
15 DEGREES NORTH. I SAY AGAIN, THAT IS 15 DEGREES NORTH OR
COUNTERMEASURES WILL
BE UNDERTAKEN TO ENSURE THE SAFETY OF THIS SHIP.
IRISH: We are a lighthouse ....... Your Call.

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