Ship porn
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farmerbarleymow
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Remember reading about that coming to Hartlepool at the time. I'd left the area well before the restoration was completed though.
StoneRoad
heckling from the back!
I also remember HMS Warrior being restored, before it went to the South Coast.
I was one of about 30 ROC personnel that had a 'behind the scenes' conducted tour one Monday evening.
Most interesting ...
Must see if I can find the photographs that were taken that night ...
I was one of about 30 ROC personnel that had a 'behind the scenes' conducted tour one Monday evening.
Most interesting ...
Must see if I can find the photographs that were taken that night ...
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Books, not bombs
Hopefully, something not previously posted and something completely different, the SS Richard Montgomery, which has the potential to destroy London, possibly?
en.wikipedia.org
file:///C:/Users/rmcar/AppData/Local/Temp/SS_Richard_Montgomery-1.pdf
SS Richard Montgomery - Wikipedia
StoneRoad
heckling from the back!
That wreck worries me, a lot !
I know that it is checked regularly.
Despite most of the munitions having been removed, there is still enough left to make a big bang, and the stuff must be steadily deteriorating ...
Fun question ?
If it goes bang & makes a big wave that heads up the Thames, how quickly can they raise the Barrier ?
It will also make a right mess in other directions ...
I know that it is checked regularly.
Despite most of the munitions having been removed, there is still enough left to make a big bang, and the stuff must be steadily deteriorating ...
Fun question ?
If it goes bang & makes a big wave that heads up the Thames, how quickly can they raise the Barrier ?
It will also make a right mess in other directions ...
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Books, not bombs
A. Not quickly enough. As for deteriorating, I gather there is a lot of TNT on board which is preserved/enhanced by salt water?
Was this the reason Johnson's island got dropped very quickly.
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Wow, that’s something you don’t see every day
StoneRoad
heckling from the back!
A lot ..
If that's an 84-gun ship, with 32 pdrs on the bottom gun deck, 24 on the middle and 18 on the upper
then if all of 'em fire, then 1026 lbs of cannon balls are heading to the enemy ...
At close quarters, that would be devastating. Even worse if delivered through the stern windows as a raking fire.
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Based only on Patric O’Brian and Forestor… they didn’t sink that often, either burnt/exploded, boarded or surrender seeming to end engagements. The bulls were thick hardwood and the canon balls non explosive. The water probably gave done protection. You probably would have got relatively small holes in shallow ish water so the pumps could keep up. I’m not an expert in fighting sail tactics.
It must have been absolutely terrifying.
Bahnhof Strasse
Met up with Hannah Courtoy a week next Tuesday
They were made out of wood and wood floats, duh!
existentialist
Tired and unemotional
Are you familiar with the fate of the Mary Rose?
They made it into a sauce.Are you familiar with the fate of the Mary Rose?
Bahnhof Strasse
Met up with Hannah Courtoy a week next Tuesday
Are you familiar with the fate of the Mary Rose?
Faked for Blue Peter, like the hibernating hedgehogs.
farmerbarleymow
I'm Petee's spirit animal
Some types of wood are denser than water.
Top Ten Heaviest Woods | The Wood Database
www.wood-database.com
StoneRoad
heckling from the back!
My reading of PO'B and others indicates the usual tactic was to wreck the rigging, then board to capture but sometimes guns were firing at the hull opposite from very close range - a few feet ...
The hulls were thick timbers. The splinter risk meant that RN sailors preferred Oak, Teak splinters were on the toxic side ...
I think it is the much later HMS Warrior that has double diagonal oak beams 12" square between Iron hulls.
The hulls were thick timbers. The splinter risk meant that RN sailors preferred Oak, Teak splinters were on the toxic side ...
I think it is the much later HMS Warrior that has double diagonal oak beams 12" square between Iron hulls.
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Exactly. The whole objective was to capture enemy ships, and not sink them. Captains and crews were paid a "prize" for capturing a ship - this, after all, saved the Royal Navy from building a ship from scratch itself.
I had (and made) the Airfix kit
HMS Ark Royal
