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Offline Del the cat

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Del's Name That Ship Quiz ;)
« on: October 10, 2016, 03:14:10 am »
Here's another pic from my trip down South... no prizes for the answer.
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Offline willie

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« Reply #1 on: October 10, 2016, 06:29:25 am »
HMS Guerriere ?
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« Reply #2 on: October 10, 2016, 09:25:23 am »
HMS Pinafore?
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Offline Buffalogobbler

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« Reply #3 on: October 10, 2016, 09:49:15 am »
I'll take a stab at it, Hmm.... let's see.... HMS Victory?

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« Reply #4 on: October 10, 2016, 09:51:58 am »
So did they really repaint it pink?
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Re: Del's Name That Ship Quiz ;)
« Reply #5 on: October 10, 2016, 10:36:55 am »
I was a bit annoyed with the colour, it should be yellow ochre, but it was a bit pink  >:(
Didn't look right at all.
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Offline Parnell

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« Reply #6 on: October 10, 2016, 10:55:38 am »
That is Nelson's ship from Trafalgar, I assume?  Cool photo, Del.
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« Reply #7 on: October 10, 2016, 11:03:11 am »
It sure is small.  :o
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Offline jaxenro

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Re: Del's Name That Ship Quiz ;)
« Reply #8 on: October 10, 2016, 11:41:41 am »
Quote from: Del the cat on October 10, 2016, 10:36:55 am
I was a bit annoyed with the colour, it should be yellow ochre, but it was a bit pink  >:(
Didn't look right at all.
Del

I had remembered reading about that. I think they dug through 80 or more layers of paint and picked one they thought was right. Of course 200years of aging should have been taken into account
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Re: Del's Name That Ship Quiz ;)
« Reply #9 on: October 10, 2016, 12:03:57 pm »
Quote from: Parnell on October 10, 2016, 10:55:38 am
That is Nelson's ship from Trafalgar, I assume?  Cool photo, Del.
Yup, that's the fellah!
Here's another pic... look at the size of those anchors!!!  :o
And I've added a pic of the bow... not that sort of bow... the bow... oh for pities sake... the pointy end, just look at the pic.
I lived down near Portsmouth in my teens and I've been on Victory more times than Nelson ::)
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Offline Urufu_Shinjiro

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« Reply #10 on: October 10, 2016, 12:44:27 pm »
Wow, now that's a ship!
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Offline JW_Halverson

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« Reply #11 on: October 10, 2016, 02:48:29 pm »
Now that is a first rate ship of the line!  Throwing 1146 pounds of iron to the broadside, she was a beast. Double that, if they had targets to either side!   

Basically, she was three floors of gundecks.  Men were mere second considerations and slung their hammocks between guns, sometimes allowing 18 inches of space per man.  Midshipmen were literally just children in their early teens and commanded gun crews of adult men where they held near absolute authority.  "Squeekers" were children as young as 10 years of age and pulled duty as "powder monkeys" carrying heavy muslin bags of gunpowder from the powder room to their gun crews.  Wrapping their arms and often jackets around heavy bags of volatile black powder weighing several pounds and clutching them to their chests, they ran up and down the gangways from the powder room to their gun crews praying a stray spark didn't find it's way....
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Re: Del's Name That Ship Quiz ;)
« Reply #12 on: October 10, 2016, 03:14:28 pm »
The battle of Trafalgar was a supreme triumph of the master tactician and sailor Nelson.
We do like to be outnumbered by the French before a battle... gives 'em a sporting chance before we trounce 'em.
Mind we weren't quite so clever with the Mary Rose....  ::)
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Offline jaxenro

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« Reply #13 on: October 10, 2016, 03:31:00 pm »
But if you didn't have the Mary Rose you wouldn't have had the Victory

What's interesting too is the length of time she was in service. Trafalger was 40 years after her launch
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« Reply #14 on: October 10, 2016, 04:38:05 pm »
Quote from: jaxenro on October 10, 2016, 03:31:00 pm
But if you didn't have the Mary Rose you wouldn't have had the Victory

What's interesting too is the length of time she was in service. Trafalger was 40 years after her launch

And she served as the flagship of a number of Admirals of the list. Her history was quite admirable (pun intended) and was considered a "lucky ship" by many that sailed her.
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