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Post by lordroel on Jun 16, 2021 14:03:47 GMT
Hull Form Design - Doing better than a floating brick - naval history - 131
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Post by lordroel on Jun 19, 2021 11:21:34 GMT
HMS Sovereign of the Seas - naval history - 132
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Post by stevep on Jun 19, 2021 12:47:42 GMT
HMS Sovereign of the Seas - naval history - 132
I had heard of her but hadn't realised how significant she was both politically in terms of her cost helping trigger the civil war - although Charles's stupidity and arrogance would very likely have brought that about sooner or later, and that her sheer size and strength of construction brought her and the navy such success for so long. Thanks.
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Post by lordroel on Jun 23, 2021 13:58:57 GMT
Vasa - Sinking, Wreck and Salvage (Part 2) - naval history - 133
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Post by lordroel on Jun 26, 2021 11:09:07 GMT
SS Great Eastern - naval history - 134
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Post by stevep on Jun 26, 2021 13:30:57 GMT
SS Great Eastern - naval history - 134
Well that was an over-built ship if there ever was one but it seemed to serve her well in terms of the problems she overcome. Bloody huge for the time period and even without the canal being opened she would probably have become fairly obsolete as newer ships with more reliable engines became available.
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Post by lordroel on Jun 26, 2021 13:34:47 GMT
SS Great Eastern - naval history - 134 Well that was an over-built ship if there ever was one but it seemed to serve her well in terms of the problems she overcome. Bloody huge for the time period and even without the canal being opened she would probably have become fairly obsolete as newer ships with more reliable engines became available. Interesting tit-bit about the Anfield flagpole. Sad she ended up as a giant billboard:  |
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Post by lordroel on Jun 30, 2021 13:57:47 GMT
USS Texas - 107 years old and time for some R&R! - naval history - 135
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Post by lordroel on Jul 3, 2021 11:23:33 GMT
I-400 - naval history - 136
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Post by stevep on Jul 4, 2021 10:27:20 GMT
I-400 - naval history - 136
Love Drach's description of the history of ranged warfare at the start.  |
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Post by lordroel on Jul 4, 2021 10:33:10 GMT
I-400 - naval history - 136 Love Drach's description of the history of ranged warfare at the start. Would watch a entire episode about the history of the far trowing rock if he presented it. |
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Post by stevep on Jul 4, 2021 10:36:20 GMT
Love Drach's description of the history of ranged warfare at the start. Would watch a entire episode about the history of the far trowing rock if he presented it.
Well he's done video's on early canon among other subjects so you never know. |
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Post by lordroel on Jul 7, 2021 14:12:18 GMT
Guadalcanal Campaign - Operation Ke & Rennell Island, The Finale: (IJN 6(?) : 5 USN) - naval history - 137
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Post by lordroel on Jul 10, 2021 11:58:37 GMT
W&Z class - naval history - 138
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Post by lordroel on Jul 14, 2021 13:30:55 GMT
Battle of Dover Strait (1917) - Evans of Broke (or Peck of the Swift) - naval history - 139
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