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- Sat Jun 24, 2023 1:14 am
- Forum: The Age of Sail (1571-1860)
- Topic: Cabins in a First Rate
- Replies: 29
- Views: 3046
Re: Cabins in a First Rate
The skylight would be handy for passing quick info to the skipper, especially if it was propped open.
- Fri Jun 23, 2023 8:58 pm
- Forum: The Age of Sail (1571-1860)
- Topic: Cabins in a First Rate
- Replies: 29
- Views: 3046
Re: Cabins in a First Rate
"Iffn' the flippin' Admiral wants a flippin' skylight he'll get a flippin' skylight." RHIP.
- Fri Jun 23, 2023 1:54 pm
- Forum: Off Topic
- Topic: Titanic tourist submersible goes missing with search under way
- Replies: 34
- Views: 24287
- Thu Jun 22, 2023 9:59 pm
- Forum: Naval Technology
- Topic: Radio Finger Printing (RFP)
- Replies: 7
- Views: 2779
- Thu Jun 22, 2023 5:18 am
- Forum: Off Topic
- Topic: Titanic tourist submersible goes missing with search under way
- Replies: 34
- Views: 24287
Re: Titanic tourist submersible goes missing with search under way
Concur with all your above. B/Z
- Wed Jun 21, 2023 8:28 pm
- Forum: Off Topic
- Topic: Titanic tourist submersible goes missing with search under way
- Replies: 34
- Views: 24287
Re: Titanic tourist submersible goes missing with search under way
Retired USN here. Banging vigorously when you don't know if someone is actively listening would use up O2 quicker. Would NOT recommend.
- Wed Jun 21, 2023 11:13 am
- Forum: Warship Photos
- Topic: Please help identify this ship
- Replies: 5
- Views: 7751
Re: Please help identify this ship
Have you posted over at axishistory.com?
- Tue Jun 13, 2023 4:08 pm
- Forum: Naval History (1922-1945)
- Topic: Pom-Pom guns carried by HMS Durban
- Replies: 9
- Views: 5452
Re: Pom-Pom guns carried by HMS Durban
Yeah, 67 years of studying wwii have given me no clues. Better late than never, so lay on McDuff.Steve Crandell wrote: ↑Tue Jun 13, 2023 3:39 pm Somebody tell an ignorant Yank what "pom" means, please.
- Tue Jun 13, 2023 11:23 am
- Forum: The Ironclad & Pre-dreadnought Era (1860-1905)
- Topic: Chaser Gun on Paddle Steamer
- Replies: 16
- Views: 2157
Re: Chaser Gun on Paddle Steamer
I once saw a comment, source in the dust bin of the past (sorry), that said "you can always tell who keeps their powder dry"*, referring to some nasty sparks coming from a ship that appeared ready to light their own sails on fire during gunnery practice. Would have been "interesting&q...
- Tue Jun 13, 2023 11:16 am
- Forum: Naval History (1922-1945)
- Topic: Pom-Pom guns carried by HMS Durban
- Replies: 9
- Views: 5452
Re: Pom-Pom guns carried by HMS Durban
Mystery resolved.Fatboy Coxy wrote: ↑Tue Jun 13, 2023 7:45 amNo, just ask any Australian, its the "Poms" who fire the guns.
- Tue Jun 13, 2023 11:16 am
- Forum: The Age of Sail (1571-1860)
- Topic: Uses of Capstan
- Replies: 21
- Views: 2720
Re: Uses of Capstan
Buy two and send me one, please.
- Tue Jun 13, 2023 2:34 am
- Forum: Naval History (1922-1945)
- Topic: Pom-Pom guns carried by HMS Durban
- Replies: 9
- Views: 5452
Re: Pom-Pom guns carried by HMS Durban
Do pom-pom guns fire Poms?
- Tue Jun 13, 2023 2:33 am
- Forum: The Age of Sail (1571-1860)
- Topic: Uses of Capstan
- Replies: 21
- Views: 2720
Re: Uses of Capstan
By the time I found that one I was in the Straits of Magellan for the second time. Still a fun read with lots of forehead smacks. Uffff, rough waters! Did you cross the Strait or the Drake Passage? We went through, I'm not a navigator so I just enjoyed the view. There's one point where a mountain s...
- Tue Jun 13, 2023 1:44 am
- Forum: The Age of Sail (1571-1860)
- Topic: Uses of Capstan
- Replies: 21
- Views: 2720
Re: Uses of Capstan
For a small town boy in Indiana Hornblower was a bit of a challenge, but I plunged through all those nautical crises he managed. Nearly wore out two librarians chasing information not available in a library serving a town of ~7,000 Hoosier hicks. I think there was a companion volume, explaining som...
- Tue Jun 13, 2023 1:26 am
- Forum: The Ironclad & Pre-dreadnought Era (1860-1905)
- Topic: Chaser Gun on Paddle Steamer
- Replies: 16
- Views: 2157
Re: Chaser Gun on Paddle Steamer
Thanks for all the answers, guys. See, that's the trouble with a model, you never really know if it's a true definition or not. The striking of forward rails makes sense to me, but blimey! They had to reposition standing rigging for it to fire? That must of been fun. How do you even change the posi...