HMS Victory

[plan_D]

Have you heard about H.M.S Illustrious getting scrapped (decommissioned)? I think it's Illustrious, it might be Invincible.

 

[cheddar cheese]

Its Invincible...

 

[the lancaster kicks ass]

yes i'd heard about that, she sailed into portsmouth for the last time today...........

and the half scale Victory was built by a charity that every few years build something solely to be burned to raise money for chairity, they've burned the houses of parliament and re-enacted the fire of london..........

and i really don't know what to say in reply to your comments about the stay at hers afterwards

 

[trackend]

Little add on guys

HMS WARRIOR 1860

Britain's first Iron clad
and a major advance in naval vessel design

Overall Length: 418 feet (128 metres)
Length Inside: 380 feet (116 metres)
Beam (Width): 58 feet (18 metres)
Completed Weight: 9,210 tons
Draught: 26 feet (8 metres)
Normal Maximum Speed: 13 knots under sail
14.5 knots under steam
Main Armament: 26 muzzle-loading 68 pounders (31 kgs)
10 breech-loading 110 pounders (50 kgs)
Cost including guns and coal: £390,000
Crew: 42 officers
3 warrant officers
455 seaman and boys
3 Royal Marine officers
6 Royal Marine NCOs
118 Royal Marine artillerymen
2 chief engineers
10 engineers
66 stokers and trimmers

Total complement: 705 men

The hull was unique having vertical and horizontal teak planking with amour plating inside the basic iron hull this was tested using the most powerful weapons of the day at point blank and proved totally impermeable.
This made all vessel of its time obsolete at a stroke in a simler way to the introduction of the all big gun Dreadnought in the 1900's more info can be found here
http://www.hmswarrior.org/index.html

 

[evangilder]

Hey, now we finally know what you look like. For a while you were like Wilson from Home Improvement. All we had seen was your coffee cup shot.

 

[trackend]

Listen Eric with a mooee like mine its easy to damage a whole web site one smile and blam total information overload

 

[evangilder]

I'll tell ya, Lee, nothing could have been scarier than CC in a leotard!

 

[trackend]

God im glad I aint seen that Eric .

 

[evangilder]

Yep, truly frightening! I had to cover my sons eyes.

 

[cheddar cheese]

Perhaps we need a little reminding of those pics?

 

[trackend]

I didnt know you where that evil CC, a hex upon you

 

[Medvedya]

I'm still in post-traumatic stress counseling over it.....

 

[cheddar cheese]

Ooooo CC what a nasty idea you just had...

 

[Medvedya]

MY EYES!!! MY BEAUTIFUL EYES!!!! AGHHHH!!! NOOOO!!!!

 

[Nonskimmer]

Those are truly outstanding shots, Lee! ( If I may call you Lee, tracks. Wouldn't wanna be presumptuous, eh? )
That's a great ship! And y'know? You're not half as butt ugly as I'd imagined.





(Joking, m8! )

 

[trackend]

Well thats very kind of you Skim how ugly did you imagine me too be then it must have been a pretty frighting nightmare
Ive been called just about every name in the book so Lee is fine Skim I think its better than bleeding trackend
(what on earth made me pick such a prattish handle).
When I used to caddie for the local golf club all the US players didnt know what to call me because my last name is Miles
so I was called Miles, Lee or even my middle name Brandon.
CC you are one sick individual nice legs though .
Like a transvestite Bill Murrey in Caddie Shack

 

[plan_D]

Yeah, you aren't that bad, Lee.

Nice pictures, by the way. That Iron Clad looks much more capable than the first U.S ones.

 

[HealzDevo]

Yes interesting the early vessel design. Now all ve need is for somevne to go nd photograph the Mary Rose if vey can. Vould be very interesting, vouldn't it?

 

[trackend]

Very hard to photograph as the ship is kept in twilight and it is in a constant cloud of waxed water as part of the preserving process and no flash is allowed

 

[lesofprimus]

Guys, there is a great pic of Lee in the Mugshots Gallery....

And for the record, after seeing u posing for pictures, pointing ur finger like Patton, I have to wonder:

"Is his wife taking the picture and FORCING him to pose???"