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07-01-2007, 07:49 PM
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| Senior Member  Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: A Swede living in Glasgow, Scotland
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|  Most beautiful ships.... I've seen that we have a "Most beautiful planes" thread, how about a most beautiful ships thread? Which lassies has the lines and curves in all the right places? Which has the power to make your jaw hit the deck, to make your speach suddenly seem nothing but jibby jabba and rappakalja?
__________________  JAN "Felicis Tredecim" "I´m going back to the front to relax" "THE BLACK CATS FLIES TONIGHT" "Find your enemy and shoot him down - everything else is unimportant!" "When you're out of F-8's... You're out of fighters!"  |
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07-01-2007, 07:59 PM
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| Warship: HMS Victory  Passenger ship: Olympic class 
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07-01-2007, 08:08 PM
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| Der Crewchief   Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Ansbach, Germany
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| Okay well for me the most beautiful ships are and in no particular order either. Bismarck and Tirpitz   USS Iowa Class  Gniesenau/Scharnhorst http://www.waffenhq.de/schiffe/scharnhorst-02.jpg King George V Class http://uboat.net/allies/warships/pho..._hms_anson.jpg
__________________  fly boy:"isnt that the first jet bomber becasue i have flown one in a flight sim before and i know how it handles"[/I] |
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07-01-2007, 08:12 PM
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| In 1920, an America's Cup race was cancelled because a wind of 23 knots was considered too dangerous for the racing yachts of the time, which were made fragile by the towering sails they carried. The fishermen of the New England and Maritime fleets considered this a disgrace and resolved to hold their own competition for men and ships who were ready and able to face the sea. The Halifax Herald newspaper donated a cup and established the rules for the contest, and in the years that followed, the International Fishermen's Trophy would become a source of considerable national pride as ships from the great fishing fleets of Gloucester, Massachusetts and Lunenburg, Nova Scotia vied for the title. From 1920 til 1938 the Bluenose from Nova Scotia never lost and now it graces the Canadian ten cent coin |
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07-01-2007, 08:15 PM
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| Der Crewchief Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Ansbach, Germany
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| That is a beautiful ship.
__________________ fly boy:"isnt that the first jet bomber becasue i have flown one in a flight sim before and i know how it handles"[/I] |
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07-01-2007, 08:16 PM
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| Bismarck and Tirpitz as well as the Iowa class battleships are on my list as well. I would also add the Essex class aircraft carriers.
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07-01-2007, 08:20 PM
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| Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: A Swede living in Glasgow, Scotland
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| I can't see enough of this footage of Yorktowns wreck.... YouTube - National Geographic: " Midway " 8 of 8
__________________ JAN "Felicis Tredecim" "I´m going back to the front to relax" "THE BLACK CATS FLIES TONIGHT" "Find your enemy and shoot him down - everything else is unimportant!" "When you're out of F-8's... You're out of fighters!" Last edited by Lucky13; 07-01-2007 at 08:22 PM. |
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07-01-2007, 08:23 PM
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07-01-2007, 08:23 PM
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| Der Crewchief Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Ansbach, Germany
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| Cool thanks for posting that.
__________________ fly boy:"isnt that the first jet bomber becasue i have flown one in a flight sim before and i know how it handles"[/I] |
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07-01-2007, 08:27 PM
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| Just the feeling of finding Titanic, Bismarck and Yorktown. It's more than enough to give you lump the size of basketball in your throat. Would love to tag along one of his trips.... I've got his Bismarck book.
__________________ JAN "Felicis Tredecim" "I´m going back to the front to relax" "THE BLACK CATS FLIES TONIGHT" "Find your enemy and shoot him down - everything else is unimportant!" "When you're out of F-8's... You're out of fighters!" |
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07-01-2007, 08:33 PM
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| Der Crewchief Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Ansbach, Germany
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| I have the Bismarck book and a movie of his about the Bismarck.
__________________ fly boy:"isnt that the first jet bomber becasue i have flown one in a flight sim before and i know how it handles"[/I] |
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07-01-2007, 08:35 PM
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| YouTube - Schlachtschiff Bismarck See them steam into port on a Tuseday morning would proabaly make you choke on your tea or coffee....
__________________ JAN "Felicis Tredecim" "I´m going back to the front to relax" "THE BLACK CATS FLIES TONIGHT" "Find your enemy and shoot him down - everything else is unimportant!" "When you're out of F-8's... You're out of fighters!" |
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07-01-2007, 08:36 PM
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| Der Crewchief Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Ansbach, Germany
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| I also have the Cameron video on the Bismarck and it is really good as well.
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07-01-2007, 08:38 PM
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| Der Crewchief Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Ansbach, Germany
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07-02-2007, 04:12 AM
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| South Dakota-class for my mind. Just plain perdy.  |
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