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Onime No Kyo -> RE: Cool Picture (6/9/2012 3:28:27 PM)


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ORIGINAL: mullk

and yet another pic

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One of these days I'll have to post the pictures from my trip to the Constitution/Cassin Young.



Onime No Kyo -> RE: Cool Picture (6/9/2012 3:29:26 PM)


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ORIGINAL: crsutton

One more pic of the New Hampshire. Apparently she was fully armed at one time.

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The main battery on the top deck? Doesnt that do unfortunate things to seakeeping ability? [&:]



Onime No Kyo -> RE: Cool Picture (6/9/2012 3:29:59 PM)


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ORIGINAL: Blackhorse


I'm particularly impressed by the holes in the tank treads -- presumably to reduce drag, and improve aerodynamics in flight. [8|]

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ORIGINAL: Onime No Kyo

Words fail me.

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Makes it whistle while it descends and terrifies the enemy.



Onime No Kyo -> RE: Cool Picture (6/9/2012 3:30:33 PM)


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ORIGINAL: Dixie


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ORIGINAL: Blackhorse


I'm particularly impressed by the holes in the tank treads -- presumably to reduce drag, and improve aerodynamics in flight. [8|]





Speed holes.


Would have had a rear spoiler too if they knew what they were about. [:D]



witpqs -> RE: Cool Picture (6/9/2012 4:50:34 PM)

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ORIGINAL: Onime No Kyo

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ORIGINAL: crsutton

One more pic of the New Hampshire. Apparently she was fully armed at one time.

[image]local://upfiles/8095/CF78300FBEC64CFEBF0FB9DF4C5A939F.jpg[/image]


The main battery on the top deck? Doesnt that do unfortunate things to seakeeping ability? [&:]

They're used to counteract listing during fast turns.



Cap Mandrake -> RE: Cool Picture (6/9/2012 5:05:31 PM)


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ORIGINAL: Onime No Kyo


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ORIGINAL: mullk

and yet another pic

[image]local://upfiles/8904/2F1DD063ABD24A9586F1FBC1C86BB956.jpg[/image]


One of these days I'll have to post the pictures from my trip to the Constitution/Cassin Young.



Something about that picture just screams asbestos.



JWE -> RE: Cool Picture (6/9/2012 9:15:09 PM)

The title says what's the first ship. So who were the 4 others, and when? Hint, the last one (far left) was the "real" subject of a "fake" book.

Serious extra credit points for anyone who can say why this painting was so important. And serious JWE extra credit points for anyone who can say who was commanding the various ships.

[ed] Allyson Felix is looking good, yeah?

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Dixie -> RE: Cool Picture (6/9/2012 9:58:57 PM)


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ORIGINAL: JWE

The title says what's the first ship. So who were the 4 others, and when? Hint, the last one (far left) was the "real" subject of a "fake" book.

Serious extra credit points for anyone who can say why this painting was so important. And serious JWE extra credit points for anyone who can say who was commanding the various ships.

[ed] Allyson Felix is looking good, yeah?

[image]local://upfiles/17451/49924F36FBC7490C9FCBCF07152950FD.jpg[/image]


Behold my mighty Google-Fu [:D]


HMS Agamemnon leading a RN squadron in the Gulf of Genoa, Nelson's first command of a fleet.

HMS Agamemnon
HMS Meleager- Sir George Cockburn
HMS Blanche- Charles Sawyer
HMS Diadem- Andrew Sutherland
HMS Speedy- Hugh Downman



JWE -> RE: Cool Picture (6/9/2012 10:06:34 PM)

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ORIGINAL: Dixie
Behold my mighty Google-Fu [:D]

HMS Agamemnon leading a RN squadron in the Gulf of Genoa, Nelson's first command of a fleet.

HMS Agamemnon
HMS Meleager- Sir George Cockburn
HMS Blanche- Charles Sawyer
HMS Diadem- Andrew Sutherland
HMS Speedy- Hugh Downman

Your fu is mighty. I am bloodied and bowed. You, Sir, get all the extra credit points.

[ed] but what about Allyson Felix??

J



Onime No Kyo -> RE: Cool Picture (6/9/2012 10:20:00 PM)


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ORIGINAL: JWE

The title says what's the first ship. So who were the 4 others, and when? Hint, the last one (far left) was the "real" subject of a "fake" book.

Serious extra credit points for anyone who can say why this painting was so important. And serious JWE extra credit points for anyone who can say who was commanding the various ships.

[ed] Allyson Felix is looking good, yeah?

[image]local://upfiles/17451/49924F36FBC7490C9FCBCF07152950FD.jpg[/image]


I love Geoff Hunt's work. In fact, my then fiance got me a reproduction of his Temeraire painting and I would like to get more when we have enough room to set one room aside for a home office/library.

As for the "real" subject, if I'm right about what you're referring to, Cochrane's Speedy was renamed Sophie for that one.



JWE -> RE: Cool Picture (6/10/2012 12:58:21 AM)


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ORIGINAL: Onime No Kyo
As for the "real" subject, if I'm right about what you're referring to, Cochrane's Speedy was renamed Sophie for that one.

Yep.

Couldn't make Cochrane's career into a book, noboby would believe it.



Knavey -> RE: Cool Picture (6/10/2012 4:40:32 AM)

Patrick O'Brian's Aubrey-Maturin series is a great read for anyone interested in that time period.



fodder -> RE: Cool Picture (6/10/2012 10:05:12 AM)

If you want to talk about cool pictures/paintings. My wife bought me this one about 15 xmases ago.

Midway - Strike Against The Akagi by Robert Taylor





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Terminus -> RE: Cool Picture (6/10/2012 11:48:03 AM)


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ORIGINAL: fodder

If you want to talk about cool pictures/paintings. My wife bought me this one about 15 xmases ago.

Midway - Strike Against The Akagi by Robert Taylor





[image]local://upfiles/34736/4283431EC1B9425AB84EE86AEE585E11.jpg[/image]


Wow, at that dive angle, he'd barely need to deploy his brakes... Artistic license.



Onime No Kyo -> RE: Cool Picture (6/10/2012 2:10:52 PM)


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ORIGINAL: JWE


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ORIGINAL: Onime No Kyo
As for the "real" subject, if I'm right about what you're referring to, Cochrane's Speedy was renamed Sophie for that one.

Yep.

Couldn't make Cochrane's career into a book, noboby would believe it.


Thats probably true. [:D]

Aubrey was based on several characters but Cochrane seems to be the primary one, although there is quite a bit of Host there as well as some other people.



Onime No Kyo -> RE: Cool Picture (6/10/2012 2:20:39 PM)


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ORIGINAL: Knavey

Patrick O'Brian's Aubrey-Maturin series is a great read for anyone interested in that time period.


One of my favorite reads of all time!

I had forced myself through 2 1/2 of the first Hornblower books and I'm ashamed to say could not force myself to go on. Ashamed because its such a pillar of the genre and one of my favorite scifi universes, Honorverse, is based squarely on Hornblower by the authors frank admission. But I just could not bring myself to love his continual whining and self doubt. It may, in some cases, be very human, but its just no fun to read about, especially when it occupies more space in the books than the action.

I read the first book of the Bolitho series at Simon's recommendation and liked it quite a bit but the ending was so bad and so "Hollywood" that I didnt return for the second book. If anything, it made me appreciate PoBs masterful way of never overplaying anything, sneaking the most significant events in under the radar and generally not bludgeoning his readers in the head with the plotlines.

I have heard some good feedback about the Kydd series. Has anyone read it?



John 3rd -> RE: Cool Picture (6/10/2012 3:00:50 PM)

GREAT pics of the Warships.



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