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Hi David,

Thank you for your offer of assistance. This being my first Wooden ship model, I might need it. I have purchased the John McKay's book and am presently studying it. I had noticed the difference in the gun port height and your post has helped me to plan ahead.

I have just been looking at the hawse holes as you mention and can see what you mean. Thank you for pointing that out too. 

I hope you enjoy following my build and please feel free to advise when you think necessary.

Cheers

Nice photos David. I hope to have mine looking as good as yours when I get that far with my build.

Great to hear, thanks for the links Kevin.

1484 - Portuguese sea captain Diogo Cão finds the mouth of the Congo River.

1590 - English admiral Francis Drake takes Portuguese Forts at Taag.
1898 - Armed Auxiliary Dixie captures Spanish Three Bells, Pilgrim, and Greeman Castle.
1908 - CDR Robert Peary sails in Roosevelt from New York to explore Arctic.
1943 - Night Battle of Kula Gulf results in loss of 2 Japanese destroyers and USS Helena.
1976 - 1st women enter U.S. Naval Academy.

2011 - A boat travelling to Saudi Arabia that was carrying around 200 migrants caught on fire and sank in the Red Sea, killing 197 people. Officials stated that the passengers were likely to have been Somalis who were trying to flee the drought. Only three people were rescued.   

Hi Chris,

Nice comparison shot of your two models.

Bob, nice neat work on the gun deck framing.

Looking good Robbyn and a great rudder steering thingy too.

1596 - English fleet under the earl of Essex plunder Cadiz.

1610 - John Guy set sail from Bristol with 39 other colonists for Newfoundland.

1832 - HMS Beagle and Charles Darwin depart Rio de Janeiro.

1859 - Captain N. C. Brooks discovers Midway Islands.

1924 -   The sidewheel paddle steamer ( Three Rivers ) burned to the waters edge with 350 passengers on board causing the loss of 8 and many more injured near cove point while bound for Baltimore.

1943 - U.S. invasion fleet of 96 ships sails to Sicily.
 

Give that man a prize.

Well done Adrieke. Your turn.

I do like the look of that Red Heart. Where do you get it?

Bob, Happy Birthday mate.   Rest up on this one and there will be many more.

Hoping you have a speedy recovery.

Thanks for the link Andy.  Next from  me.

Good Luck

MV Algoport?

1801 - First Presidential Review of U.S. Marine Band and Marines at the White House.
1831 - U.S. concludes indemnity treaty with France.
1842 - First test of electrically operated underwater torpedo sinks gunboat Boxer
1863 - Confederates surrender of Vicksburg, MS, gives Union control of Mississippi River.

I'll drink to that

Thanks Wayne Order placed.

I think I'll join Sjors in  the front row. I would like to see this one done.

Great idea Danny. could you send them to me. Then the game will really get moving

I must source this book in the U.S.

1767 - Pitcairn Island is discovered by Midshipman Robert Pitcairn on an expeditionary voyage commanded by Philip Carteret.

1898 - Battle of Santiago, Cuba, RADM Sampson's squadron destroys Spanish fleet

1940 - Following the German invasion and occupation of France, French warships fled to the port of Mers-el-Kebir in Algeria . Britain gave the french Vichi government the options of the following for it's French Navy
1. Join British naval forces in the fight against Germany,
2. Hand the ships over to British crews,
3. Disarm the French Navy Ships
4. Scuttle the ships
The French refused , So Britain fearing the French Ships would be used by the Germans to help with an invasion of England circled the port with British Warships and opened fire on the French fleet, killing 1,250 French sailors, damaging the battleship Dunkerque and destroying the Bretagne and the Provence.   
1950 - USS Valley Forge and HMS Triumph participate in first carrier action of Korean Conflict. VF-51 aircraft (Valley Forge) shoot down 2 North Korean aircraft. The action is first combat test of F9F Panther and AD Skyraider.

1952 - The SS United States sets sail on her maiden voyage to Southampton. During the voyage, the ship takes the Blue Riband away from the RMS Queen Mary.

1988 - United States Navy warship USS Vincennes shoots down Iran Air Flight 655 over the Persian Gulf, killing all 290 people aboard.

Happy Birthday John

Happy birthday Jason

Not often you find a laker in New South Wales

Mario,

What a nice looking model you have made with some great attention to detail. Well done.

HMS Powerful?