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Next up from me. Good Luck

HMS Queen at Portsmouth, 1 March 1842

Right this time Dave Your turn mate.

No not HMS Windsor Castle.

Next from me Good Luck

Blue Marlin with the new Helicopter carrier HMAS Canberra.

533 - A Byzantine expeditionary fleet under Belisarius sails from Constantinople to attack the Vandals in Africa, via Greece and Sicily. 1667 - Dutch Admiral Michiel de Ruyter occupies Sheerness, England. 1792 - Vancouver meets Spanish ships Sutil and Mexicana off Vancouver, BC. 1898 - USS Charleston captures island of Guam from Spain. 1900 - Baron Eduard Toll, leader of the Russian Polar Expedition of 1900, departed Saint Petersburg in Russia on the explorer ship Zarya, never to return. 1919 - Admiral Ludwig von Reuter scuttles the German fleet in Scapa Flow, Orkney. The nine sailors killed are the last casualties of World War I. 1940 - The first successful west-to-east navigation of Northwest Passage begins at Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. 1942 - World War II: A Japanese submarine surfaces near the Columbia River in Oregon, firing 17 shells at nearby Fort Stevens in one of only a handful of attacks by the Japanese against the United States mainland. 1945 - Okinawa declared secure after most costly naval campaign in history. U.S. had 30 ships sunk and 223 damaged, mostly from kamikaze attacks, with 5000 dead and 5000 wounded, while the Japanese lost 100,000 dead. 1963 - The French navy is withdrawn from the North Atlantic fleet of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO). 2012 - A boat carrying more than 200 refugees capsized in the Indian Ocean between the Indonesian island of Java and Christmas Island, killing 17 people and leaving 70 other missing.

Great tutorial Bob, thanks for posting.

Hi daveor, Great to see another Pegasus build. I'll grab a seat in the front row to watch your progress.

1819 - The U.S. vessel SS Savannah arrives at Liverpool, England, United Kingdom. It is the first steam-propelled vessel to cross the Atlantic, although most of the journey is made under sail. 1898 - U.S. forces occupied Guam, which became first colony of U.S. in the Pacific. 1913 - First fatal accident in Naval Aviation, ENS W. D. Billingsley killed at Annapolis, MD 1934 - Commander in Chief, Asiatic Fleet Admiral Frank Upham reports to CNO that based on analyses of Japanese radio traffic, "any attack by (Japan) would be made without previous declaration of war or intentional warning." 1944 - Battle of Philippine Sea ends with Japanese losing 2 aircraft carriers and hundreds of aircraft.

You got it Adrieke. Your turn mate.

You're right Andy it was the Sister Ship Polarcus Amani http://modelshipworld.com/index.php?/topic/324-name-the-ship-game/?p=43517

It must have been on the original MSW site, as I've not seen it here. Next from me. Good Luck.

Polarcus Adira?

What a great idea Maury, I must remember this one.

Great workmanship Danny. A joy to watch your build progress.

Wow Augie, The rigging looks great. Well done mate.

Thanasis, your doing some fine work on your model. I'm looking forward to more. great build mate

Great work on the planking Pavel. I do like the colours you have done her in. Great carving too, well done mate.

1588 - Spanish Armada heavily destroyed in storm at Coruna 1944 - Battle of the Philippine Sea begins ("The Marianas Turkey Shoot") 1948 - Chief of Naval Operations assigns 3 destroyers to U.N. mediator for the Palestine truce.

1629 - Sea battle at Dungeness: Piet Heyn vs Dunkerk Cape 1767 - Samuel Wallis, an English sea captain, sights Tahiti and is considered the first European to reach the island. 1779 - French fleet occupies St. Vincent 1799 - A frigate squadron under Rear-admiral Perrée is captured by the British fleet under Lord Keith 1942 - First African-American officer, Bernard W. Robinson, commissioned in Naval Reserve 1957 - CNO approves ship characteristics of the Fleet Ballistic Missile sumbarine 2010 - Fifty-eight year old Reid Stowe returned to land after claiming to spend the longest time at sea without touching land. His record breaking trip lasted 1,152 days and began in April 2007 . He originally set out with his girlfriend, but she had to leave after suspecting that she was pregnant. Stowe was greeted by her and his nearly two year old child who had never seen. To pass the time on his journey he practiced yoga and painted, in addition to keeping up with the sailboat.

I agree mike. I would like to see a build log of your Fly too

Yep. You got it Adrieke. Your turn mate.

Nice site, Thanks for sharing Hank.

Mark, Good luck on the planking and I can't wait to see your carvings. I'm sure you have the skills to produce some fine work.