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Thank-you for the link - i will see i f i can get a pair of them -
23 DECEMBER 1787 HMS Bounty sailed from Portsmouth on fateful yoyage. 1808 HMS Fama Sloop (18), Lt. Charles Toping, wrecked on Bornholm, Baltic. 1826 Cptn. Thomas Catesby Jones of USS Peacock and King Kamehameha negotiate first treaty between Hawaii and a foreign power.
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22 DECEMBER 1775 Congress commissions first naval officers 1809 HMS Salorman (12), Lt. Duncan, lost in the Baltic. 1810 HMS Minotaur (74), Cptn. John Barrett, wrecked on the North Haaks, Texel. 1864 HMS Bombay line of battle screw steamship (64), Cptn. Colin Campbell, caught fire and exploded off Montevideo.
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good evening - i am back to the Bismarck build, a few weeks break from ship building - training up some painting skills - even though a lot of it was dry brushing, so back to fitting PE - been a good day - and got lots done - no pho'ts as it don't look any different on the screen
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21 DECEMBER 1796 HMS Bombay Castle (74) wrecked in the Tagus. 1797 British frigate Phoebe (36), Cptn. Robert Barlow, captured the French frigate Néréide (36), Cptn. Antoine Canon, off the Isles of Scilly 1804 HMS Severn (44), Cptn. Philip d'Auvergne, Prince of Bouillon, wrecked in Grouville Bay, Jersey, 1807 St. Thomas taken from the Danes by British squadron under Rear Ad. Sir Alexander Cochrane. 1811 His Royal Highness the Duke of Clarence, Admiral of the Red, appointed Admiral of the Fleet, vice Sir Peter Parker, Bart, deceased. 1812 Destruction of tower of St. Cataldo, between Brindisi and Ortranto, by boats of HMS Apollo (38), Cptn. Bridges W. Taylor, and HMS Weazle (18), James Black. 1848 HMS Mutine (18), John Palmer, wrecked in the Adriatic near Venice.
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20 DECEMBER 1761 HMS Biddeford (20), Cptn. Thomas Gordon, totally wrecked on the Hazeborough Sand near Yarmouth due to the ignorance of the pilot 1776 British frigate Pearl (32) captured the Continental Navy brig Lexington (14), Cptn William Hallock, off the Delaware capes. 1782 HMS Diomede (44), Cptn. T. L Frederick, took South Carolina (30) 1797 HMS Growler gunboat (12), Lt. John Hollingsworth (Killed in Action), captured off Dungeness by two French privateer luggers Spiègle (10), Cptn Duchesne, and Rusé (8), Cptn Denis Fourmentin. 1799 HMS Lady Nelson (10) taken by French privateers off Cabrita point and retaken by boats of HMS Queen Charlotte (100), Capt. J. Irwin, which witnessed the event whilst lying at Gibraltar. 1804 HMS Tartarus bomb, Thomas Withers, wrecked on the sands in Margate Roads. 1811 Sir Peter Parker, Admiral of the Fleet of England, died 1822 US Congress authorizes the 14-ship West Indies Squadron to suppress piracy in the Caribbean. 1847 HMS Avenger Steam-frigate (10), Cptn. C. E. Napier, wrecked on the Sorelli Rocks, off the Island of Galita, Mediterranean. The captain and Lt. Marryat, son of Capt. Frederick Marryat, were among those who went down with the ship.
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The ladders look fantastic - well done
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19 DECEMBER 1664 British squadron of 7 ships, under Cptn.Thomas Allin, attacked Dutch Smyrna fleet of 34 merchantmen and escorts off Cadiz. 1778 French frigate Iphigénie (32) captured HMS Ceres sloop (18), Cdr. James Richard Dacres, off St. Lucia 1796 HMS Courageux (74), Lt. John Burrows (Act.), struck on rocks under Apes' Hill, coast of Barbary. HMS Minerve (38), Cptn. George Cockburn, Commodore Horatio Nelson, captured Spanish frigate Santa Sabina (40), Cptn. Don Jacob Steuart, and HMS Blanche (32) engaged Ceres which struck but could not be secured. An approaching Spanish squadron drove them off and the prize was retaken. 1809 HMS Rosamond, Benjamin Walker, captured French national brig Papillon (16), Cptn. De La Genetiere off St. Croix. 1812 HMS Albacore (18), Cptn. Henry Thomas Davies, HMS Pickle (14), Lt. William Figg , HMS Borer (12), Richard Coote, and HMS Landrail (4), Lt. John Bill, engaged Gloire (40), Cptn. Albin-Réné Roussin, off the Lizard
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18 DECEMBER 1762 HMS Temple (70) foundered in the West Indies. 1779 French squadron of 3 ships of the line, under Count Toussaint-Guillaume Picquet de la Motte, escorting a 26 ship convoy engaged English squadron of 13 ships of the line and a frigate, under Admiral Hyde-Parker blockading Fort Royal, Martinique.10 of the merchant ships were taken and 4 others ran aground and were burnt. 1793 Evacuation of Toulon by British and Spanish fleets. HMS Conflagration fireship (14), Cdr. John Loring, destroyed to prevent capture, HMS Vulcan fireship (14), Cdr William Edge, destroyed in firing the French ships and HMS Montreal being used as a powder hulk accidentally burnt by the Spaniards. 1804 HMS Starling (12), Lt. George Shotton, went ashore near Calais during a thick fog and blown up to prevent capture. 1810 HMS Nymphe (36), Cptn. Clay, and HMS Pallas (32), Cptn. G. P. Monke, wrecked near Dunbar in the Firth of Forth after the pilots mistook the light from a lime kiln on the coast for the light on the Isle of May and the light on the island for that on the Bell Rock. 1812 HMS Alban (10), Lt. William Sturges Key, wrecked off Aldeborough, Suffolk 1828 HMS Kangaroo Steam-vessel (6), Anthony de Mayne, wrecked South-east of Reef of Hogsties.
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17 DECEMBER 1717 HMS Sorlings (42) wrecked at Friesland 1799 HMS Amiable engaged Sirene and Bergere. 1809 HMS Sceptre (74), Cptn. Samuel James Ballard, and consorts took Loire (20) and Seine (20) at Anse la Barque, Guadaloupe. 1810 HMS Rinaldo (10), James Anderson, engaged four French privateers near the Owers. One, Vieux Josephine(16) was sunk and a second which had struck escaped after Rinaldo ran foul of the Owers light vessel. 1846 Ships under Commodore Matthew Calbraith Perry capture Laguna de Terminos during Mexican War.
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16 DECEMBER 1803 Boats of HMS Merlin (16), Edward Pelham Brenton, destroyed the grounded British frigate HMS Shannon(36), Cptn. Edward Gower, at Baie des Veys 1805 HMS Kingfisher (18), Nathaniel Day Cochrane, captured French privateer schooner Elisabeth (14) in the West Indies.
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15 DECEMBER 1708 HMS Cruizer (24) wrecked in the Azores. 1778 Battle of St. Lucia. British squadron of 7 ships, under Samuel Barrington, engaged French Squadron of 12 ships, under Comte d'Estaing. 1790 William Bligh promoted to Captain. 1803 HMS Suffisante (14), Gilbert Heathcote, wrecked off Spike Island in Cork Harbour. 1808 HMS Flying Fish Schooner (12), Lt. J. G. Goodwin, wrecked on reef to eastward of Point Salines, St. Domingo.
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14 DECEMBER 1775 Thomas Cochrane born 1798 HMS Ambuscade (32), Cptn. Henry Jenkins, captured by French frigate Bayonnaise (32) in the Bay of Biscay. 1809 HMS Melampus (36), Cptn. Edward Hawker, captured brig corvette Bearnaise (16), Lt. Montbazen. HMS Defender Brig (14), Lt. John George Nops, wrecked near Folkestone. 1814 British squadron, under Admiral Cochrane, captures U.S. gunboats, under Lt. Jones, in Battle of Lake Borgne, LA. 1822 HMS Racehorse (18), William Suckling, wrecked on Langness, the S. E. point of the Isle of Man.
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13 DECEMBER 1775 Continental Congress provides for the construction of 5 ships of 32 guns, 5 ships of 28 guns, and 3 ships of 24 guns 1796 HMS Terpsichore (32), Cptn. Bowen, captured French frigate Vestale (36) Cptn. Foucaud (Killed in Action), off Cadiz. 1806 HMS Halcyon (16), Henry Whitmarsh Pearse, captured Neptune. 1809 Boats of HMS Thetis (38), HMS Pultusk, Cptn. Elliot, HMS Achates, and HMS Bacchus took Nisus at Basse Terre, Guadaloupe. HMS Junon (36), Cptn. John Shortland, captured and destroyed by the French frigates Renommee (40),Clorinde (40), Loire (20) and Seine (20). 1810 Boats of HMS Kent (74), Cptn. Thomas Rogers, HMS Ajax (74), Cptn. Robert Waller Otway, HMS Cambrian(40), Cptn. Francis William Fane, HMS Sparrowhawk (18) Cptn. James Pringle and HMS Minstrel (18), Cptn. Colin Campbell took and destroyed a convoy inside the mole of Palamos of a national ketch (14), two xebecs (3) and eight merchant vessels. 1814 Five U.S. gun-boats and a sloop captured over 2 days in Lake Borgne.
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Piet Just caught up with your log again. she looks fantastic, that's a lot of information you are providing, not just for the build, but also for building the real thing
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lovely job - i wish i had done 1/2 as good a job as you
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12 DECEMBER 1705 HMS Looe (32) wrecked Scatchwell Bay, Isle of Wight. 1724 Samuel Hood born at Butleigh, Somerset. 1777 HMS Mercury (20), Cptn. James Montagu, wrecked near New York. 1779 HMS Salisbury (50), Cptn. Charles Inglis, took Spanish private ship of war San Carlos (50), Don Juan Antonio Zaveletta, off Porto del Sall, Bay of Honduras. 1782 HMS Mediator (40), Cptn. James Luttrell,engaged enemy line of 3 French and 2 American ships, L'Eugene(36), Cptn. Baudin, Menagere (26), Cptn. de Foligne, Dauphin Royal (28), Alexander (24) Cptn. Gregory, and a brig (14), in the Bay of Biscay. Alexander and Menagere were taken. 1808 HMS Circe (32), Cptn. Francis Augustus Collier, and consorts captured and destroyed Cygne (16) and 2 schooners over 2 days off St. Pierre, Martinique. 1810 HMS Entreprenante' (10), Lt. Peter Williams, repulsed four French privateers off the coast of Spain. 1811 French lugger, le Brave (16), captured by HMS Desiree (36), Cptn. Arthur Farquhar. 1823 HMS Arab Sloop (18), Cdr. William Holmes, wrecked off Belmullett, near Broadhaven in the west of Ireland. 1862 Confederate torpedo (mine) sinks USS Cairo in Yazoo River.
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11 DECEMBER 1796 HMS Leda (38) foundered by upsetting in a heavy gale, lat. 38° 8´ long. 17° 40´ 1779 HMS North (18) lost in a storm off Halifax, Nova Scotia 1799 HMS Tremendous and HMS Adamant (50), Cptn. William Hotham, drove ashore French frigate Preneuse (44), Cptn. L'Hermite, ashore about three miles from Port Louis, Mauritius. She struck and was boarded and set on fire by the ships boats. Shortly afterwards she blew up. 1807 HMS Grasshopper (18), Thomas Searle, captured Spanish brig San Josef (12), Don Antonio de Torres Teniento de Navaro, off Cape Palos. 1811 HMS Fancy (12), Lt. Alexander Sinclair, foundered in the Baltic during a violent gale with the loss of all hands.
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sorry Dafi - just catching up, those photo of the gun crews are brilliant - people also need to remember that there is not a lot of room in there and another gun crew would be right next to them doing exactly the same procedure, must have been hell, especially if in rolling seas in battle conditions both my builds are to one side at present, as i am doing another project - which is non ship related - but does involve a kit, in fact it is some warhammer scenery i am doing to improve my painting skills, Hope you are well kevin
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10 DECEMBER 1803 HMS Avenger Sloop (16), Francis Jackson Snell, lost running on sand bank at the mouth of the River Jade, Heligoland. HMS Shannon (36), Cptn. Edward Leverson Gower, wrecked near La Hogue and burnt to avoid capture. 1808 HMS Jupiter (50), Cptn. Henry Edward Reginald Baker, wrecked on reef of rocks in Vigo Bay. 1810 HMS Rosario (10), Booty Harvey, captured French privateer lugger Mameloucke (16), Nobez Lawrence, off Dungeness. 1813 HMS Alphea schooner (10), Lt. Thomas William Jones, engaged French privateer Renard (14) but blew up with all hands.
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9 DECEMBER 1707 HMS Margate (24) wrecked off Cartagena 1806 HMS Adder Gun Brig (12), Lt. Molyneux Shuldham, driven aground on the French coast and captured. 1809 HMS Redpole (10), Colin M'Donald, captured Grand Rodeur (16), Cptn. J. G. Huret, south of Beachy Head.
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8 DECEMBER 1669 Inconclusive action between Mary Rose and consorts and 7 Algerine Men-of-War, off Cadiz. 1693 HMS St. Albans (50) wrecked off Kinsale. 1811 The French privateer la Courageux, captured by HMS Rhin (38) Cptn. Charles Malcolm. 1812 HMS Fearless (12), Lt. Henry Lord Richards, wrecked on rocks off St. Sebastian. 1817 HMS Martin Sloop (18), Andrew Mitchell, wrecked on Western coast of Ireland. 1828 HMS Ariel (10), Lt. James Figg, supposedly foundered near Sable Island,off Nova Scotia. 1846 USS Somers (10), Lt. Raphael Semmes, capsized and sank in a sudden storm while chasing a blockade runner off Vera Cruz.
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7 DECEMBER 1721 HMS Hind (20) wrecked on the Channel Islands 1776 Fire in Portsmouth Dockyard. 1798 HMS Perdrix (22), Cptn. William Charles Fahie, captured Armee d'Italie. HMS Colossus (74), Cptn George Murray, drifted onto a shelf of rocks known as Southern Wells near the island of Sampson, Scilly Isles, after her cables parted in a gale. 1800 HMS Nile (12), Lt. George Argles, and HMS Lurcher (12) captured a 9 ship convoy near St. Gildas. 1810 HMS Rinaldo (10), James Anderson, captured French lugger Maraudeur (14) off Dover. 1817 William Bligh died
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6 DECEMBER 1804 HMS Morne Fortunee (6), Lt. John Dale, wrecked on Atwood Cay (Samana Cay) to the NE of Crooked Island in the Bahamas. 1807 British squadron captured Dutch vessels at Java, &c.
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5 DECEMBER 1807 HMS Boreas (22), Cptn. Robert Scott, went down immediately after striking the Hannois Rocks, Guernsey. 1808 HMS Crescent (36), Cptn. John Temple, wrecked on the coast of Jutland, in a heavy gale. 1812 HMS Plumper (14), Lt. Josias Bray, lost on a ledge of rocks near Dipper Harbour, New Brunswick 1830 HMS Thetis (46), Cptn. Samuel Burgess, wrecked on Cabo Frio, South America. 1843 Launching of USS Michigan at Erie, Penn., America's first iron-hulled warship, as well as first prefabricated ship.
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