Kevin

very nice, im always looking for your updates

Happy Birthday, have a great day

AUGUST 27 1797 HMS Jason and HMS Triton (32), Cptn. John Gore, captured part of a French convoy. 1807 A Danish gunboat flotilla, under Lt. Christian Wulff, attacks a British battery at Gl. Pesthus on Kallebodstrand 1816 Bombardment of Algiers by a British Squadron, under Lord Exmouth, and a small Dutch squadron, under Vice-Admiral van Capellen, which destroyed 33 ships in the harbor. 1826 HMS Magpie Schooner (5) wrecked Colorados Roads, Island of Cuba.

Thank you, i think it is time for a change, the mundane 0730 to 1700 is not for me, after all the years in the RN - i need something,on top of my pension to help clear the mortgage but, it is more than that, i want to be the owner of my own future, of course it could all go pear shapped, but it ia a risk for me worth taking, and i will keep everyone here informed of how its going, - lol no where at present as the person, to do my first interview is on holiday until tomorrow, but it has given me chance to think about the future

making the rings has been the worst bit it was not until i looked at Gils did it occur to me that each rope has two rings on it - at 90 deg to each other like a chain, so i am having to make them, by wing some brass wire around a drill bit

Good Afternoon everyone Well i have started the process of Lid rigging, it took a while to get into it, but i have a system that seams to work, At present none of the ropes are secured into the hull,so the squiffy one's should become tighter all the best

AUGUST 26 1645 Battle of Plymouth. Dutch convoy under Vice-Commodore Michiel de Ruyter beat off an attack by General-at-Sea George Ayscue of the Commonwealth of England. 1711 HMS Greyhound (40) wrecked in Tynemouth. 1768 HMS Endeavour, Lt. James Cook, sailed from Plymouth with Joseph Banks expedition 1775 Rhode Island Resolve: Rhode Island delegates to Continental Congress press for creation of Continental Navy to protect the colonies 1799 HMS Tamar (38), Cptn. Thomas Western, captured the French corvette Republicaine (32), Capt. Le Bozee. 1804 HMS Immortalite (42), Cptn. Edward William Campbell Owen, HMS Harpy (18), sloop, Edmund Heywood, HMSAdder (12), gunbrig, Lt. George Wood, and HMS Constitution, cutter, James Samuel Denis, engaged more than 90 brigs and luggers off Boulogne. HMS Constitution was sunk by a shell off Cap Gris Nez . 1808 HMS Implacable (74), Cptn. Thomas Byam Martin, and HMS Centaur (74), Cptn. W. H. Webley, captured Russian Vsevelod (74), Cptn. Roodneff, which was subsequently set on fire as it had run too firmly aground. 1810 French frigate squadron of Bellone, Minerve, Victor and captured Indiaman Ceylon, defeated a British squadron at Vieux Grand Port, Mauritius. HMS Nereide (38), Cptn. Nesbit J. Willoughby, and HMS Iphegenia (36), Cptn. Henry Lambert, struck. HMS Sirius (36), Cptn. Samuel Pym, and HMS Magicienne (32), Cptn. Lucius Curtis, were both burnt to prevent them falling into enemy hands after grounding. HMS Lively (38), Cptn. George M'Kinley, wrecked Point of Salina, South-east of Bay of St. Paul's, Malta. 1839 Brig Washington seizes Spanish slaver, Amistad near Montauk Point, NY 1861 Union amphibious force lands near Hatteras, NC 1865 American Civil War ends with Naval strength over 58,500 men and 600 ships

The Sinking Of An Aircraft Carrier http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tk2iFskb124

AUGUST 25 1768 HMS Endeavour, Lt. James Cook, sailed from Plymouth. 1778 Sartine (32) taken by HMS Seahorse (24) and HMS Coventry (28). HMS Otter (14) wrecked off Florida coast. 1795 HMS Spider (16) captured a brig. 1796 HMS Raison engaged Vengeance. 1800 British fleet of about 100 vessels and 15,000 men, including HMS Impetueux (74), Cpt. Sir Edward Pellew, landed some 10,000 troops on the beach of Doniños near Ferrol to take the Castle of San Felipe. They were successful but withdrew the next morning after a counter-attack. 1803 HMS Seagull (16), Henry Burke, defeated East Indiaman Lord Nelson (late British) which was then boarded by boats of HMS Colossus (74). 1804 HMS Immortalite (42), Cptn. Edward William Campbell Owen, and HMS Cruizer (18), John Hancock, engaged 146 armed vessels off Boulogne. 1807 Boats of HMS Clyde (38) cut out a sloop at Ypont. 1813 7 gunboats from Brunsbüttel and Glückstadt, under Lt. Johan Hedemann, engages 11 British gunboats on the Elbe. 1843 Steam frigate USS Missouri arrives at Gibralter completing first Trans-Atlantic crossing by U.S. steam powered ship.

nice to see normality has returned, a fitting end to a nice build

AUGUST 24 1789 The First Battle of Svensksund. Swedish fleet of 12 Archipelago frigates, 5 Galleys, 20 Gun yawls, 4 Gun prams, 4 Bomb vessels and Auxiliaries under Carl August Ehrensvärd, and Carl Olof Cronstedt defeated by Russian fleet of 24 Larger ships, 3 Bomb vessels, 47 Galleys, 30 Gun yawls, 3 Cutters and Auxiliaries under Charles Henry of Nassau-Siegen, Ivan Balle and Count Giulio Litta. 1794 HMS Impétueux (74), caught fire and blown up, in Portsmouth harbour. 1800 HMS Success (32), Cptn. Shuldham Peard, captured Diane. 1805 HMS Phaeton (38) Cptn. George Cockburn, and HMS Harrier (18), Edward Ratsey, engaged Semillante and shore batteries in the St. Bernadino Strait between Luzon and Samar in the Philippines. 1807 HMS Weazle (18), John Clavell, captured four vessels and destroyed three. 1811 HMS Diane and HMS Semiramis cut out the French gun-brig Teaser in the mouth of the river Gironde, and brigle Pluvier taken, with eight vessels, at the same time, by the boats of the Diane and Semiramis. 1814 British invasion of Maryland and Washington, D.C.; Washington Navy Yard and ships burned to prevent capture by the British

i try to work in advance ( he said - not quite telling the truth) i try to use extend eyebots and bend the extra behind (if not seen) an then glue,

the last couple of phots dont do your work justice - lol - i took a split second to work it out, im lucy i dont have to move my build- i would dread being out of the house - especially the amount of time the admiral runs around with the vacuum all the best

i love the work you have put into this build, i am always looking for your next updates all the best

AUGUST 23 1798 Etrusco, Store-ship, (26) foundered in the West Indies. 1806 HMS Anson (64) and HMS Arethusa (38), Cptn. Charles Brisbane, captured the Spanish frigate Pomona (38) and destroyed 12 gunboats near Moro Castle, Havana. 1813 HMS Colibri Sloop (16), John Thomson, wrecked in crossing the bar of Port Royal, Jamaica. 1839 Capture of Hong-Kong by British 1864 R.Adm. David Farragut's squadron captures Fort Morgan at Mobile Bay winning control of Mobile Bay

lol- im fed up retiring, its almost a full time job avoiding it

i have left my copper plates shiney, but have not protected then in any way, time will age them

AUGUST 22 1779 HMS Resolution and HMS Discovery arrive in Britain after Cptn. Cook's 3rd voyage of discovery. 1794 HMS Flora (36), Cptn. Sir John B. Warren, and HMS Arethusa (38), Cptn. Sir Edward Pellew, drove the French frigate Felicite (40), and the corvettes Espion (18) and Alerte (18) ashore near the Penmark Rocks. 1795 Engagement of British light squadron under Cptn. James Alms with Dutch squadron in the North Sea, off the coast of Norway. HMS Stag (32), Cptn. Joshua Sydney Yorke, took Alliance (36) but her consorts, Argo (36) and Nelly (16), escaped after a running fight with the rest of the squadron. 1796 HMS Galatea (32), Cptn. Richard G. Keats, drove the frigate L'Andromaque (48), (mounting 40) on shore near Arcasson, where she was completely destroyed by HMS Sylph (18) on the 23rd. 1798 HMS Naiad (38), Cptn. Pierrepont, and HMS Magnanime (44), Cptn. Michael de Courcy, captured the French frigate Decade off Cape Finisterre.

3 weeks - i will still be doing gun port lids - lol

she looks very nice , love the colours, im trying to still source the material for the netting

hello everyone , just to let you know im alive and kicking, just another 5 gun port lids on the port side to make, so i am still progressing, but lots going on in real life, as i am re-assessing my goals in life as some of you may be aware- i have been loosing weight for the last 7 months now lost 31 kgs and still going - but i have asked to be a consultant - under a franchise and have made the decision to go for it, the intentions are that eventually this will replace my full time employment- so that will lead to me having a lot more free time (well thats the idea) apologies - for my lack of correspondence in others build logs, lol i have even packed EVE (online game in) after five years So please bear with me - im still here all the best Kevin

AUGUST 21 1781 HMS Minorca (18), Lt. Lawson, scuttled to block the entrance to the harbour at Port Mahon. 1797 HMS Penguin (16) captured two French brigs. 1801 British cutting-out operations at Corunna. Boats of HMS Boadicea (38), Cptn. Charles Rowley, HMS Fisgard(44), Capt. T. Byam Martin, and HMS Diamond (38), Cptn. Griffith, attacked enemy vessels in Corunna harbour and brought out Neptuno (20) a gunboat (1) and a merchant ship. British cutting-out operations at Etaples. Boats of HMS Hound and HMS Mallard (12) set fire to a vessel loaded with pitch and tar which had been wrecked near Etaples some time previously. Six flat boats then came out of St. Valery and they forced them ashore. where they lay hauled up on the beach. Boats of HMS Jamaica (26), Cptn. Jonas Rose, HMS Gannet (16), Isaac Cotgrave, HMS Hound (14), HMSTigress (12), W. Aldus, and HMS Mallard (12) cut out 3 flat boats also near Etaples. 1810 Boats of HMS Sirius (36), Capt. Samuel Pym, cut out a French prize, the Windham, a British East Indiaman. 1813 HMS Laurestinus (24) wrecked North end of the Island of Abaco, Halifax.

Danny How far are you taking this build, are you just doing stub masts, or going all the way with spars etc i just love your work

AUGUST 20 1799 HMS Clyde (38), Cptn. Charles Cunningham, captured the French frigate Vestale in the mouth of the Garonne. 1800 Start of a 6 day engagement in which HMS Seine (48), Cptn. David Milne, captured Vengeance (24), Cptn. Pitot, off the Mona Passage. 1801 The boats of HMS Hound (14) and HMS Mallard (12) set fire to a vessel loaded with pitch and tar which had been wrecked near Etaples. Six flat boats came out of St. Valery and were forced ashore. 1810 HMS Nereide (38), Cptn. Nesbit J. Willoughby, engaged French frigates La Bellone and La Minerve, sloop Le Victor and 2 prizes, Windham and Ceylon off Isle de la Passe, Mauritius.

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