Kevin
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isnt that a 3 butt system?
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gun port lids progress, however, i went by the plans, but having the lids shut i have given myself to much hinge on the hull and getting in the way of the rigols, so slowly unglueing, trimming and replacing, not so bright out side today so not so much glare on the photos
all the best
- Piet, mtaylor, mort stoll and 3 others
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i took months to do mine, but opened them all up at the same time - had no problems so far one year or so down the line wrt to ageing
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JULY 25
1666
The "St. James's Fight." English fleet under Prince Rupert of the Rhine and George Monck, 1st Duke of Albemarle, and a Dutch fleet under Lieutenant-Admiral Michiel de Ruyter.
1744
Augustus Keppel passed and confirmed as Lieutenant
1757
HMS Southampton (32), Cptn. James Gilchrist, engaged five French privateers off the Isle of Wight
1779
US Amphibious expedition against British in Penobscot Bay, ME
1800
HMS Nemesis (28), Cptn. Thomas Baker, and HMS Arrow (28), William Bolton, captured Danish frigate Freya(40), Cptn. Krabbe.
1803
HMS Vanguard (74), Cptn. James Walker, and HMS Tartar (32), Cptn. Perkins, captured Duquesne off San Domingo
1809
HMS Princess Caroline (74), Cptn. Charles Dudley Pater, and consorts captured four Russian vessels.
Boats of HMS Fawn (18) captured Guadaloupe.
1810
HMS Thames (32), Cptn. Granville George Waldegrave, HMS Pilot (18), John Toup Nicholas, and HMS Weazle(18), Henry Prescott, at Amanthe. Six gunboats, two scampavias and 28 transports were taken and the rest of a convoy destroyed.
1863
U.S. Squadron bombards Fort Wagner, NC
1866
In the US Rank of Admiral created and David G. Farragut is appointed the first Admiral in the US Navy
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JULY 24
1762
HMS Chesterfield (44), Cptn. John Scaife, and four of a convoy, wrecked on Cayo Comsite.
1797
Horatio Nelson loses right arm during failed attack on Santa Cruz, Tenerife.
1798
HMS Resistance (44), Cptn. Edward Pakenham, struck by lightening while anchored in the Straits of Banca, caught fire and violently exploded.
1801
HMS Jason (36), Cptn. Hon. John Murray, wrecked on an uncharted rock in the entrance of St. Malocs.
1813
USS President (44), John Rodgers, captures British ship Eliza Swan.
1815
Reduction of Gaeta by HMS Malta (84), Cptn. William Fahie, and HMS Berwick (74), Cptn. Edward Brace
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the size of that thing could live where it likes - a deserted coal mine for example
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was there ever depth marking on the stern? say around the stern post
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i bet the system leaked like a sieve, HP air and HP hydraulics on a fixed platform used to - never mind on a system that could be swiveled
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lovely Paul, we have our warm temperatures here as well, not quite as high, but been around the 30's, and being British - we are not used to it, even so - my new insulated workshop is too warm - absolutely no point in buying much to cool it down as this time next year might be back to normal, cold and wet
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JULY 23
1704
British fleet under Sir George Rooke captured Gibraltar.
1759
Keel of HMS Victory (100) laid down at Chatham Dockyard
1805
HMS Champion (24), Cptn. Robert Howe Bromley, and consorts engaged a French flotilla off Fecamp.
1810
Boats of HMS Belvidera (36), Cptn. Richard Byron, and HMS Nemesis (28), Cptn. Ferris, took Bolder (8) andThor (8) and destroyed a sloop near Studtland, Norway.
The construction of HMS Victory begins
JUL 23rd, 1759 - Richard Cavendish recounts the birth of a great warshipThe keel of the most famous ship in the history of the Royal Navy was laid down in the Old Single Dock (now the Victory Dock) at Chatham Dockyard in Kent. Present with Admiralty officials at the occasion was William Pitt the Elder, whose government had announced a major ship-building programme of first-rate ships of the line and frigates the year before.
The new first-rate was designed by the Surveyor of the Navy, Sir Thomas Slade. Her keel was to be 259 ft long, she would have a displacement of 2,162 tons, carry a crew of about 850 and be armed with more than 100 guns. Some 6,000 trees would be used to build her, the great bulk of which were oaks, mainly from Kent, the New Forest and Germany. She was the Navy’s sixth Victory. One of them, under Sir John Hawkins, had fought the Spanish Armada in 1588. Another, of 80 guns, had been launched in 1666 and the fifth, launched in 1737, had sunk with all hands in 1744.
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lol - it may be a months work - but it is something less to still do
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JULY 22
1796
HMS Aimable (32), Cptn. Jemmet Mainwaring, engaged French frigate Pensee (44), Cptn. Valto, which escaped off Guadeloupe.
1802
USS Constellation (38) defeats 9 Corsair gunboats off Tripoli.
1805
Battle of Cape Finisterre. Inconclusive action between British fleet under Admiral Sir Robert Calder and French fleet under Admiral Pierre-Charles Villeneuve
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love yr build, but the pictures that struck me the most, was the work involved in the stern galleries/windows , lovely work
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Dafi - good morning
would the netting be removed to stow the hammocks, leaving the wire to stop them falling overboard?
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I wouldn't worry too much about missing updates.... If what Augie says holds true, he's bound to deconstruct a bit more before he ever gets finished.... I think it's something psychological... He's afraid of not having a ship to work on... (Since he claims his next build won't start until the fall)
Andy
you are more than welcome to come and work on mine for me
love the anchors- also being a commodore you perhaps also should do a Sjors and have two builds going on at least
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that looks fantastic my friend
all the best
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lol- dont get that the wrong way around
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lol - you learn something new everyday, i honestly believed that the butt system was the amount of boards before a repeat on the same frame, Explains why i have always gone wrong