Kevin
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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 -
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 warship The 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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very nice
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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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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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for anyone interested http://abcnews.go.com/International/german-subs-sunken-wwi-boats-bonanza-historians/story?id=19714802
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that looks fantastic my friend all the best
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Andy - its a nice warm day- Bay of Biscay, all hatches open for ventilation, and all sails set to get too destination of Gibraltar
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what an enjoyable Sunday Roast Pork Lunch finished picking the years raspberries brilliant weather Fantastic cricket what else - oh i remember- my build
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i am trying to improve my "how i did it photo- please bear with me" after matching the lids against the cut-outs - i have followed the wale lins the hinges are attached, i have not made any jigs to do this, just cut down the qty made at any time to qty 5, as i dont have the pleasure of spending all day everyday on the build 0.5 mm hole drilled for the two eyelets also helps keep the hinges in place as the pins go through the whole of the lid and glued on the back, as they will not be seen the vents are just a bit of styrene with the etched part gued onto the end and attached between the hinges and finally the whole unit is spray pained, in matt black, i have done away with my black paint being brushed on, as it is allergic to flash photo's the top of the lid has been filed to an angle to allow gluing to the hull, it is to much to expected the lugs on the hinges to take the load by them selfs, i may pin any open lids into position, im just thinking ahead
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JULY 21 1781 HMS Charlestown (28), Cptn. Evans (Killed in Action), HMS Allegiance (24), HMS Vulture (20), Cptn. George, armed transport Vernon (14), HMS Thorn, and armed ship Little Jack (14) escorting a convoy of 18 ships engaged Astrée (38), Jean-François de Galaup, comte de La Pérouse, and Hermione (34), Louis-René Levassor de Latouche Tréville, off the harbour of Louisbourg. Little Jack, Thorn and three merchantmen were taken. 1801 Boats of HMS Beaulieu (40), Cptn. Stephen Poyntz, HMS Doris (36), Cptn. John Halliday, and HMS Uranie(38), Cptn. W. H. Gage, cut out French corvette Chevrette (20) from Camerat Bay. HMS Sir Thomas Paisley (16), Lt. Wooldridge, engaged a Spanish xebec (22) off the island of Carbera HMS Jason (36), Cptn. Hon. John Murray, wrecked near St. Malo. 1812 HMS Sealark (10), Lt. Thomas Warrand, captured Ville de Caen (16), Cptn. Cocket, off Start Point 1823 After pirate attack, LT David G. Farragut leads landing party to destroy pirate stronghold in Cuba. 1850 The Danish paddle steamer Hekla, Cmdr. Edouard Suensson, opens fire at a Schleswig-Holstein gunboat, which catches fire and explodes, in the Bay of Neustadt.
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Gunport Lids , can i do better? very difficult to get a decent photo, this afternoon, very muggy/humid but to bright as well, paint work continues to bug me as well and the gloss acrylic reflecting the camera flash, might start again and go for the satin of the spray can
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JULY 20 1801 HMS Iphigenia (32) burnt by accident at Alexandria 1810 HMS Warspite (76), Cptn. Hon. H. Blackwood, and consorts engaged French squadron off Toulon. 1811 HMS Thames, Cptn. Napier, and HMS Cephalus, Cptn. Clifford, took possession of a strong fort on the coast and 26 vessells at Palinurus. 1846 First visit of U.S. warships (USS Columbus and USS Vincennes) to Japan is unsuccessful in negotiating a treaty.
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Dafi - i Just love what you put into this - some lovely ideas
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Good evening everyone The rudder is finished,although i may just do the top strap again, the spectackle (or however you spell it will be done next time around, when i remember to do the chaser gun ports and chains Gunport lids yes i know she is a 1st rate, i know that cannons are there to be installed, but i had no intentions from the start to show everyone in position, most of the lower lids will be slighty open, 1/2 open on the middle gun deck, some fully open and some shut on the upper gun deck, My reasoning behind this is the sails that is where i wanted to base my concentration on, and lol im still wanting to, at present i am ensuring that the lids are the right size and planking them to follow the lines of the hull. Sorry about the photo's the sun is setting and causing some long shadows (ill tell myself to do better)
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wow - that all looks fantastic
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good morning imo i would continue down so any gore line would be hidden under the waist of the ship For anyone not understanding the gore line - it is where the tiles down meet the tiles from the keel up, and in some cases you would end up with a row or two of cut tiles to infill - hence gore/scare line, by continuing down this line would be hidden under the belly of the build
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JULY 19 1545 Henry VIII's Mary Rose sinks in the Solent during an engagement with the French fleet. 1777 HMS Lowestoffe (32), Cptn. William Locker, (2nd. Lt. Horatio Nelson) arrives at Port Royal, Jamaica. 1805 HMS Blanche (36), Cptn. Zachary Mudge, taken and destroyed by French Topaze (44), Department des Landes (20), Torche (18) and Faune (16) some 150 miles north of Puerto Rico. 1806 HMS Blanche (38), Cptn. Thomas Lavie, captured French frigate Guerriere (50) off the Farroes. 1810 Squadron of 6 Danish brigs departing from Norway, under Cmdr. Johannes Krieger, defeats a British convoy of 47 merchant ships in the Skagerak. 1812 USS Constitution (44), Isaac Hull, escapes from British squadron after 3 day chase off New Jersey 1821 Earl St. Vincent confirmed in rank of Admiral of the Fleet
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