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after my fence sitting yesterday - i agree you made the right decision
all the best
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artistic licence is a odd subject, we all do it, but if the great painters did/ then it hasn;t done us any favours has it?, as we are still debating something that was done so many years ago, or looking for detail which might not have been there at the time
as we see so many people nowadays wearing glasses, i always wondered if thats how they saw things, or used used imagination to fill in the blurred bits
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fantastic start - well done
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June 3
1665
Battle of Lowestoft. English fleet of 109 ships, under James Stuart, Duke of York, badly defeat Dutch fleet of 103 ships, under Jacob van Wassenaer Obdam (Killed in Action). The Dutch lost 17 ships and the English lost 1 ship.
1785
Order to sell last ship remaining in Continental Navy, frigate Alliance . No other US Navy ships were authorized until 1794.
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sorry sherry - i read the above post and just spent the last 2 hours photo copying all sorts of stuff for you
WRONG SHIP
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sorry to fence sit, i like all the options
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I was looking through my last post to see how a warship could be accidental burnt - i still do not know the answer, but here is a little history of her
H.M.S. Glasgow and the Incident at Crow Rock
HMS Glasgow was launched in 1757 and took part in the American revolutionary War. She is most famous for her involvement against the Continental Navy off Block Island on 6 April 1776. This action was a night time naval encounter with the Continental Navy, which was returning from the Battle of Nassau on its maiden voyage, and HMS Glasgow, at the time serving as a dispatch boat under Captain Howe, successfully evaded capture from a fleet of seven Warships under the command of Esek Hopkins. She did, however, sustain quite a lot of damage in the encounter. -In 1775 the Second Continental Congress had established the Continental Navy and by the February of 1776 the first ships of the new fleet were ready for their maiden voyage. Commodore Esek Hopkins led this fleet of eight ships on an expedition to the Bahamas, where the British were known to have been keeping military supplies. In early March of that year the fleet, which lost one ship on route, landed marines on the island of New Providence and captured Nassau. After loading the ships with the captured military stores, the fleet then sailed north for Block Island. By April 4 the fleet reached the waters off Long Island, and captured HMS Hawk. The next day they captured HMS Bolton. The fleet then moved south hoping to catch further British ships as prizes. On April 6, United States Ship Andrew Doria spotted HMS Glasgow which was carrying important military dispatches. Howe came about to investigate the fleet, and over the next 30 minutes closed to within hailing shot. Esek Hopkins felt there was no immediate threat, so gave no signals to his fleet.
Captain Howe first came upon the USS Cabot, whose Captain was John Hopkins the son of Esek. The younger Hopkins, when hailed by Howe for identification, replied with a lie by saying, "Columbus, a 22-gun frigate." An overzealous seamen on his ship then tossed a grenadeonto the deck of HMS Glasgow and the battle began. The Cabot was actually a lightly armed Brig, and she fired one ineffective broadside at Howe's ship. The Glasgow countered with two broadsides wounding John Hopkins, and disabling the ships steering gear. As she drifted away, the USS Alfred came up to engage Glasgow, and the two became fully engaged. A shot from Glasgow early in the action broke the tiller chains of the Alfred and her temporary loss of steering made it difficult for another ship, the USS Andrew Doria, to join the action. Eventually more ships of the fleet did join the action against Glasgow forcing Howe to break off with the engagement. In spite of extensive damage to her sails and rigging, the Glasgow managed to escape towards Newport. After several hours of chase that lased until daylight, Hopkins called off the chase.
After repair, the Glasgow continued to serve in the American revolutionary conflict until 1778 when she return home. On route she came into Scilly. On her way out again she struck the Crow near Pendrethen. The incident caused her considerable damage as she lost her forefoot and a large rock became embedded in her hull. However, with her Captain taking a quite a considerable chance, she continued on her journey to Plymouth carrying the rock along with her which helped stop the water from coming in. Perhaps the incident may have been more serious had the rock came out on route to Plymouth but it remained firmly in position.
After repair HMS Glasgow returned to the Caribbean in 1779, where after chasing two large Continental frigates she was accidentally burnedin Montego Bay. Captain Horatio Nelson in HMS Badger was on hand to rescue the crew of HMS Glasgow.
Career (Great Britain)
Name: HMS Glasgow Ordered: 13 April 1756 Builder: John Reed, Hull Laid down: 5 June 1756 Launched: 31 August 1757 Commissioned: March 1757 General characteristics Class & type: 20-gun Sixth rate Tons burthen: 451.3 long tons (458.5 t) Length: 109 ft 4 in (33.3 m) (gundeck)
91 ft 2 1⁄2 in (27.8 m) (keel) Beam: 30 ft 6 in (9.3 m) Depth of hold: 9 ft 7 1⁄2 in (2.9 m) Complement: 160 officers and men Armament: 20 × 9-pounder guns -
June 2
1653
First day of Battle of the Gabbard Bank, off the coast of Suffolk. English fleet of 100 ships under Generals at Sea George Monck and Richard Deane and Admirals John Lawson and William Penn beat of 98 Dutch ships under Lieutenant-Admiral Maarten Tromp and Vice-admiral Witte de With.
On second day the English were joined by Admiral Robert Blake, but Tromp decided to attack but was routed, the English chasing them until well in the evening.
1676
Battle of Palermo. A French force led by Abraham Duquesne attacked a Spanish force supported by a Dutch maritime expedition force. Largely because the Dutch and Spanish ships were at bay making repairs from an earlier a battle, the French fleet destroyed four Spanish and three Dutch ships with fireships.
1773
George III reviewed the English Fleet at Portsmouth.
1779
HMS Glasgow (20) burnt by accident in Montego Bay, Jamaica
1787
HMS Pelican (10) foundered
1805
HMS Diamond Rock capitulated.
Boats of HMS Loire (40), Cptn. Frederick Maitland, cut out privateer feluccaEsperamza from Camarinas Bay. Another privateer was taken but abandoned and 3 merchant vessels were destroyed.
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Very nice Jerry - well done
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Kevin,
Great work on the stern davits and the model is looking great.
Looking at the photos of you in the 80's. I have to ask if the Royal Navy was short of Barbers in those days.
David
on those things - everything was in short supply - especially fresh water - apart from maybe watching the most essential bits once a week (using cold salt water) we used to stink - brilliant times
the showers - which i never saw being used one in 8 years - were just a beer stowage
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i did my tiles the Keith Julier way start at the water line lay about 5 tiles and brickwork them down until you come to a pre drawn line where the bottom ones about row 11 down meet the waterline fwd and aft, then from the keel up and the gore line is hidden under the waist of the ship
http://modelshipworld.com/index.php?/topic/403-hms-victory-by-kevin-caldercraftjotika-172/page-2
But lol - this is not the Victory - so ignore my ramble
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Good evening everyone
Managed another 4 hours on the build today, still working on the stern, stern davits are now in place, slight further forward over the ¼ gallery than one of the photo I have seen, simply made by sandwiching a piece of decking in-between 2x3mm with an end cap and a hole through the side
The window sills are looking better, with just a little bit of tidying up to do
Another couple of hours and I will have done what I can for now and progress towards the pointy bit at the front, the rudder and gun ports will wait for next time around
- mtaylor, popeye the sailor, Piet and 1 other
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Andy as you are away again soon, is there anything you can take with you as part of the hobby.or is life just to busy
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those boats are very nice looking
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June 1
01 June
1666
First day of The Four Days Battle, off the North Foreland between the English fleet of 56 ships, under George Monck, 1st Duke of Albemarle, and the Dutch fleet of 84 ships, under Lt.-Admiral Michiel de Ruyter.
1676
Danish-Dutch fleet of 25 ships-of-the-line, 10 frigates and some minor ships, under Dutch General Admiral Tromp and Admiral Niels Juel, defeats a Swedish force of 27 ships-of-the-line, 11 frigates and some minor ships, under Admiral Lorentz Creutz,.off Oland, Sweden
1677
The Danish Baltic Squadron of 10 ships-of-the-line and 3 frigates, under Admiral Niels Juel, defeated a Swedish squadron of 7 ships-of-the-line, 2 frigates and 2 armed cutters, under Admiral Sjöblad, off Moen
1794
Glorious First of June. British fleet under Lord Howe defeat French fleet under Louis Thomas Villaret de Joyeuse.
1795
Adam Duncan promoted to full Admiral.
1808
HMS Unite (38), Cptn. Patrick Capmbell, captured Nettuno and Teulie in the Adriatic.
1813
HMS Shannon (38), Cptn. Philip Bowes Vere Broke, captures USS Chesapeake(36) Cptn. James Lawrence, off Boston Harbor
1814
Start of 4 day British operation in the River Patuxent.
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i guessed you would be rat faced in a bar most of the time, good to see you back
- augie and realworkingsailor
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brilliant work
love the stern view
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May 31
1803
HMS Resistance (36), Cptn. Hon. Philip Wodehouse, wrecked on Cape St. Vincent
1805
Bombardment of HMS Diamond Rock commenced.
1808
HMS Redwing (18), Thomas Ussher, took two sail at Tarifa.
1809
HMS Topaze (38), Cptn. A. J. Griffiths, took four vessels and destroyed five at St. Maura, Albania.
HMS Unique (12) used as a fireship in Guadeloupe.
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Sorry Augie
Not looked in for a little while, lovely work , well done
all the best
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Image Details Title: HMS 'Victory', 'Captain', 'Agamemnon', 'Vanguard' & 'Elephant' Artist: Nicholas Pocock Product code: PU5986 Copyright: © National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
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May 30
1781
HMS Crescent (28), Lt. John Bligh (act.), taken by Gloire (40) and Friponne (36)
1798
HMS Hydra (38), Cptn. Sir Francis Laforey, and consorts destroyed Confiante (36)
1814
US Navy gunboats capture three British boats from HMS Montreal and HMSNiagara on Lake Ontario near Sandy Creek, NY
1696
HMS Lizard (24), Cptn. Joseph Welby, was lost off Toulon
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have a good time
all the best
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i have been quiet for the last week or so - but within 10 seconds - i am fully up to speed with whats going on, - lol - i hope the corner is big enough for the both of you to stand in - and then who is going to wear the silly costume
all the best
kevin