Kevin

Happy birthday!

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May 03 1710 HMS Suffolk captured Gaillard. 1810 HMS Spartan (38), Cptn. Jahleel Brenton, engaged French Ceres (42), Fame(28), and Achilles (10) and captured Sparviere (8) in Bay of Naples. 1812 HMS Skylark (16), James Boxer, grounded to the west of Boulogne and was burnt to avoid capture 1861 USS Surprise captures Confederate privateer Savannah 1898 - Marines land at Cavite, Philippines, and raise U.S. flag. 1949 - First Navy firing of a high altitude Viking rocket at White Sands, NM.

Someone might find this useful http://www.animatedknots.com/knotlist.php?LogoImage=LogoGrog.jpg&Website=www.animatedknots.com

i cannot imagine doing my whole build like this, it would however look fantastic All the best

enjoy your week off

Lol - i have just edited my error - and retitled the thread

May 02 1804 William Bligh appointed Captain of HMS Warrior (74) 1808 HMS Unite (40), Cptn. Patrick Campbell, captured Ronco (16) off Cape Promontoro in the Gulf of Venice. 1809 HMS Spartan (38), Cptn. Jahleel Brenton, and HMS Mercury (28), Cptn. Henry Duncan, cut out 12 vessels from the port of Ceseratico and blew up the castle and magazine. 1811 HMS Dover (38), Lt. Charles Generis (Act)., and HMS Chichester (22), Cptn. William Kirby, wrecked in Madras Roads by a hurricane which arose as they were departing for an expedition against Batavia 1813 Boats of HMS Repulse (74), Cptn. Richard Hussey Moubray, HMS Volontaire(44) , Cptn. Waldegrave, and HMS Undaunted (38), Cptn. Thomas Ussher, cut out 9 vessels from the port of Morgion and destroyed some batteries in the vicinity. 1975 - US Navy departs Vietnamese waters at end of evacuation.

Naval History from this Day, Any Nation I don't know if i will be able to post to this daily,but if any one else has any info or contributions please post them Click on relevant month January http://modelshipworl...-nation/page-34 February http://modelshipworl...-nation/page-38 March http://modelshipworl...-nation/page-43 April http://modelshipworl...-nation/page-45 May http://modelshipworl...-nation/page-49 June http://modelshipworl...y-nation/page-7 July http://modelshipworl...-nation/page-12 August http://modelshipworl...-nation/page-16 September http://modelshipworl...-nation/page-20 October http://modelshipworl...-nation/page-24 November http://modelshipworl...-nation/page-28 December http://modelshipworl...-nation/page-31 May 01 1689 Battle of Bantry Bay. Inclonclusive engagement between an English fleet of 19 ships, under Arthur Herbert, and a French fleet of 24 ships, under François Louis de Rousselet, Marquis de Château-Renault. 1776 William Bligh passed as Lieutenant. 1795 HMS Boyne (98), bearing the flag of Vice-Admiral Peyton, Cptn. George Grey, caught fire at Spithead burned and exploded. 1811 HMS Pomone (38), Cptn. Robert Barrie, HMS Unite (40), Cptn. Chamberlayne, and HMS Scout (18), Cptn. Alex. Renton Sharpe, destroyed Giraffe (26) and Nourrise (14) and an armed merchantman in the Bay of Sagone, Corsica. The two French warships blew up and their burning timbers destroyed a Martello tower and caused a shore battery to blow up. HMS Guerriere (38), Cptn. Samuel John Pechell, stopped the brig USS Spitfire off Sandy Hook in New Jersey and impressed Maine citizen John Diggio. 1815 HMS Penelope (36), Cdr. James Galloway, wrecked on rocks in the St. Lawrence.

lol - every thread i post to - Andy follows me - talking about wabbits, i going to keep elephants next

me wabbits - Andy groundhogs

BUT - Andy would have told me after 12 hours that he was bored off it - lol

Evidently the incident did not hurt the young Skipper's career. In fact he was awarded a letter of commendation for the episode. The letter of commendation was from then CDR. Chester Nimitz.

"SUBMARINE 5 DAYS DISABLED REACHES HILO With Fuel Exhausted Diver Rigged Sails From Mattresses and Canvas. Rigged out with jurymasts built of steel bunk rods and(missing text) sails made out of Mattre (missing text) and canvas hammocks (missing text) Submarine (missing text) arrived at Hilo yesterday afternoon out of oil but still with electrical power in her storage batteries. As a cross between a three masted windjammer and an undersea boat she made a weird appearance. The R-14 was one of a flotilla of submarines sent out to search for the missing navy tug Conestoga, long overdue here from San Diego and virually given up for lost. In turn she herself has been on the missing list for the last five days. Reserve Tanks Empty On the night of May 10 in lat. 18 north, logitude 153.33 her fuel oil gave out it was found out that the reserve tanks when called on were empty. Lieut. A. D. Douglas, in command, sent out a general wireless call, which Rear Admiral Shoemaker, commandant of the Pearl Harbor Naval station, said today had been received by the R-12 and relayed to Pearl Harbor. But no answer was ever recieved by the R-14. Lieutenant Douglas today told the Star-Bulletin's correspondent at Hilo that he was unable to account forthe reserve fuel tank being empty and could not understand why his call for help had not been answered. The sub carried 10,000 gallons of fuel when she left Pearl Harbor. Not knowing whether his call for help had been heard or not the commander of the helpless submarine rigged two jurymasts and with thier aid and that of the wireless mast managed to spread enough canvas to make headway toward land. On the slow voyage to Hilo he sighted the Matson liner Enterprise and mistook her for a SHIPOP bringing succor, but no other vessels were seen. Food Supply Low Within five miles of Hilo the storage batteries were switched on and the R-14 rounded the breakwater and came into port on her own power. She had left only suficient rice and bully beef to last her crew of 27 men and two officers four days more. This morning the R-12 also arrived at Hilo to give the R-14 fuel. Informed by the Star-Bulletin this morning that the R-14 was at Hilo, Rear Adimeral Shoemaker said he had been expecting news of her arrival there at any moment. No anxiety had been felt, he said, because from her reported position it was evident that she would have enough power left in her storage batteries to make Hilo. The power he supposed, had been held in reserve in case the vessel got into difficulties on a lee shore and needed it to work into safe water again. Why the reserve tank was empty he did not know."

On 1 May 1921 USS R-14 (SS-91) Runs out of fuel at sea. Makes port with makeshift sails of sheets, underway on sail power for 4 days.

that's a good recovery - well done

LOL - hope you are not referring to me and Andy

lol - well done paul all the best

http://www.jotika-ltd.com/Pages/1024768/Profile.htm

if you ask for the profile and the platforms, you will not have to remove the strern, just sand down to the original hull, find the location slots are rebuild from there, soak your existing profiles to remove windows the worst jotika will say is - no can do

No Paul we want more - lots more

you could always contact jotika and ask/purchase replacements, whats the worst they are going to say?

lol - looked the same 2 me - stoooopid me

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