Kevin

May 12 1708 Sir John Leake's Fleet took a French frigate and convoy. 1781 HMS Thetis (32) wrecked off St. Lucia 1796 HMS Phoenix (36), Cptn. Lawrence Halstead, captured Argo (36) in the North Sea. 1797 The mutiny at the Nore begins 1799 HMS Courier cutter engaged a French privateer brig near Winterton. 1806 HMS Pallas (32), Cptn. Lord Cochrane, HMS Indefatigable (44), Cptn. John Tremayne Rodd, and HMS Kingfisher (18), George Francis Seymour, engaged French squadron off Isle of Aix. Boats of HMS Juno (32), Capt. H. Richardson, and Neapolitan Minerve, Cptn. Vieugna, destroyed batteries at Gaeta. 1808 HMS Amphion (32), Cptn. William Hoste, and boats engaged Baleine at Rosas. HMS Tartar (32), Cptn. G. E. B. Bettesworth (Killed in Action), and boats engaged at Bergen. 1810 HMS Tribune (36), Cptn. Reynolds, engaged Danish squadron of 4 brigs, under Cmndr Johannes Krieger, outside Mandal, Norway but was forced to withdraw. 1846 U.S. declares war against Mexico

On this date, 11 May 1918 - German Submarine SM U-154 is torpedoed in the Atlantic at 3651N 1150W by HM Sub E35. There were 77 dead (all hands lost). Wikipedia states, HMS E35 was a British E class submarine built by John Brown, Clydebank. She was laid down on 20 May 1916 and was commissioned on 14 July 1917. Service history HMS E35 sank U-154 (one of the 1,512 ton U-boat cruisers originally designed as cargo carrying blockade runners) off the island of Madeira on 11 May 1918. This sinking was helped by British intelligence who had learned of a planned rendezvous between two U-boats off Cape St Vincent. HMS E35 was sold in Newcastle on 6 September 1922.

i was just looking at the wikki for the last ship, what is this hanging off the yards

May 11 1762 Cptn. John Jervis (later Eart St. Vincent) HMS Gosport (44) escorting convoy to North America repelled a French squadron, under de Ternay, which was on its way to capture Newfoundland. 1780 Fall of Charleston, SC; three Continental Navy frigates, Boston, Providence, andRanger, captured and frigate Queen of France sunk to prevent capture 1806 Capture of Capri by English squadron under Sir Sidney Smith. 1808 HMS Bacchante (22), Cptn. Samuel Hood Inglefield, captured French national brigGriffon (16), Jaques Gautier, near Cape Antonio in Cuba. 1809 HMS Melpomene (38), Cptn. Peter Parker, destroyed a Danish man-of-war cutter at Huilbo, Jutland. 1862 CSS Virginia blown up by Confederates to prevent capture.

i was thinking to do the bottom of the house the same as the top with a black band through the middle, and paint the window frame red orche

On this date in 1917, (May 10), the first convoys were introduced by the British, and were immediately successful. Overall losses started to fall; losses to ships in convoy fell dramatically. In the three months following their introduction, on the Atlantic, North Sea, and Scandinavian routes, of 8,894 ships convoyed just 27 were lost to U-boats. By comparison 356 were lost sailing independently. As shipping losses fell, U-boat losses rose; during the period May to July 1917, 15 U-boats were destroyed in the waters around Britain, compared to 9 the previous quarter, and 4 for the quarter before the campaign was renewed.

the yellow orca has a nice deep colour to it - is it 3 coats?

very nice Andy - good god another post to you - without a mention of wabbits - ooooops

sorry i misread the first answer,

are the flags just coloured paper?

its been a quiet week so far, we have had more DIY work done, but i have the weekend off, so apart from going for a couple of runs, cleaning the wabbits out, FI qualifying and race, playing EVE i have Sat and Sun OFF

flag lockers look great, what did you use for the flags themselves

SSRN-586 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Triton_(SSRN-586)

May 10 1800 USS Constitution (100), Cptn. Silas Talbot captured French privateer Sandwich (6) from the harbor at Port Plate, Hispaniola. 1808 Start of 5 day engagement between HMS Wizard (16), Abel Ferris, and Requin(16) from off Toulon to Goulette near Tunis. 1862 Confederates destroy Norfolk and Pensacola Navy Yards.

For anyone interested http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-22461359

for anyone intrested http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-22461376

Good evening everyone no update so far this week and not not now either, but my flag locker inserts arrived, dropped and email to Jotika/Caldercraft on Tuesday, and they arrived today all the best

Coast Guard Strikes Back! Awarded Navy Cross On this date in 1942 (May 9), thirty miles Southeast of Cape Fear, North Carolina, U-352 attacks US Coast Guard cutter USCGC Icarus but misses with 2 torpedoes. USCGC Icarus (WPC-110) a steel-hulled, diesel-powered Thetis-class patrol boat, counterattacks with depth charges forcing U-352 to the surface. The crew abandons ship and scuttles U-352 (15 killed, 33 survivors). (WW2Daybyday) Wikipedia reports, Icarus sank the U-boat U-352 off the coast of North Carolina and took its survivors into custody as prisoners of war. U-352 was the second World War II U-boat sunk by the US in American waters, and the first one from which survivors were taken as prisoners. U-352 Incident While in Torpedo Alley, off the coast of Cape Lookout en route to Key West on May 9, 1942, Icarus picked up a contact on sonar, and a torpedo exploded nearby. Icarus anticipated the presumed U-boat's next move and dropped 5 depth charges at the site of the prior torpedo explosion. As sonar picked up a moving target again, Icarus moved to intercept, dropping two more depth charges, apparently hitting their target as bubbles were seen rising to the surface. Passing the spot again, Icarus dropped three more charges. Shortly thereafter, U-352 surfaced, and Icarus opened fire with machine guns and prepared for a ramming maneuver. When the U-boat's crew abandoned ship, Icarus ceased fire, releasing one last depth charge over U-352 as it sank beneath the water. The only U-boat previously sunk on the East Coast had gone down with all hands, and there were no standing orders concerning the rescue of survivors. Icarus had to call both Norfolk and Charleston before receiving authorization to pick up U-352's survivors. Forty minutes after the incident, Icarus picked up 33 of its crew, including U-352's commander, Kapitänleutnant Hellmut Rathke, and delivered them to the Commandant of the 6th Naval District at Charleston Navy Yard the next day. For his actions in sinking U-352, Lieutenant Maurice D. Jester, commander of the Icarus, was awarded the Navy Cross. There were only six Coast Guard recipients of the Navy Cross during World War II. Icarus was decommissioned on March 15, 1948 and sold on July 1, 1948 to the Southeastern Terminal and Steamship Company. She was later transferred to the Navy of the Dominican Republic where she was renamed Independencia (P-105, later P-204). She saw combat in the Dominican Civil War in 1965, was rebuilt in 1975, and was later sent to reserve.

May 09 1784 HMS Crocodile (24) wrecked in thick fog on Prawle Point, Devon 1795 HMS Melampus (36), Sir Richard Strachan, HMS Diamond (38) Cptn. Sir W. Sidney Smith and another frigate left anchorage in Gourville Bay, Jersey and took convoy of 11 French merchantmen and 2 gun-vessels, Eclair and Crache-Feu. 1812 HMS America (74), Cptn. Josias Rowley, HMS Leviathan (74) Cptn. Patrick Campbell, and HMS Eclair (18), Cptn. John Bellamy, carried the batteries at Languelia and captured or destroyed French convoy of 18 vessels. 1859 HMS Heron (12), William Henry Truscott, foundered between Ascension and Sierra Leone 1864 The Battle of Heligoland. The Danish North Sea Squadron under Cptn. Edouard Suensson, frigates Niels Juel and Jylland, and the corvette Heimdal, defeat an Austrian squadron under Linienschiffskapitän von Tegetthoff, frigatesSchwarzenberg and Radetzky, and the 3 Prussian paddle steamer gunboats Preussischer Adler, Blitz and Brasilisk.

are these the ones you are refering to

On Eternal Patrol -- May 8 On this date in 1942 (May , British submarine HMS Olympus leaves Malta ferrying crews from sunken submarines HMS Pandora, HMS P36 and HMS P39 to Gibraltar. HMS Olympus soon hits a mine and sinks (89 killed, 9 survivors swim 7 miles back to Malta). (WW@daybyday) The wreck of HMS Olympus will be discovered in 2011. The Daily Mail reports that a team of explorers has discovered the wreck of a British submarine that sunk off the Maltese coast during the Second World War. HMS Olympus struck a mine in the early hours of 8 May, 1942 shortly after she left Malta Harbor under the cover of darkness. Nearly 90 men perished in what was one of the worst naval disasters of the war. Only nine of the vessel's 98 crew members survived after swimming seven miles back to shore in cold water.

i purchased more as a just in case, but then replaced 100, so i have spares and they are not as expensive as i thought. all the best

Jerry i used medium c/a http://www.amazon.co.uk/Everbuild-Industrial-Superglue-General-Purpose/dp/B006PFN3BW/ref=sr_1_14?ie=UTF8&qid=1368014776&sr=8-14&keywords=super+glue and i purchased another 200 tiles from Caldercraft

happy birthday, have a nice day

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-22434753 70 years on: Britain remembers Battle of the Atlantic