Rhine Patrol Boat
 

An old friend of mine took these photos at Sandwich (on the Kent coast) this weekend and says that I am welcome to re-post them here. This appears to be a railway signal-box in the background in the first photo

https://i.imgur.com/OmnMlo1.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/6Bh00DU.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/4lA3OzE.jpg https://i.imgur.com/NBtVCsc.jpg

Didn't even know we had river patrol boats back then.:doh:

^ And, on the Rhine?
Those MGs must have had a terrific range :hmmm: :O:


Thanks for posting! :yep:

Probably defending Germany and their own troops against French food.:O:

Reminds me of an old video clip sent to me years ago!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f3KB...ature=youtu.be

ROMIN' AROUND ON THE RHINE circa 9AD: Navis lusoria
 

NUTHIN' GOOD GOES OUTTA STYLE ON THE RHINE ....OR THE DANUBE! BBY!!:O: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Classis_Germanicahttps://upload.wikimedia.org/wikiped...merschiff1.jpg

Quote:

A navis lusoria (from Latin, meaning dancing/playful ship, plural naves lusoriae) is a type of a small military vessel of the late Roman Empire that served as a troop transport. It was powered by about thirty soldier-oarsmen and an auxiliary sail. Nimble, graceful, and of shallow draft, such a vessel was used on northern rivers close to the Limes Germanicus, the Germanic border, and thus saw service on the Rhine and the Danube.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Navis_lusoria OR EVEN BETTER: https://lostfort.blogspot.com/2010/07/ships-on-rhine-roman-style.html https://1.bp.blogspot.com/_B4ou7O2v_...600/barge5.JPG

With that narrow beam i wouldn't want to take it on the ocean but i'll bet it was like a bullet on the flat water of a river.