Rhine Patrol Boat

Eichhörnchen · 10-15-18, 02:50 AM

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

Schroeder · 10-15-18, 08:49 AM

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

Catfish · 10-15-18, 09:01 AM

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

Thanks for posting!

Schroeder · 10-15-18, 10:19 AM

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Originally Posted by Catfish

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

Thanks for posting!

Probably defending Germany and their own troops against French food.

Jeff-Groves · 10-15-18, 10:26 AM

Reminds me of an old video clip sent to me years ago!

Aktungbby · 10-15-18, 11:47 AM

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Originally Posted by Schroeder

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

NUTHIN' GOOD GOES OUTTA STYLE ON THE RHINE ....OR THE DANUBE! BBY!!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Classis_Germanica

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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

August · 10-15-18, 05:03 PM

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.

Jimbuna · 10-16-18, 03:16 PM

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Sandwich is the new home for P22 gunboat.

USN P22 is a United States Navy gunboat, built by a German shipbuilder shortly after the Second World War for the American military to patrol the river Rhine during the Cold War era.

https://www.kentonline.co.uk/sandwic...unboat-127870/

10-15-18, 02:50 AM	#1
Eichhörnchen Starte das Auto Join Date: Aug 2014 Location: The Fens Posts: 15,741 Downloads: 5 Uploads: 0	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 __________________

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Schroeder Navy Seal Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Banana Republic of Germany Posts: 6,170 Downloads: 62 Uploads: 0	Didn't even know we had river patrol boats back then. __________________ Putting Germ back into Germany.

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Catfish Dipped Squirrel Operative Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: ..where the ocean meets the sky Posts: 16,893 Downloads: 38 Uploads: 0	^ And, on the Rhine? Those MGs must have had a terrific range Thanks for posting! __________________ >^..^<*)))>{ All generalizations are wrong.

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Jeff-Groves Village Idiot Join Date: Sep 2014 Posts: 5,319 Downloads: 130 Uploads: 0	Reminds me of an old video clip sent to me years ago! __________________ I don't do Stupid. So don't ask.

10-15-18, 05:03 PM	#7
August Wayfaring Stranger Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Massachusetts Posts: 22,667 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	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. __________________ Flanked by life and the funeral pyre. Putting on a show for you to see.