Rhine Patrol Boat

[Eichhörnchen]

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

[Schroeder]

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

[Catfish]

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


Thanks for posting! :yep:

[Schroeder]

^ 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:

[Jeff-Groves]

Reminds me of an old video clip sent to me years ago!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f3KB3nXUgW0&feature=youtu.be

[Aktungbby]

Didn't even know we had river patrol boats back then.:doh: NUTHIN' GOOD GOES OUTTA STYLE ON THE RHINE ....OR THE DANUBE! BBY!!:O: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Classis_Germanica (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Classis_Germanica)https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fe/Roemerschiff1.jpg/800px-Roemerschiff1.jpg

A navis lusoria (from Latin (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Latin_language), meaning dancing/playful ship, plural naves lusoriae) is a type of a small military vessel of the late Roman Empire (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_Empire) that served as a troop transport (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Troopship). It was powered by about thirty soldier-oarsmen (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oarsman) and an auxiliary sail (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sail). Nimble, graceful, and of shallow draft, such a vessel was used on northern rivers close to the Limes Germanicus (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Limes_Germanicus), the Germanic border, and thus saw service on the Rhine (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhine) and the Danube (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Danube). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Navis_lusoria (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Navis_lusoria) OR EVEN BETTER: https://lostfort.blogspot.com/2010/07/ships-on-rhine-roman-style.html (https://lostfort.blogspot.com/2010/07/ships-on-rhine-roman-style.html) https://1.bp.blogspot.com/_B4ou7O2v_Jk/TDpwZ4JpeJI/AAAAAAAADAg/wXn4FdyWOvc/s1600/barge5.JPG (https://1.bp.blogspot.com/_B4ou7O2v_Jk/TDpwZ4JpeJI/AAAAAAAADAg/wXn4FdyWOvc/s1600/barge5.JPG)

[August]

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]

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/sandwich/news/new-home-for-p22-gunboat-127870/