CAPT Holly Graf gets ‘honorable’ retirement

[gi_dan2987]

Originally Posted by August

Actually we could build them, just not in the numbers necessary to go toe to toe with the Royal Navy. But having said that the Consitution and her three sister ships were a huge technological advance in Naval Warfare.

Amen to that. I know we had the resources, just not the treasury correct? On a side note, I just noticed I got stuck on shore leave? What does that mean? Those algorithms must be really complex

[Oberon]

Don't forget that you guys also had the first battle between Ironclads. Made us drop production of wooden hulled ships.

[gi_dan2987]

Originally Posted by Oberon

Don't forget that you guys also had the first battle between Ironclads. Made us drop production of wooden hulled ships.

Ah an Englishman! Welcome aboard my fellow Israelite and brother My mother married a man from Liverpool and now lives there with him. He's a good man to her, better than my father ever was.

Now back to this wonderful discussion. The Royal Navy has always been feared at sea, and rightfully so. How blessed is a nation that can hold the gates of Her enemies at the far corners of the earth, and control the resources on the sea trade lanes the world over.

I just got done reading about the HMS Bounty, and the mutiny that befell Captain Bligh. What astonished me was the fact that they survived the grueling journey down to the tropical south pacific from England in the first place. Then in a small life boat loaded to the gunwales, drifted across the Coral Sea to Batavia. Most modern seafarers would complain about such a voyage, think about doing it in a square rig only traveling 4 knots!

One ship I would love to see is the HMS Victory. Such an astonishing symbol of raw naval power.

[Oberon]

Originally Posted by gi_dan2987

Ah an Englishman! Welcome aboard my fellow Israelite and brother My mother married a man from Liverpool and now lives there with him. He's a good man to her, better than my father ever was.

Now back to this wonderful discussion. The Royal Navy has always been feared at sea, and rightfully so. How blessed is a nation that can hold the gates of Her enemies at the far corners of the earth, and control the resources on the sea trade lanes the world over.

I just got done reading about the HMS Bounty, and the mutiny that befell Captain Bligh. What astonished me was the fact that they survived the grueling journey down to the tropical south pacific from England in the first place. Then in a small life boat loaded to the gunwales, drifted across the Coral Sea to Batavia. Most modern seafarers would complain about such a voyage, think about doing it in a square rig only traveling 4 knots!

One ship I would love to see is the HMS Victory. Such an astonishing symbol of raw naval power.

Aye, they're not all bad, Liverpudlians, my Nan used to have quite a good few friends up there. Good to hear your Mum found a good bloke.
Speaking of the Royal Navy, HMS Dauntless is heading down to the Falklands. That'll go down well with Buenos Aires.

Ah, yes Steve, HMS Warrior, alas not the first Iron hulled warship, but probably one of the few surviving ones. Thank God for Phillip and the Maritime Trust.

[Sailor Steve]

Originally Posted by Oberon

Don't forget that you guys also had the first battle between Ironclads. Made us drop production of wooden hulled ships.

Actually your own Warrior was iron-hulled and predated Virginia and Monitor (both of which were iron sheeting over wood hulls) by almost two years. The British and French used ironclad floating batteries in the seige of Sevastopol five years before that, in 1855.

And nobody stopped using wooden hulled ships entirely for another twenty years.