Another British Invasion

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  1. Tricky Dicky

    Tricky Dicky Don'tre member

    But wouldnt that leave nasty stains/smears along the side of the ship [which would need cleaning to avoid smell and disease?], if you dumped off the rear quarters of the ship then that would be cleaner for the whole ship - i.e. no brown go faster stripes running from the front

    TD
     
  2. Owen

    Owen -- --- -.. MOD

    Just found this illustration.

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    Good cutaway showing 'the necessary seat'' on here
    http://www.slate.com/content/dam/slate/blogs/the_vault/2014/12/18/LgShipOfWar.jpg

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    I'm sure the action of the waves would clean that off.
     
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  3. Guy Hudson

    Guy Hudson Looker-upper

    How the United States viewed the British matelot in 1941.
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  4. SteveDee

    SteveDee Well-Known Member

    ...and then Philip went off to get pissed and beat the crap out of somebody...
     
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  5. ozzy16

    ozzy16 Well-Known Member

    Owen beat me to it, but I found this one.
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  6. SDP

    SDP Incurable Cometoholic

    Could have been worse........
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  7. canuck

    canuck Closed Account

    A former high school teacher of mine had been a diver in the Canadian Navy. He sported a beautifully circular scar on his hip. It was the permanent souvenir after encountering a very drunk and belligerent sailor wielding a broken bottle, while assigned to Shore Patrol in Hong Kong.
     
  8. CL1

    CL1 116th LAA and 92nd (Loyals) LAA,Royal Artillery

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  9. Steve Mac

    Steve Mac Very Senior Member

    It made sense to have the ‘bog’ in the bow of the ship in the days of sails. Just think about the way the wind blows...

    Ever wondered where the expression ‘he’s dropped a pilchard’ comes from?!
     
  10. SDP

    SDP Incurable Cometoholic

    Excellent logic. Why didn't I think of that?.....
     
  11. Dave55

    Dave55 Atlanta, USA

    Is that a portable head made from a tea crate?
     
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  12. Tricky Dicky

    Tricky Dicky Don'tre member

    Dave - title of thread - tea chest - Boston - ??

    TD
     
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  13. CL1

    CL1 116th LAA and 92nd (Loyals) LAA,Royal Artillery

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  14. Dave55

    Dave55 Atlanta, USA

    That looks like Lord Windesmear in his younger days

     
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  15. Dave55

    Dave55 Atlanta, USA

    Battle of Baltimore is where Star Spangled Banner was written

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    Flag that flew over Fort McHenry during its bombardment in 1814, which was witnessed by Francis Scott Key. The family of Major Armistead, the commander of the fort, kept the flag until they donated it to the Smithsonian in 1912.[8]

    Fort McHenry - Wikipedia
    Main article: Star Spangled Banner Flag
    Francis Scott Key, a Washington lawyer who had come to Baltimore to negotiate the release of Dr. William Beanes, a civilian prisoner of war, witnessed the bombardment from a nearby truce ship. An oversized American flag had been sewn by Mary Pickersgill for $405.90[9] in anticipation of the British attack on the fort. When Key saw the flag emerge intact in the dawn of September 14,[6] he was so moved that he began that morning to compose the poem "Defence of Fort M'Henry" that was later set to the tune "To Anacreon in Heaven" which would later be renamed "The Star-Spangled Banner" and become the United States' national anthem.
     
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  16. Owen

    Owen -- --- -.. MOD

    Didn't know it was that big !
     

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