What are you reading now?

[Gawdzilla Sama]

Just been flicking through Castles of Steel - you gotta love this bit:-

"...At 5:59pm....they emerged from a thick bank of mist to behold a terrible sight: the Grand Fleet spread before them upon the northern horizon. Twenty four British dreadnoughts and a host of cruisers and destroyers were 16,000 yards away..."

"Und vhere vere ze Zepplins?"

For you, Admiral Zilla, ze vor is ovah!

"We only need to hold them here. The Emperor has some special planned."

[klr]

If you don't know much about the Battle of Coronel or the subsequent Battle of the Falkland Islands, then you're in for some good reading.

Admiral Sturdee: "German ships on the horizon? Then send the men to breakfast ...". Nelson would have approved.

[Clinton Huxley]

If you don't know much about the Battle of Coronel or the subsequent Battle of the Falkland Islands, then you're in for some good reading.

Admiral Sturdee: "German ships on the horizon? Then send the men to breakfast ...". Nelson would have approved.

I know of them but have not read anything in depth. Love the above quote

[Gawdzilla Sama]

If you don't know much about the Battle of Coronel or the subsequent Battle of the Falkland Islands, then you're in for some good reading.

Admiral Sturdee: "German ships on the horizon? Then send the men to breakfast ...". Nelson would have approved.

Guaranteed to make sure some of the troops crap themselves during the battle. I love the logic.

Speaking which, anybody ever read C. S. Forester's The Ship? British CLs against Italian CAs and BBs. Fair fight.

[klr]

If you don't know much about the Battle of Coronel or the subsequent Battle of the Falkland Islands, then you're in for some good reading.

Admiral Sturdee: "German ships on the horizon? Then send the men to breakfast ...". Nelson would have approved.

I know of them but have not read anything in depth. Love the above quote

Hmmm ... who is that in your avatar? If I didn't know better ...

[Clinton Huxley]

If you don't know much about the Battle of Coronel or the subsequent Battle of the Falkland Islands, then you're in for some good reading.

Admiral Sturdee: "German ships on the horizon? Then send the men to breakfast ...". Nelson would have approved.

I know of them but have not read anything in depth. Love the above quote

Hmmm ... who is that in your avatar? If I didn't know better ...

It's who you think it is....

[klr]

If you don't know much about the Battle of Coronel or the subsequent Battle of the Falkland Islands, then you're in for some good reading.

Admiral Sturdee: "German ships on the horizon? Then send the men to breakfast ...". Nelson would have approved.

I know of them but have not read anything in depth. Love the above quote

Hmmm ... who is that in your avatar? If I didn't know better ...

It's who you think it is....

As in a very young John Arbuthnot Fisher? Or am I on the wrong track altogether?

[Clinton Huxley]

If you don't know much about the Battle of Coronel or the subsequent Battle of the Falkland Islands, then you're in for some good reading.

Admiral Sturdee: "German ships on the horizon? Then send the men to breakfast ...". Nelson would have approved.

I know of them but have not read anything in depth. Love the above quote

Hmmm ... who is that in your avatar? If I didn't know better ...

It's who you think it is....

As in a very young John Arbuthnot Fisher? Or am I on the wrong track altogether?

In a way, you are not far off....

[Gawdzilla Sama]

As in a very young John Arbuthnot Fisher? Or am I on the wrong track altogether?

It's a minor functionary in the Navy Department.

[Clinton Huxley]

As in a very young John Arbuthnot Fisher? Or am I on the wrong track altogether?

It's a minor functionary in the Navy Department.

[Bella Fortuna]

As in a very young John Arbuthnot Fisher? Or am I on the wrong track altogether?

It's a minor functionary in the Navy Department.

That young Winnie will never amount to anything...

[klr]

As in a very young John Arbuthnot Fisher? Or am I on the wrong track altogether?

It's a minor functionary in the Navy Department.

Ah yes, of course ...

"Winston is back" - Admiralty signal to fleet, September 1939.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winston_Ch ... is_back.22

[JimC]

If you don't know much about the Battle of Coronel or the subsequent Battle of the Falkland Islands, then you're in for some good reading.

Admiral Sturdee: "German ships on the horizon? Then send the men to breakfast ...". Nelson would have approved.

Guaranteed to make sure some of the troops crap themselves during the battle. I love the logic.

Speaking which, anybody ever read C. S. Forester's The Ship? British CLs against Italian CAs and BBs. Fair fight.

An excellent book!

[Gawdzilla Sama]

If you don't know much about the Battle of Coronel or the subsequent Battle of the Falkland Islands, then you're in for some good reading.

Admiral Sturdee: "German ships on the horizon? Then send the men to breakfast ...". Nelson would have approved.

Guaranteed to make sure some of the troops crap themselves during the battle. I love the logic.

Speaking which, anybody ever read C. S. Forester's The Ship? British CLs against Italian CAs and BBs. Fair fight.

An excellent book!

First book I read that got me into the nuts-and-bolts of a modern warship. The poor guy in the shaft alley, I know him.

[Clinton Huxley]

Just finished "Civil War: The Wars of the Three Kindgoms, 1638-1660" by Trevor Royle. A monumental tome but a right riveting read. It's all in there, Charles I, Cromwell, the Levellers, the Diggers, the Fifth Monarchists, Cromwell, the Restoration and the Glorious Revolution etc etc etc. Fine single volume work on the English Civil War. Recommended.