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Re: The Ships Of The Line thread!

Post by Gawdzilla Sama » Wed Jan 20, 2010 4:19 pm

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BATTLE DAMAGE TO SURFACE SHIPS DURING WORLD WAR II
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Battle damage ... so it still won't tell us what happened to the Mutsu. The mystery persists. :eddy:
And being done in Russia plus a few interesting spins on events. :eddy:
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Re: The Ships Of The Line thread!

Post by klr » Wed Jan 20, 2010 4:34 pm

Speaking of the Evil Empire, here's a shot of the Frunze, a Kirov-class battle cruiser:

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Lots of missiles, but not enough guns! :hmph:
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Re: The Ships Of The Line thread!

Post by Gawdzilla Sama » Wed Jan 20, 2010 4:37 pm

We traded paint with one of these once, but that never happened.

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Re: The Ships Of The Line thread!

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Gawdzilla wrote:We traded paint with one of these once, but that never happened.

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I wouldn't be surprised to hear that you led a boarding party diplomatic team fraternisation effort group of drunken idiots. :drunk:
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Re: The Ships Of The Line thread!

Post by Gawdzilla Sama » Wed Jan 20, 2010 4:53 pm

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Gawdzilla wrote:We traded paint with one of these once, but that never happened.

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I wouldn't be surprised to hear that you led a boarding party diplomatic team fraternisation effort group of drunken idiots. :drunk:
I didn't get a very good picture of the captain flipping us off just before we didn't bump.
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Re: The Ships Of The Line thread!

Post by Feck » Wed Jan 20, 2010 4:55 pm

klr wrote:Speaking of the Evil Empire, here's a shot of the Frunze, a Kirov-class battle cruiser:

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Lots of missiles, but not enough guns! :hmph:

They have only one Kirov in service ... Do you think I can get one of the other three for my birthday ?
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Re: The Ships Of The Line thread!

Post by klr » Wed Jan 20, 2010 5:02 pm

Feck wrote: They have only one Kirov in service ... Do you think I can get one of the other three for my birthday ?
Maybe in kit form:

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Now, you might have better luck getting a 1:1 Space Shuttle, given other news today. :levi:
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Re: The Ships Of The Line thread!

Post by klr » Wed Jan 20, 2010 11:13 pm

:tup: Will download tomorrow morning from work.

Time for some super-carriers ... Connie:

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.. and JFK:

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Re: The Ships Of The Line thread!

Post by klr » Wed Jan 20, 2010 11:16 pm

And the "Big E":

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With Long Beach and Bainbridge. Enterprise was the first ever nuclear-powered carrier, hence E= mc2:

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Re: The Ships Of The Line thread!

Post by Gawdzilla Sama » Wed Jan 20, 2010 11:19 pm

klr wrote:
:tup: Will download tomorrow morning from work.
109 meg., so use a hot connection.

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Re: The Ships Of The Line thread!

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:pop:

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Re: The Ships Of The Line thread!

Post by klr » Wed Jan 20, 2010 11:23 pm

CJ wrote::pop:
About time. :what:

And I don't recall Ian visiting this thread yet. :coffee:
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Re: The Ships Of The Line thread!

Post by CJ » Wed Jan 20, 2010 11:27 pm

klr wrote:
CJ wrote::pop:
About time. :what:

And I don't recall Ian visiting this thread yet. :coffee:
Oh I have been following with interest. The battle damage pdf is downloading as I type this!

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Re: The Ships Of The Line thread!

Post by Gawdzilla Sama » Wed Jan 20, 2010 11:29 pm

CJ wrote:
klr wrote:
CJ wrote::pop:
About time. :what:

And I don't recall Ian visiting this thread yet. :coffee:
Oh I have been following with interest. The battle damage pdf is downloading as I type this!
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