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Interesting video on HMS Victory
Posted on 9/7/22 at 1:38 pm
Posted on 9/7/22 at 1:38 pm
Oldest preserved warship in the world
Launched 11 years before we became a country
227 ft long
100+ cannons
Crew of over 800 men
Over 6500 square yards of sails (an entire football field including end zones)
Comprised of an estimated 6000 trees
Most notorious victory was over 20 years after the end of it's expected life
Watching these things in battle must have been mind-blowing
Animated video of HMS Victory
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Posted on 9/7/22 at 1:59 pm to upgrayedd
You had your chance to help me with that rigging, Gerard…..and you blew it.
Posted on 9/7/22 at 2:08 pm to JumpingTheShark
quote:Rigga, please
You had your chance to help me with that rigging, Gerard…..and you blew it.
Posted on 9/7/22 at 2:12 pm to upgrayedd
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Crew of over 800 men
It’s a big boat, but not that big. Must have been miserable.
Posted on 9/7/22 at 2:13 pm to upgrayedd
That was an interesting video, indeed.
Posted on 9/7/22 at 2:15 pm to upgrayedd
how many barrels of rum? aarghh!!!
Posted on 9/7/22 at 2:17 pm to upgrayedd
Look at all those entitled kkkrackers on the ship 
Thanks for sharing sir
Love maritime history.
Thanks for sharing sir
Love maritime history.Posted on 9/7/22 at 2:19 pm to LarryCLE
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Crew of over 800 men
It’s a big boat, but not that big. Must have been miserable.
probably why the plank was invented
Posted on 9/7/22 at 2:20 pm to upgrayedd
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Watching these things in battle must have been mind-blowing
Not exactly the same, but people build scale RC models of these types of ships (end even more modern dreadnoughts/battleships) with working armament and put them in lakes/ponds/pools and have battles/recreate famous battles.
There are a ton of videos on YouTube.
Posted on 9/7/22 at 2:20 pm to upgrayedd
That drawing of the ship is interesting to explore if you zoom into it.
There's a dude getting flogged and a guy getting his leg amputated.
There's a dude getting flogged and a guy getting his leg amputated.
Posted on 9/7/22 at 2:31 pm to LarryCLE
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It’s a big boat
Posted on 9/7/22 at 2:31 pm to LarryCLE
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It’s a big boat, but not that big. Must have been miserable.
They show the berthing situation in the video. It looks horrendous.
Posted on 9/7/22 at 2:33 pm to upgrayedd
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It looks horrendous.
wasn't that much better in WWII, at least for enlisted men
Posted on 9/7/22 at 2:33 pm to 777Tiger
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Crew of over 800 men
It’s a big boat, but not that big. Must have been miserable.
probably why the plank was invented
And the rum ration, as previously alluded.
Posted on 9/7/22 at 2:36 pm to upgrayedd
I read a while back that a ship of the line in the age of sail was the most complex system ever designed until the space shuttle.
This post was edited on 9/7/22 at 2:37 pm
Posted on 9/7/22 at 2:40 pm to 777Tiger
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wasn't that much better in WWII, at least for enlisted men
I don't know, man. I'd think WWII was exponentially better.
Posted on 9/7/22 at 2:42 pm to Jim Rockford
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I read a while back that a ship of the line in the age of sail was the most complex system ever designed until the space shuttle.
I don't have any reason to not believe that. The rigging alone is insanely complex.
Posted on 9/7/22 at 2:45 pm to Chromdome35
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There's a dude getting flogged and a guy getting his leg amputated.
He’s not getting flogged…they strung him up in front of a cannon and the other guy is holding a torch ready to light the fuse!
That’s pretty brutal!
Posted on 9/7/22 at 2:46 pm to Sus-Scrofa
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He’s not getting flogged…they strung him up in front of a cannon and the other guy is holding a torch ready to light the fuse!
sometimes flogging just doesn't get through
Posted on 9/7/22 at 2:48 pm to LarryCLE
That’s why the majority of the crew were captured, conscripted or convicts. It was a hard life.
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