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besilarius

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on: March 28, 2021, 02:02:31 PM
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Matapan

For those with an interest in galley warfare, or the Ottoman empire, this may be useful.
At the. End of the article, there is a list of the ships involved in Matapan.
It gives the Ottoman ships names in both Turkish and english.  This information been has hard to come by for me.

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Reply #1 on: March 28, 2021, 06:07:18 PM
Ottoman ship names are weird.

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Reply #2 on: March 28, 2021, 06:09:47 PM
But probably not to an Ottoman, obviously  ;D

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besilarius

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Reply #3 on: March 29, 2021, 10:18:03 AM
Well, once when Napoleon was reviewing the troops, he turned to Talleyrand, "Isn't my army the greatest in the world?"
"Sire, you can do anything with bayonets, but sit on them."
I'm sure an Ottoman would agree.

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"We've got the torpedo damage temporarily shored up, the fires out and soon will have the ship back on an even keel. But I would suggest, sir, that if you have to take any more torpedoes, you take 'em on the starboard side."   Pops Healy, DCA USS Lexington.


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Reply #4 on: March 29, 2021, 03:38:19 PM
besilarius, I think you might actually be able to out-do my brother when it comes to dry quips.  ;D 



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