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bob48

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Reply #1140 on: April 04, 2020, 04:19:35 PM
..rowlocks...........

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Reply #1141 on: April 20, 2020, 11:50:07 AM

I’ve spent half my life’s earning on wargames, women, and drink. The rest I wasted.


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Reply #1142 on: May 25, 2020, 03:49:20 AM

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Reply #1143 on: May 25, 2020, 06:19:36 AM
Yurgh! Bucket, please.....

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Reply #1144 on: May 25, 2020, 11:17:25 AM
That looks like a ride at Universal Studios!  :notme:

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Reply #1145 on: May 25, 2020, 05:58:20 PM


This is not far away from where I live and we have been there once a few years ago. Its really interesting and the quayside where it is is also a period museum.

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Reply #1146 on: May 28, 2020, 01:05:21 PM
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German light cruiser Königsberg circa 1936



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Reply #1147 on: May 28, 2020, 01:32:02 PM
Great picture  :bigthumb:

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Reply #1148 on: May 28, 2020, 01:36:12 PM
Great picture  :bigthumb:

Agreed. It's a cool pic.

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Reply #1149 on: May 28, 2020, 02:28:52 PM
Anyone know why the two after turrets are offset?
Have a feeling that I used to know, but the Half Zheimers marches on.

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Reply #1150 on: May 28, 2020, 02:32:43 PM
I've never seen that pic before. Damn, she looks thin from that angle.

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Reply #1151 on: May 28, 2020, 03:43:58 PM
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Rifle drill aboard HMS Rodney (29), October 1940



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Reply #1152 on: May 28, 2020, 07:01:16 PM
Now they just need some boarders to repel.

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Reply #1153 on: May 28, 2020, 07:43:34 PM
That's probably the reason why the Captain of the Bismarck never tried it.  :worried:

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Reply #1154 on: May 29, 2020, 06:09:51 AM
This what happens when you try and stop the grog rations.

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