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Re: PS Enterprise
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lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.pirates
Date: 
Mon, 31 Jul 2000 01:48:43 GMT
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In lugnet.loc.au, Lindsay Frederick Braun writes:

Nice to know there'll be coal at Port Block.  We'll have to visit
sometime.  ;)

And what? Clean out that fearsome nest of pirates lurking nearby? I didn't
think capital ships did well against piracy.

++Lar



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  Re: PS Enterprise
 
(...) There aren't too many cases where capital ships have even come into direct contact with pirates. One example I can think of might be Britain versus Zanzibar, 1880--pretty much a war against illicit trade and outright piracy given haven by the (...) (24 years ago, 31-Jul-00, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.pirates)

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  Re: PS Enterprise
 
(...) Very nice! It looks very customised, which is to be expected of any ship built on-site like that--fearsome, black-smoke belching monster that it is. Do you have any closer pictures of the paddle gear, and has the steam engine been detailed? (...) (24 years ago, 31-Jul-00, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.pirates)

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