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| | | (...) I think that if you keep up the development, you'll be attempting a pirate-era moonshot before long! Roll on Columbiad! (But rightfully in Texas, not Florida!) Cheers Richie Dulin (20 years ago, 20-Feb-05, to lugnet.pirates, FTX)
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| | | | | Re: Secret testing of a new cannon —Kurt Baty
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| | | | (...) I am confused!? The Texas Navy had a steam powered warship in 1838! "Predating any self-propelled vessels built by the U.S. Navy, Zavala had the distinction of becoming the first armed (steam) warship in North America." (URL) Do you think my (...) (20 years ago, 21-Feb-05, to lugnet.pirates, FTX)
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| | | | | | Re: Secret testing of a new cannon —Richie Dulin
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| | | | | (...) -snip- No, No! Not wrong by any means! Pirate-era moonshot from gun development, is a reference to Jules Verne's From the Earth to the Moon.... where they attempted a moonshot from a very large gun... I'm not meaning to question your (...) (20 years ago, 21-Feb-05, to lugnet.pirates, FTX)
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| | | | | | | Re: Secret testing of a new cannon —Kurt Baty
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| | | | | | (...) OK!! (...) Thanks, but you are allowed! (...) Actually Verne reused the name, in "From the Earth to the Moon" 1865. see: (URL) Columbiad(s) are a little to small, ;^) My cannon is in the 15 inch range. So you can see how I missed your (...) (20 years ago, 21-Feb-05, to lugnet.pirates, FTX)
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| | | | | | Re: Secret testing of a new cannon —Norbert Black
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| | | | | Hi Kurt (...) Um - I think the Texans might have been nosed out by the Royal Navy. :) The British were using steam-powered gunboats on the St. Lawrence river and Lake Ontario in the winter of 1837-1838 to counter what today would be called (...) (20 years ago, 21-Feb-05, to lugnet.pirates, FTX)
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| | | | | | Correction re: steam warships, dates of service. —Lindsay Frederick Braun
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| | | | (...) That page is incorrect. The first steam-powered armed warship in North America was in fact Robert Fulton's catamaran-hulled center-paddler Demologos, completed in 1815 for the defence of New York and kept in service by the US Navy until its (...) (20 years ago, 22-Feb-05, to lugnet.pirates, FTX)
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| | | | | | Re: Correction re: steam warships, dates of service. —Kurt Baty
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| | | | (...) I agree with Lindsay! kurt (...) (20 years ago, 22-Feb-05, to lugnet.pirates, FTX)
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