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Re: From St. Nazarie to Port Block...?
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Thu, 9 Mar 2000 13:14:00 GMT
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Mr L F Braun wrote
> The Repubrickan Navy (the fine and egalitarian
> institution it is) has decided to send a...presence out
> to yonder Pacific-type points. This is no wee sloop;
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> http://www.msu.edu/user/braunli1/gloire-6-foreqtr.jpg
> http://www.msu.edu/user/braunli1/gloire-6-aftqtr.jpg
> http://www.msu.edu/user/braunli1/gloire-6-cargohold.jpg
> http://www.msu.edu/user/braunli1/gloire-3-gundeck.jpg
> http://www.msu.edu/user/braunli1/gloire-6-gundeck.jpg
> http://www.msu.edu/user/braunli1/gloire-6-gallery.jpg
Repubrickan vessels are always welcome at Port Block.
Obviously we'll have to shoot at her, what with her being a Frenchie and
all, but she'll be most welcome.
And I wouldn't let us shooting at her worry you overly. Port Block's
gunners aren't exactly top of the line. Actually they're not really even in
the line at all. They'd be the noisy guys over in the corner, well away
from the line altogether, smashed out of their gourds, toasting King Richard
II. The only thing they can hit with a cannon is a high decibel count.
National pride aside, 'La Gloire' looks just glorious, which is kind of
righteous when you think about it. The size, the proportion, the
colouration. Even though I'd have to shoot at her, I find myself kind of
hoping I will indeed see her with my own eyes one day anyway, even if she is
steaming angrily into Port Block.
I can't see from the photos - how do you get the decks to meet up with the
wedge bow?
Richard
Still baldly going...
Check out Port Block at http://www.hinet.net.au/~rparsons/port/
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| (...) That's OK. The functionalist approach is "what good is the iron plating unless you can watch shot bounce off it?" (...) That's OK. The French always seem to forget that special ships and special guns require special ammunition and special (...) (25 years ago, 9-Mar-00, to lugnet.pirates)
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| | From St. Nazarie to Port Block...?
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| Hmmm...seems you Brickish folk are getting a bit too smug. Bearing that in mind, the Repubrickan Navy (the fine and egalitarian institution it is) has decided to send a...presence out to yonder Pacific-type points. This is no wee sloop; rather, it's (...) (25 years ago, 9-Mar-00, to lugnet.pirates)
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