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My bad. It was Wellington I was thinking of! Jack Attachment:
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My bad. It was Wellington I was thinking of!
Jack[attachment=0]800px-HQS-Wellington-Crossthames[1].jpg[/attachment]
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Posted: Thu Apr 09, 2009 11:17 am |
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No. The only surviving C-class cruiser is HMS Caroline, in Belfast as a drill ship. She does have some drill halls as part of her superstructure.
HMS Gannet, as seen at Chatham is externally complete, but internally much of her is empty space, the boilers and engines removed at the time she became a drill ship.
The drill ship on the Thames is a WW1 Flower class, grouped as part of HMS President. She was originally (IIRC) HMS Saxifrage.
Ohter warships moored on the Thames are HMS Wellington (sloop) as the headquarters of the Master Mariners and HMS Belfast (light cruiser) as a museum.
Rob
No. The only surviving C-class cruiser is HMS Caroline, in Belfast as a drill ship. She does have some drill halls as part of her superstructure.
HMS Gannet, as seen at Chatham is externally complete, but internally much of her is empty space, the boilers and engines removed at the time she became a drill ship.
The drill ship on the Thames is a WW1 Flower class, grouped as part of HMS President. She was originally (IIRC) HMS Saxifrage.
Ohter warships moored on the Thames are HMS Wellington (sloop) as the headquarters of the Master Mariners and HMS Belfast (light cruiser) as a museum.
Rob
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Posted: Thu Apr 09, 2009 10:47 am |
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Isn't there a similarly converted C-class cruiser on the Thames near the City?
Jack
Isn't there a similarly converted C-class cruiser on the Thames near the City?
Jack
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Posted: Thu Apr 09, 2009 9:49 am |
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Indeed, she looks like a floating apartment block, you'd never guess it's the same ship.
Indeed, she looks like a floating apartment block, you'd never guess it's the same ship.
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Posted: Thu Apr 09, 2009 8:10 am |
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A houseboat!
A houseboat!
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Posted: Thu Apr 09, 2009 8:05 am |
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Hi Jack, yes indeed, she is a beautiful ship, the quality of the restoration is amazing, the ship was absolutely spotless. It's a credit to the restoration team, especially when you consider she was converted into a Cadet Training ship, TS Mecury in I believe 1914 or thereabouts. All the machinary, fittings, guns etc were removed as well as the entire mast and rig set up and a large dormetory type structure added to the upper deck. At present the engines are missing, she had twin boilers, a compound steam engine and a single, retractable screw propeller although one of the staff there said are hoping to replace them sometime in the future. This what she looked like as a training ship,,, Attachment:
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all in all I think they have done a superb job on her.
Hi Jack, yes indeed, she is a beautiful ship, the quality of the restoration is amazing, the ship was absolutely spotless. It's a credit to the restoration team, especially when you consider she was converted into a Cadet Training ship, TS Mecury in I believe 1914 or thereabouts. All the machinary, fittings, guns etc were removed as well as the entire mast and rig set up and a large dormetory type structure added to the upper deck. At present the engines are missing, she had twin boilers, a compound steam engine and a single, retractable screw propeller although one of the staff there said are hoping to replace them sometime in the future. This what she looked like as a training ship,,,
[attachment=1]TS Mecury.jpg[/attachment]
and this is how she looked when she arrived at Chatham,,,
[attachment=0]Gannet Restoration.jpg[/attachment]
all in all I think they have done a superb job on her.
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Posted: Thu Apr 09, 2009 8:02 am |
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Hi Aidan,
Those are wonderful pictures. It looks like you had a very pleasant outing. Rather a nice "yacht", wouldn't you say?
No need to send me full res. The pics you posted are already quite sharp!
The only "Victorian" warship near me is the cruiser Olympia in Philadelphia. One day, I'll make it up there and see if I can match your quality.
Best,
Jack
Hi Aidan,
Those are wonderful pictures. It looks like you had a very pleasant outing. Rather a nice "yacht", wouldn't you say?
No need to send me full res. The pics you posted are already quite sharp!
The only "Victorian" warship near me is the cruiser Olympia in Philadelphia. One day, I'll make it up there and see if I can match your quality.
Best,
Jack
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Posted: Wed Apr 08, 2009 8:38 pm |
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thats it folks,,, Jack, if you want full resolution pics, let me know and I'll send them to you
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thats it folks,,, Jack, if you want full resolution pics, let me know and I'll send them to you :thumbs_up_1:
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Posted: Wed Apr 08, 2009 8:10 pm |
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Posted: Wed Apr 08, 2009 8:06 pm |
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There's a walkaround of HMS Gannet on this site, either by Jim Baumann or Jorit, if I recall.
There's a walkaround of HMS Gannet on this site, either by Jim Baumann or Jorit, if I recall.
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Posted: Wed Apr 08, 2009 3:31 pm |
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Hi Jack, the white ship is HMS Gannet, a Victorian Sloop from 1878, I've got to go out right now but I'll stick some more pics up when I get back if you want
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Hi Jack, the white ship is HMS Gannet, a Victorian Sloop from 1878, I've got to go out right now but I'll stick some more pics up when I get back if you want :thumbs_up_1:
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Posted: Wed Apr 08, 2009 3:26 pm |
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Cool oil drums, but I really like the white Victorian ship in the background!
Jack
Cool oil drums, but I really like the white Victorian ship in the background!
Jack
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Posted: Wed Apr 08, 2009 7:55 am |
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That is funny Hope too that the 'builder' will not dive in it - although looking his build I understand he "takes it seriously". Yevgeniy
That is funny :big_grin:
Hope too that the 'builder' will not dive in it - although looking his build I understand he "takes it seriously".
Yevgeniy
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Posted: Wed Apr 08, 2009 6:55 am |
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Spotted this thing at Chatham Dockyards, looks like it is made out of oil drums, it has twin screws, diving planes etc, (I couldn't get a pic of them, too much stuff in the way). I dont think I'd want to go in it
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Spotted this thing at Chatham Dockyards, looks like it is made out of oil drums, it has twin screws, diving planes etc, (I couldn't get a pic of them, too much stuff in the way). I dont think I'd want to go in it :cool_2:
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Posted: Wed Apr 08, 2009 6:10 am |
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